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Andy Puddicombe

About

Andy Puddicombe is the co-founder of the social enterprise Headspace (getsomeheadspace.com), which aims to make meditation simple and accessible through its website and app. He is a Meditation Consultant and a former Buddhist monk.

In his early twenties, midway through a Sports Science degree and a very typical student life, Andy made the radical decision to give it all up and set off to Asia to become a Buddhist monk. For more than 10 years, his meditation training took him all over the world, to Nepal, India, Burma, Thailand, Australia, and Russia. He became a fully ordained monk at a Tibetan Monastery in the Indian Himalayas.

In 2004, Andy returned to the UK, without his monk’s robes, with one simple aim in mind: to demystify meditation, to make it accessible, relevant and beneficial for as many people as possible. Following years of further training, registration and planning, Headspace officially launched in spring of 2010 and now has 250,000 users worldwide who benefit from the techniques.

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Recent Posts
Strong Opinions
Is it possible to have an opinion whilst being open to the possibility of another outcome, an opinion that has the potential to move, to shift, to change?
Here, Not There
When we are 'here' we notice the little things, we notice change, we appreciate what we already have in our life, and we see things as they really are, rather than how we imagine them to be.
Living for the Weekend
Remind yourself of the inherent value of each and every moment, no matter what name of the week you give it.
The Imaginary Lovers
It's easy to get caught up in all the little stories, the dramas, the hopes and the fears of the mind.
The Wisdom of Uncertainty

As humans, we're always grasping for certainty. But there is no shame in not knowing, there is only freedom.

As humans, we're always grasping for certainty. But there is no shame in not knowing, there is only freedom.

What Is Awareness?

We are not what we do, what we say, what we think, or even what we feel. Whilst these things may define our experience of life, they do not define who we are.

We are not what we do, what we say, what we think, or even what we feel. Whilst these things may define our experience of life, they do not define who we are.

The Mirror Doesn't Work

Each time we sit down, we polish our awareness and see our mind a little more clearly.

Each time we sit down, we polish our awareness and see our mind a little more clearly.

Shared Experiences

It is in acknowledging that we all struggle with our thoughts and emotions in a similar way that we begin to feel less isolated.

It is in acknowledging that we all struggle with our thoughts and emotions in a similar way that we begin to feel less isolated.

Personal Growth

Personal growth is the direct experience of life.

Personal growth is the direct experience of life.