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Luke Francis Doherty (born 11 April 1987) is an elite sports and leadership mindfulness teacher. Since 2018, he has been the founder and managing director of Mindful Peak Performance. He is also a social entrepreneur and founder of BAM! (Boxing and Mindfulness),[1] a national award-winning[2] approach that makes mindfulness more accessible to disadvantaged young people.
Born in 1987 in Lancaster, Doherty grew up and was capped for the England under-18s rugby team in 2004, playing against Scotland and Ireland. He then went on to study law at Queen Mary University of London and gained a scholarship to study a postgraduate diploma in law and community leadership at the School of African and Oriental Studies.
After studying, he worked within the community of East London for the charity Outward, managing supported living accommodation to support people with learning disabilities, autism, and mental health issues to live independently. It was during this time that Doherty took up the practice of meditation and became a Buddhist through the London Buddhist Centre.
After four years at Outward, Doherty was appointed as the manager of Breathing Space, the secular wing of the London Buddhist Centre, where he taught mindfulness for stress, depression, and addiction recovery and developed a mindfulness programme for deprived communities in East London. While at Breathing Space, he completed the ordination retreats to become an ordained Buddhist but decided not to become ordained and instead set up Mindful Peak Performance to take mindfulness into the sports world.
Through the work of Mindful Peak Performance, Luke won the Innovation in Mindfulness Award in 2022[2] and also received national press for his work teaching mindfulness at Harlequins Rugby Club. Luke has also appeared on GB News,[3] BBC Radio 2 with Jeremy Vine,[4] and BBC Radio 5 with Helen Skelton,[5] talking about mental health in sport.
In Doherty's spare time, he is an artist under his middle name, Luke Francis. In 2024, he was selected for a group show at the Holy Art Gallery in London and launched a solo show in 2024 called "Fragments" at The LOT in East London.
- ^ "Change Lives". www.mindfulpeakperformance.com.
- ^ a b "2022 Winner: BAM! Boxing and Mindfulness | Blog".
- ^ GBNews (2022-07-14). Mindfulness coach Luke Doherty outlines how to make the topic 'less boring' for young people. Retrieved 2024-10-28 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Radio 2 Week of Wellness - Mindfulness.mp3". Google Docs. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
- ^ Mindful Peak Performance (2024-07-19). BBC Radio 5 Live LD. Retrieved 2024-10-28 – via YouTube.