Jamie Bristow

The Mindfulness Initiative provides the secretariat to the UK Mindfulness All-Party Parliamentary Group and helped politicians to publish the seminal Mindful Nation UK policy report. Jamie now works with politicians around the world to help them make capacities of heart and mind serious considerations of public policy. Jamie initially contributed to the Mindfulness All-Party Parliamentary Group’s inquiry whilst he was Business Development Director at the digital mind-health platform, Headspace. He was then asked to take over as Director of the Mindfulness Initiative in spring 2015. In the past, Jamie has been an advertising executive, global brand director and climate change campaigner.

Jamie has discussed the benefits and challenges of mindfulness practice on national TV and radio, including BBC Breakfast, Sky News and Channel 5 News. He has contributed to conferences across the world including in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Spain, the UAE, UK and USA.