Anshin Devin Ashwood is a mindfulness teacher, Zen practitioner, and leader in the field of mindfulness based approaches to addiction recovery. He has worked extensively in addiction treatment, prisons, and recovery services, helping individuals and professionals explore how mindfulness can support freedom from habitual patterns, compulsive behaviours, and addictive tendencies. He is recognised as one of the UK’s leading trainers in Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP).
Anshin holds a Master’s Degree in Mindfulness Based Approaches from Bangor University and has spent many years training mindfulness teachers and practitioners working in addiction and recovery settings. Alongside his teaching and training work, he served for many years as a Buddhist prison chaplain and is currently Director of Gaia House, one of the UK’s leading meditation retreat centres.
Anshin is supporting Oxford Mindfulness to explore the role of mindfulness in understanding habits, cravings, and dependency, and how awareness, compassion, and choice can support healthier relationships with ourselves and the behaviours that shape our lives.
“I’m delighted to support Oxford Mindfulness and contribute to the conversation around habits, dependencies, and wellbeing. Mindfulness offers a powerful way of understanding the patterns that shape our lives and developing greater freedom, choice, and compassion in how we respond to them.“
Anshin Devin Ashwood
Guest Teacher & Advisor