{"id":123,"date":"2018-05-03T17:30:38","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T16:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/mindfulleaderskenya\/?page_id=123"},"modified":"2026-03-31T15:39:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:39:02","slug":"nairobi-west","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/mindful-leaders-kenya\/mindful-movement\/nairobi-west\/","title":{"rendered":"Nairobi West"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nairobi West prison\u00a0has an active group of 50 inmates who are\u00a0now Mindful Leaders\/trainees. The passion, enthusiasm and drive of the Mindful Leader inmates is huge and unavoidably\u00a0contagious!<\/p>\n<p>The group of inmates, welfare officers and officers in charge has formed a united family \u2013\u00a0one of support, collaboration and celebration, created as an aid to support the inmates on their personal journeys\u00a0of self-discovery,\u00a0acceptance, emotional resilience and non-judgemental living through the programme.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-319 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/mindfulleaderskenya\/files\/2018\/05\/BANW4333-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nairobi West Mindful Leaders have developed sub-groups in order to deepen and develop their understanding and practices. They are used to guide the teaching and learning, as well as to\u00a0identify areas that need further work and growth.<\/p>\n<p>They too have identified the\u00a0need to create further editions of the Mindfulness and Self-awareness handbook\u00a0\u2013 in multiple languages \u2013\u00a0Rowandanese, Ugandese and Nigerian, in order to extend the reach further. Creative methods of sharing and expressing the teachings have also been devised, using song, drama, comedy and collective mindful shouting techniques, the unique call of Nairobi West being &#8216;Yabba, Yabba, Yabba&#8217;!!! Teaching Mindfulness practices isn&#8217;t only shared within the &#8216;classroom&#8217; it happens within the wards (sleeping spaces)!<\/p>\n<p>Mindful Leaders at Nairobi West aspire to share the word of Mindfulness beyond the prison walls,\u00a0to positively impact\u00a0the life of communities.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-321\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/mindfulleaderskenya\/files\/2018\/05\/HFGN1268-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-320\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/mindfulleaderskenya\/files\/2018\/05\/URIH8428-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Letters kindly donated by the Mindful Leaders for the supporters of the crowdfunding project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nairobi West prison\u00a0has an active group of 50 inmates who are\u00a0now Mindful Leaders\/trainees. 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