Forthcoming Dates:

No dates have been arranged yet for 2024 - watch this space.

About the Course:

On this 8 week course you’ll be introduced step by step to the skills of mindfulness & compassion to transform your relationship to life’s difficulties - restoring physical and mental wellbeing, building resilience and giving you tools for a flourishing life. The course is suitable for those with stress, anxiety, overwhelm, ill health, fatigue, pain/tension or any chronic health condition.

The course is based on the award winning book ‘Mindfulness for Health’ by Vidyamala Burch and Danny Penman (BMA medical Book Awards, First prize 2014). The course has been developed by Breathworks - a globally recognised leader in teaching mindfulness and compassion to individuals and organisations worldwide. Founded in 2001.

Breathworks have a scientific evidence-base demonstrating the effectiveness of its approach. To find out more, visit the Breathworks website.

Mindfulness is a skill that builds through regular practice - so between the weekly sessions, there is 20 minutes of home practice each day (two led meditations, each 10 minutes long) as well as some reading and simple ideas to integrate mindfulness into everyday life. It’s good to consider whether you’re able to commit to this aspect of the course at this time. Please speak to us if you’re not sure.

What you’ll learn:

• Mindfulness & compassion - to promote calm, wellbeing, relief from pain and tension & happiness

• Simple meditations and a range of other techniques to develop awareness & integrate it into your life

• How to support yourself with kindness - the skill of self-compassion

• Connecting with others - being part of a supportive peer group

• Supportive mindful movement - adaptable to your body

• The skill of inhabiting and befriending your body - even when in pain/stress

• How to work with your thoughts - dropping out of rumination, catastrophising etc

• Simple theories from psychology and neuroscience

• Pacing and learning to break the ‘boom bust’ cycle

• Developing ways of connecting to the soothing breath - promoting the body’s self-healing mechanisms

Cost:

£200 - full rate (£180 early bird price)

£150 - limited amount of concessionary rates for those on low income.

*Please speak to us if you find the cost a barrier to joining the course.

** the fee includes the course handbook and audio recordings of the led practises

To Book:

You can email me on: jess.pailthorpe@yahoo.co.uk, or contact 07981 866 667, to reserve your place. Please include a contact phone number. We will give you a call to take some details, and make sure that the course is suitable for you at this time. Once you’ve paid the deposit of £50, your place is secured and you’ll receive the joining letter. The full fee is due 1 week prior to the start of the course.