23 July 2012

Jane Taylor on mindfulness and how she discovered it

Here’s Jane Taylor of Habits for Wellbeing and I discussing how Jane defines mindfulness and how she discovered meditation. We chatted just after she’d finished recording the meditations for us.

 

 

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