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Christopher Dines is a British author, writer, novelist, mindfulness teacher and former house DJ. He has published eight books and resides in England, UK.
DJ, producer and promoter (1994-2006):
Having a deep love for music, Christopher left high school at fifteen to pursue a full-time career as an electronic house DJ. At fifteen, Christopher promoted two British national top-eleven UK garage bands, The Genius Cru and DJ Deekline in North West London, for two years. Having DJed at prestigious venues such as City Loud at Turnmills, Ministry of Sound, Defected In The House at Pacha, London Fashion Week, The Loft (Trouble Anderson’s Loft) and Garage City, Christopher’s DJing career took him to Asia, where he travelled extensively. This subsequently led him to remix and produce underground electronic dance music.
Throughout this thrilling experience, unfortunately, Christopher’s drug-taking and party lifestyle spiralled out of control, which led to full-blown alcohol and cocaine addiction. After a dark rock bottom, Christopher cleaned up aged twenty-one (summer 2004) and began to do some soul-searching. This led to a deep exploration of the human mind and roads to emotional wellbeing and self-realisation. This has been accomplished through intense self-education and with the invaluable help and guidance of enlightened mentors.
In 2005, Christopher co-founded an underground deep house record label, SuCasa Beats. He was the head of A&R from 2005 to 2006. As the driving force behind the label, Dines signed Afro Medusa, Andy Daniel (Defected Records), Marlon D (Defected Records), Steal Vybe, and Pablo Martinez (King Street) and promoted the label at the legendary Plan B club in Brixton, London. While remixing the national-chart hit band Afro Medusa, and signing artists such as Marlon D, Samba La Casa, Steal Vybe and Onxy (Soul2Soul), mindfulness was gradually becoming a subtle practice.
Christopher ‘retired’ from the electronic dance music industry in June 2006 to give public talks on inspirational ideas and self-awareness, and to hold personal development and mindfulness workshops and courses.
2006 to current:
Christopher Dines has published eight books and facilitated workshops, seminars, retreats, school talks and corporate events, assisting people to reduce stress and enhance their emotional well-being and serenity.
Dines co-authored THE KINDNESS HABIT with medical doctor and wellness pioneer, Dr Barbara Mariposa. The foreword is by three times #1 New York Times bestseller, the late John Bradshaw. Published by Riverbank Books UK in 2016.
DRUG ADDICTION RECOVERY was published by Sheldon Press (Hachette) in 2019. The foreword is by Rudolph E. Tanzi PhD, Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School.
SUPER SELF-CARE was published by Sheldon Press (John Murray Learning—Hachette) on 16 July 2020. The foreword is by Kelly McNelis.
Christopher has recently taken on an ambassadorial role with Project Eileen, which is a charity based in Brighton & Hove city, England. Project Eileen helps young people address death and grief. Christopher is currently writing his first novel—details to follow shortly.
