The Northern Centre for Mindfulness and Compassion

About

We are a group of committed mindfulness practitioners who share a common passion for the transformational power of mindfulness.

We each specialise in specific areas of mindfulness according to our personal interests and professional backgrounds, offering mindfulness training in organisations.

Robert Broughton

Managing Director of NCMC, Mindfulness Instructor, Supervisor and Mentor

Robert’s work is continually inspired by his own practice, a fascination of mind and emotions, and a concern for the wellbeing of others. He believes we all have the potential to improve our quality of life through greater awareness, compassion and authenticity.

Journey to mindfulness
Robert’s initial introduction to meditation was through martial arts where he found meditation both calming and a natural approach into greater embodiment of the skills being taught. Reading Sogyal Rinpoche’s book ‘The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying’ in 1997 lead to a more serious meditation practice.

Whilst studying emotional intelligence in 2007 Robert was inspired by Jon Kabat-Zinn’s MBSR course. Since then he hasn’t looked back taking much enjoyment and inspiration from his own ongoing practice and teaching mindfulness.

Teaching experience
Robert started teaching meditation courses in 2009. Since then he has taught over 100 mindfulness courses within the NHS, Cancer Charities, Schools and to the public. He has also spoken about mindfulness in healthcare on many occasions and in 2014 he was invited to join Leeds University/White Rose Consortium for Mindfulness in Education research team as an expert member. Robert qualified as a mindfulness supervisor and mentor from Bangor University in 2017.

Continued personal & professional development
Robert enjoys studying, reading and practicing mindfulness meditation. He embraces Buddhist philosophy and western psychology, psychoanalysis and neuroscience and views his personal development as core to his teaching.

Personal interests and hobbies
In his spare time Robert enjoys mountain trekking including achieving a life time aspiration in 2017 of climbing to Mount Everest Base Camp. He is also a keen explorer of the natural world, contemplative photographer and book collector.