Mindandbodytwoinone
About me
Ever since Saleh was young, he knew that he wanted to pursue a career in teaching that would make a difference in people’s lives and well-being. This interest led him to study bioscience and psychology. He gained a B.Sc. degree in psychology from the University of Northampton (UK). The focus of his undergraduate research dissertation was on the relationship between dispositional (trait) mindfulness and stress levels. His personal research findings empowered him to integrate practising mindfulness meditations into his daily routine, which have become a flourishing ingredient of his life. In 2024, he earned a Master of Arts degree in Mindfulness-Based Programmes from Bangor University (UK). His main specialization is in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Life (MBCT-L). Further, in 2025, he was thoroughly trained to facilitate Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP) at Mindfulness- Based Professional Training Institute (UC San Diego School of Medicine, USA).
Additionally, he is profoundly trained at the Oxford Mindfulness Foundation/Centre to facilitate Introducing Mindfulness (IM), Finding Peace in a Franc World (FPFW), Mindfulness in the Workplace (M-TW), and Deeper Mindfulness (DM). Also, he is fully trained to facilitate Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) programme. These Continuing Professional Developments have made a huge positive impact on his facilitation of MBCT, MBCT-L and MBRP programmes. Saleh is dedicated to the welfare of his clients and goes above and beyond to meet their needs with compassion and empathy.
Mindfulness
Mindfulness is consensually defined as ‘a non-elaborative, non-judgmental, present-centred awareness (paying bare attention—a purely receptive state of mind) in which each thought, feeling, or body sensation that arises in the attentional field is acknowledged and accepted as it is (Bishop, et al. 2004). Mindfulness is…a turning towards life…. To live life as if each moment is important, as if each moment counts and could be worked with, even if it is a moment of pain, sadness, despair, or fear. "Kabat-Zinn"
Mindfulness meditation was adopted from Buddhist tradition, by Kabat-Zinn, and in a secular context woven into psychological interventions for physical and mental health enhancement of clinical and general populations.
Regularly practising mindfulness meditations gradually and implicitly improves one's concentration, self-insight, self-efficacy, self-control, emotion regulation, cognitive appraisal, cognitive flexibility, acceptance, compassion, empathy, and general well-being. These gradual improvements reduce symptoms of depression (rumination, negative thoughts, and beliefs), stress and anxiety, and reduce impulsive thoughts and automatic habitual behaviours. These changes in turn help us to live a better-balanced life and flourish.
Mindfulness-Based Programmes
There is mounting evidence supporting the notion that mind and attitude training makes a positive impact on our physical and mental well-being. At Mindandbodytwoinone, we provide person-centred and trauma-informed psycho-educational programmes to address mood disorder, prevent addiction relapse and enhancing well-being.
These programmes experientially help us, in context of mind-body interaction, to realise and comprehend the detailed nature of the difficulties we are going through. Consequently, this helps us realise our maladaptive thinking patterns and behaviours, improving our cognitive and behavioural skills to cope with our ongoing difficulties wisely and prevent us repeating them in the future.
Here we provide 8-week Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Life (MBCT-L) and Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP) courses. These courses are developed for group settings. They also could be facilitated on a 1:1 basis. In each session of these programmes included mindfulness practices, experiential cognitive interactive exercises, and short discussions. These programmes highly emphasise experiential learning.
