Course dates, costs and details 

The focus in mindfulness is on the here and now.

Too often we get into habits of over -thinking, worrying about the future or regretting the past, adding to our present difficulties and causing us stress.

The mindfulness for stress course offers you skills and tools to cope with stress, better navigate life's events and ultimately boost your happiness and well-being.

The skill of meditation

Mindfulness and self-compassion skills in your daily life

Greater concentration and focus

How breath and body awareness can transform stress

Supportive mindful movement practices

The art of taking joy in simple pleasures

How to overcome your ‘negativity bias’

The many health benefits of mindfulness

8-weeks of lessons – 2 hours a week

A balance of teaching, questions and discussion, and guided meditation

Daily home meditation practice of 20 mins a day

Guided meditations MP3 downloads

Teaching and practices to help you develop mindfulness, calm, and resilience

An experienced mindfulness teacher to answer your questions and address difficulties every week with personalised advice

A safe and supportive learning environment

Yes, if you are:

Wanting to cope with life stressors better than you do now

Open to new practises, to adopt a ‘beginner’s mind’ 

Ready to commit to short daily meditations

Able to participate in a weekly group session for 8 weeks

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This course offers a gentle introduction to mindfulness and compassion skills for those who would like to cope better with everyday stress or worry, as well as reconnecting with joy and a zest for life. Suitable for anyone, especially those who are trying mindfulness for the first time or have little experience of mindfulness or meditation.

Mindfulness and self-compassion skills to help support you with life’s ups and downs

How breath and body awareness can transform stress

Supportive mindful movement practices

The art of taking joy in simple pleasures

4 weeks of sessions- 1.5 hours a week

Each week I will lead several short guided meditations, exploration and group discussion, mixed with short teachings

Links to guided mediations to practice at home

Practices to help you develop mindfulness, calm and resilience

An experienced mindfulness teacher to support you

A safe and supportive learning environment

Yes, if you are:

If you are curious about learning new practices, open-minded and can come with a willingness to adopt a beginner’s mind, then this is a lovely life skill to develop!

Please be ready to commit to practice short daily meditations.

Living with pain or a health conditions is challenging, but when we can't change our circumstances we can change ourselves. 

However, much of the suffering caused by ill-health can be overcome. This mindfulness for health course contains the best mindfulness and compassion techniques from 30 years of managing severe chronic pain, and its effectiveness has been demonstrated in a number of scientific trials.

Clinical trials have shown that mindfulness meditation can be as effective as prescription painkillers and can enhance the body’s natural healing systems. Mindfulness can also reduce the anxiety, depression, irritability, exhaustion, and insomnia that arises from chronic pain and illness.

You can learn to live a rich and full life, manage your physical difficulties well and restore your well-being.

The skill of meditation

Mindfulness and self-compassion skills in your daily life

To live in the present moment and breathe into your experience, rather than tensing against it.

How mindfulness can help you to manage and live well with pain and chronic health conditions

Supportive mindful movement practices

Greater concentration and focus

The art of taking joy in simple pleasures

Transformative body and breath awareness for relaxation, tranquillity, and to let go of tension

Pacing and learning how to break the 'boom and bust' cycle.

8-weeks of lessons - 16 hours of class time

A balance of teaching, questions and discussion, and guided meditation

Short daily home meditation practice

Recorded guided meditations

Teaching and practices to help you develop mindfulness and self-compassion, and to relieve pain and anxiety

An experienced mindfulness teacher to answer your questions and guide you through difficulties every week

A safe and supportive learning environment

Yes, if you are:

Experiencing pain, illness, fatigue or other health condition. Whether it is big or small, short-term or long-term, diagnosed or undiagnosed

Open to new practises, to adopt a ‘beginner’s mind’

Ready to commit to short daily meditations

Able to participate in a weekly group session for 8 weeks