Leicester Mercury: Mornings can be a tense part of the day. Rolling out of bed, frantically dressing, scalding your tongue on hot tea, then slamming the door shut and rushing to the nearest traffic jam.

But does it need to be that way?

Today, I was going to do it differently. I was going to start my day with a peaceful meditative half hour at the Nagarjuna Kadampa Buddhist Centre.

Arriving at the conspicuous large black door on Guildhall Lane, Leicester, I didn’t really know what to expect.

But my vision of an incense-filled corridor, with monks draped in saffron robes, chanting ancient …

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