What is mindfulness?
At its simplest mindfulness is about becoming aware of our thoughts, feelings and bodily sensations. How we think and how we deal with our thoughts and feelings plays a big part in our mental health and our overall happiness and resilience. Mindfulness meditation practices can help us change the way we respond to our thoughts, feelings, and sensations. With practice we can learn to observe our thoughts as if they were clouds passing in the sky above us. Creating this distance between our thoughts and ourselves can help us change the way we think and feel about our experiences.
Mindfulness is an ancient practice which has become widespread in the last few decades. It is now used in many Mindfulness-based interventions which include, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). MBCT is recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) for the prevention of relapse in recurrent depression.
There is an ever expanding body of scientific evidence that shows mindfulness really does work.
- Some of the benefits of mindfulness from the research: Reduced anxiety and stress, improved concentration, better sleep, greater resilience, pain reduction, enhanced creativity, greater confidence and self-esteem.
Could mindfulness benefit you?
- Do you want or need to learn to take better care of yourself?
- Would you like to learn what mindfulness is and how it could help you deal with stress, anxiety, and rumination?
- Would you like to increase your resilience and capacity to deal with life's challenges?
- Do you feel a sense of wanting to allow yourself to experience the present moment rather than spinning from one set of demands to the next?
- Would you like to practice mindfulness in a group setting?
If you answer yes to any of these questions then I can offer you or your organisation:
- 90-minute mindfulness taster workshop. Click HERE for a link to the next mindfulness taster workshop.
- an 8-week mindfulness group course
- an 8-week mindfulness course 1-to-1 for adult individuals
- a regular weekly drop in mindfulness group. Details to follow.
All the above can be offered online or in-person.
Further details on mindfulness courses and workshops running soon will be posted on this page.
