{"product_id":"disrupting-white-mindfulness-race-and-racism-in-the-wellbeing-industry-paperback","title":"Disrupting White Mindfulness: Race and Racism in the Wellbeing Industry - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCathy-Mae Karelse\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDisrupting white mindfulness\u003c\/i\u003e presents a thought-provoking critique of the prevailing narratives that shape the mindfulness industry, namely whiteness, postracialism and neoliberalism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe industry presents itself as 'apolitical', but this only serves to create institutions that fit comfortably into our increasingly divided societies. The White, middle-class profile of decision-makers, educators and staff is mirrored in its audiences, and the industry's whiteness is endlessly recycled through corporate pedagogies, edicts of authority, disengagement with difference and inappropriate uses of mindfulness that distance People of the Global Majority. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the same time, an emergent movement focused on a justice-infused mindfulness and liberatory well-being is decolonising mindfulness and decentring whiteness. Rooted in indigenous, global South, queer knowledges, this movement leverages difference to produce new possibilities for liberation. As this book shows, there is room for White Mindfulness to change.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Karelse delivers a cracking Black Feminist call to decolonise \"Wellbeing\" with her forensic expos? of the dark side of the White Mindfulness industry and its colonial co-option of Eastern teachings for Western gain.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeidi Safia Mirza, Emeritus Professor, University College London\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003ci\u003eDisrupting White Mindfulness\u003c\/i\u003e offers a generous and critical lens of exploration, helping to free the ancient practice of mindfulness from systems of dominance, restoring the practice back to its original project of liberation for all who seek it.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLama Rod Owens, author of \u003ci\u003eLove and Rage\u003c\/i\u003e and co-author of \u003ci\u003eRadical Dharma\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMindfulness is now everywhere in the West. Over the last four decades, the movement has exploded in the US and UK, and is now found everywhere from boardrooms and bedrooms to schools, prisons and hospitals. Yet popular mindfulness is infused in whiteness and late capitalism. This book reveals how its easy fit in Western society replicates existing social norms and dominant narratives: an essentially White Mindfulness reflects racialised institutional profiles and a largely White, middle-class audience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaking a critical look at this lucrative industry, \u003ci\u003eDisrupting White Mindfulness\u003c\/i\u003e explores the influences of neoliberalism and postracialism, and the invisible force of whiteness that marginalises and excludes People of the Global Majority from meaningful leadership and decision-making. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEngaging with decolonising initiatives rooted in embodied justice, \u003ci\u003eDisrupting White Mindfulness \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a path and an invitation for a radically transformed mindfulness, one which moves away from whiteness to embrace solutions built on difference and on indigenous, queer, and global South perspectives.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCathy-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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 28, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43829350826070,"sku":"9781526176264","price":50.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0686\/5138\/4918\/files\/4n43U9DdRT9781526176264.webp?v=1782954283","url":"https:\/\/www.sourceandsage.com\/products\/disrupting-white-mindfulness-race-and-racism-in-the-wellbeing-industry-paperback","provider":"Source \u0026 Sage","version":"1.0","type":"link"}