Dr Tessa Watt is a former Senior Teaching Fellow in the Department of Religions and Philosophies at SOAS. She has a PhD in History from Cambridge University and an MA in Traditions of Yoga and Meditation from SOAS. She teaches mindfulness in leading global organisations and is lead trainer for the mindfulness programme in the UK Houses of Parliament. Her publications include Introducing Mindfulness, Mindful London, and ‘Spacious Awareness in Mahāyāna Buddhism and Its Role in the Modern Mindfulness Movement’.