Ross Edwards BSc DipBSoM

About Me

I’m the Founder of The Great Updraft, the Mindfulness Meditation Tribe, and The Great Updraft Podcast, which make personal transformation available to all.

Without meditation, I simply wouldn’t be who I am now. It has permanently transformed me. Having practiced regularly since 2016, racking up 1500+ hours of practice, I now know that I’ll meditate for the rest of my life.

Meditate is now a key part of everything I do. Whether I want to fully appreciate the moment, confront a life challenge, be more compassionate, or be more skillful in my projects, I turn to my meditation skills.

To share meditation with others, I became a qualified meditation teacher with the British School of Meditation and with Unified Mindfulness. I now teach weekly classes in Chichester in addition to my MIND coaching.

Coaching with me

How I like to coach

MIND COACHING runs on four core principles:

• Honesty: I’ll never lie about the challenges involved with this work. It’s beautiful, but often not pretty. I’m not some kind of blemish-free guru, and I’ll be honest about my life and my challenges.
• Responsibility: the willingness to radically own our lives, seeing how our actions define our future, and never blaming others for our circumstances. Analogously, as a coach, I can only suggest courses of action. Only you can be you, and only you can directly bring about change in your life using mindfulness.
• Awareness: our thoughts and emotions are never hidden from us. They’re in plain sight and constantly define who we are. This is one of the great discoveries of mindfulness.
• Integrity: I’m responsible in what I do. Life coaching is an unregulated industry, and there are sad stories of vulnerable clients and unscrupulous scammers pretending to be coaches. As such, I follow the Global Code of Ethics for Coaches and Mentors, and before coaching begins, you complete a questionnaire.

Experience, Certifications & Training

Certifications and Degrees

• British School of Meditation: Certificate in Meditation Teaching 2018
• Unified Mindfulness: Foundations of Teaching

Fee description

£650 for whole 10-week coaching package

Includes 10 x 1-hour virtual coaching sessions

+ Guided meditation audios

+ Treasure trove of meditation articles