In my early twenties I started practising hatha yoga, and then took up meditation at a Buddhist centre in North London.  That was back in the early 1970s.  Soon after, I was ordained into the Western Buddhist Order, now the Triratna Buddhist Order.

For the subsequent nearly forty years I have devoted my life to practising and teaching mindfulness, meditation and Buddhist philosophy around the world.  I was involved in the establishment and running of several Buddhist centres, including founding a public centre in Stockholm, Sweden, and working as director of a retreat centre in the UK, where I spent much time leading and attending intensive retreats.  I have led retreats and Buddhist training programmes in the UK, Germany, Holland, Sweden, North America, Australia and New Zealand.

Following a powerful experience on a retreat some years ago, I have felt a growing urge to devote more of my life to caring for people who suffer from pain and illness.  At that time I had developed a close friendship with Vidyamala and was inspired by the work she was doing teaching mindfulness-based techniques to manage long-term health conditions.  I trained with Vidyamala in the Breathworks Programme in Manchester and am now based there.  I am also involved in expanding the Breathworks Programme into other areas, such as the suffering that arises from the complexities of modern life.