Martin Stepek

Join award-winning poet, author and mindfulness teacher Martin Stepek as he reads poems - and the occasional great quote - which directly speak to our sense of love of life and happiness.

His selection will come from all times, from as early as before the birth of Christ, and from as far away as Japan and China. Come and hear Martin explore and discuss these poems that nurture a sense of peace and happiness in us.

Martin Stepek is one of Scotland's most respected and popular mindfulness teachers. Author of two books on the subject and writer of a weekly column on the subject in the Sunday Herald, he is also a prize-winning poet, and the recipient of the prestigious Polish award, the Gold Cross of Merit.

His wide-ranging studies have included Buddhism, East Asian Poetry, and the neuroscience of happiness and peace of mind. He serves on the Choose Life group, the pan-Lanarkshire suicide prevention body.