‘It makes me a better MP’: British politicians are in love with meditation
by Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6EPTW)
About 120 MPs and 180 peers have taken part in mindfulness courses over the last decade
More than 300 British politicians have been trained in mindfulness in the last decade, new estimates have suggested, sparking fresh calls for a meditation room to be installed in parliament.
About 120 MPs, including Tracey Crouch, the Conservative former minister and Clive Lewis, of Labour, plus about 180 peers have joined courses in the secular practice, which is rooted in ancient Buddhist meditation techniques, a new report has found.
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