Beschreibung:
Cathy-Mae Karelse (she/her) is a scholar-practitioner, changemaker and public speaker on issues of race, difference and belonging. She received a PhD from SOAS in 2019. Her work addresses all landscapes: the inner, outer and in-between. She is currently the DEI Lead at The Mindfulness Initiative and holds the position of Systems Change Lead at Resilience Capital Ventures. She works on policy and change programmes globally.
This book offers a timely commentary on the dominant narratives and norms that shape the mindfulness industry, namely whiteness, postracialism and neoliberalism. At the same time, an emergent movement rooted in indigenous, Global South and queer knowledges is decolonising mindfulness and decentring whiteness.