Helping people find peace, one breath at a time.
For over 25 years, Shamash has been one of the UK’s most trusted voices in mindfulness. His message is simple: mindfulness tells you what’s going on — kindfulness heals. Through books, live teaching and online community, he’s guided thousands toward greater ease, clarity and self-compassion.
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Shamash came to mindfulness not as a spiritual seeker, but as a stressed-out engineering student at Imperial College London. What he discovered on the cushion changed everything. The stress didn’t just ease — he began to see the very nature of the self differently. That insight has quietly shaped everything he’s taught since.
He spent a decade teaching science and mindfulness in London schools before becoming a full-time mindfulness teacher in 2010. Since then he has written 10 books, trained nearly 500 mindfulness teachers, founded the Daily Mindfulness Club, pioneered online mindfulness teacher training in the UK, and co-founded the world’s first Museum of Happiness in London. His work has been featured in The Guardian, the BBC, Time Out, and Sky TV.
His approach draws on MBSR, MBCT, Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT), breathwork, and a deep love of nondual philosophy — woven together with warmth, humour, and a scientist’s respect for evidence. He doesn’t believe mindfulness is about achieving a perfect state of stillness. He believes it’s about learning to be here, as you are, with a little more kindness.
“Mindfulness tells you what’s going on. Kindfulness heals.”
“Shamash guides you through practices that will help you live a richer, calmer life — with warmth, humour, and deep wisdom.”Amazon reader · Mindfulness for Dummies
Trained at Bangor University’s world-leading Centre for Mindfulness, Shamash teaches the gold-standard MBSR and MBCT programmes — backed by decades of clinical research and made genuinely accessible.
Start free challenge →Recommended by the WHO, NHS and the American Psychological Association, ACT weaves mindfulness, values and committed action into a practical, evidence-based path to psychological flexibility.
Explore ACT training →A pioneer in online teacher training since 2013, Shamash has guided nearly 500 teachers through his Teach Mindfulness Online programme — combining deep skills with authentic marketing and community support.
Teach Mindfulness Online →Trained in person with James Nestor, Anders Olsson, Patrick McKeown and Professors Brown and Gerbarg. His book Breathing Exercises for Dummies (Wiley) brings the science of breath to a mainstream audience.
10-Day Breath Journey →At the heart of Shamash’s teaching lies a deep engagement with nondual philosophy — the ancient understanding that separation is an illusion. Drawing on Ramana Maharshi, Nisargadatta, Ramesh Balsekar and Alan Watts.
Read the blog →Shamash delivers bespoke mindfulness workshops and keynotes for organisations across the UK and internationally — from corporate wellbeing programmes to global conference stages, including work with HSBC.
Mindfulness at work →As a stressed student at Imperial College London, Shamash discovered mindfulness in an adult education class. He didn’t just find a stress-relief tool — he began to see through the very nature of the self. That insight has quietly shaped everything since.
A decade as a science teacher in London secondary schools, where he also ran daily meditation and weekly philosophy classes — teaching children to pause, breathe and notice, long before mindfulness was mainstream.
Flicking through a friend’s copy of CBT for Dummies, Shamash noticed there was no mindfulness edition. He emailed the publisher on impulse. They asked him to write it — and Mindfulness for Dummies became his first international bestseller, now in its third edition and translated into over a dozen languages.
Leaving the classroom, Shamash launched his own teaching practice in London. He trained formally at Bangor University’s Centre for Mindfulness and with Jon Kabat-Zinn at the Center for Mindfulness in Massachusetts.
Shamash launched Teach Mindfulness Online — one of the first fully online mindfulness teacher training programmes in the world. Nearly 500 teachers have since trained through it.
Out of the pandemic, Shamash launched the Daily Mindfulness Club — a live online community meeting every morning at 7.30am UK time. What began as a 30-day challenge became a flourishing daily practice community worldwide.
Shamash believes good teachers remain students. He has attended retreats with Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh in France and the UK, trained formally with Jon Kabat-Zinn at the Center for Mindfulness in Massachusetts, and studied for three years at Bangor University’s Centre for Mindfulness. He has sat with Ajahn Brahm in Australia, Thailand and the US; trained in breathwork with James Nestor, Anders Olsson, Patrick McKeown and Professors Richard Brown and Patricia Gerbarg; and is a Tiny Habits Certified Coach under Stanford’s Professor BJ Fogg.
🏆 Facebook Community Leadership Fellow (Top 100, 47 countries) · ⭐ The Independent Happy List, 2016 & 2017 · 🌍 Co-founder, Museum of Happiness (world’s first, London)
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