Signature classes
Introduction to Mindfulness
6 week course
1 hour per week
A light introduction to the different aspects of mindfulness. Participants will receive mindfulness recordings and weekly summaries to use at home.
Duration: 1 hour per week for 6 weeks.
6 week course
1 hour per week
A light introduction to the different aspects of mindfulness. Participants will receive mindfulness recordings and weekly summaries to use at home.
Duration: 1 hour per week for 6 weeks.
Mindfulness for Life
8 week course
2 hours per week
This is an in depth mindfulness course. It is designed to empower participants to develop a nourishing and resilient personal meditation practice. The course runs for 8 weeks and includes a full day retreat mid-way through the course.
Duration: 2 hours per week for 8 weeks
plus one full day retreat.
8 week course
2 hours per week
This is an in depth mindfulness course. It is designed to empower participants to develop a nourishing and resilient personal meditation practice. The course runs for 8 weeks and includes a full day retreat mid-way through the course.
Duration: 2 hours per week for 8 weeks
plus one full day retreat.
Mini Mindfulness for Early Years
6 Week Programme
3-5 year olds
This 6 week programme is packed with fun activities and mini mindfulness practices, games and songs.
Here’s what the teachers and classroom assistants had to say about a recent programme:
Duration: 6 Week Programme – 1 hour per week split into two 30 min sessions.
Max children 15 per session
6 Week Programme
3-5 year olds
This 6 week programme is packed with fun activities and mini mindfulness practices, games and songs.
Here’s what the teachers and classroom assistants had to say about a recent programme:
- “The children benefited greatly from Veronica’s programme. They have a better control of their emotions and have great strategies to calm and regulate their bodies”
- “This has helped the children so much especially those who were displaying challenging behaviour and it is something that I can now use in class.”
- “I loved that Veronica provided us with booklet of the practices. We will continue to practice mindfulness using this resource”
Duration: 6 Week Programme – 1 hour per week split into two 30 min sessions.
Max children 15 per session
Blue Health Mindfulness Coaching
One-to-one sessions
Recommended 4 x 1 hour sessions
Cost £50 per session
These innovative and interdisciplinary sessions draw on Gabor Maté’s Compassionate Inquiry approach, Blue Health coaching and established mindfulness practices.
It has long been an endeavour of mine to combine both my love of the sea, mindfulness and compassionate inquiry. Blue Health coaching takes place at locations by the coast, using the landscape to inform and support the coaching process.
When we are in, on, or near water our cortisol levels fall and we move into a slightly meditative state that is now being referred to as ‘Blue Mind”. The phrase has been coined by Wallace J Nichols author of the ground-breaking book ‘Blue Mind’. According to Nichols, simply being near water and experiencing it through our senses induces a flood of neurochemicals that promote wellness. Anxiety levels decrease when we get our ‘blue mind on’; we begin to reconnect with ourselves as well as the natural world, helping us to see new possibilities and gain clarity.
With the support of the natural landscape, mindfulness practices and compassionate inquiry, you will find new and creative ways to navigate your life and to reconnect with your coastal surroundings.
Please contact me by email for more information and to arrange a pre-session zoom or phone call.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n95yIBq6jo
One-to-one sessions
Recommended 4 x 1 hour sessions
Cost £50 per session
These innovative and interdisciplinary sessions draw on Gabor Maté’s Compassionate Inquiry approach, Blue Health coaching and established mindfulness practices.
It has long been an endeavour of mine to combine both my love of the sea, mindfulness and compassionate inquiry. Blue Health coaching takes place at locations by the coast, using the landscape to inform and support the coaching process.
When we are in, on, or near water our cortisol levels fall and we move into a slightly meditative state that is now being referred to as ‘Blue Mind”. The phrase has been coined by Wallace J Nichols author of the ground-breaking book ‘Blue Mind’. According to Nichols, simply being near water and experiencing it through our senses induces a flood of neurochemicals that promote wellness. Anxiety levels decrease when we get our ‘blue mind on’; we begin to reconnect with ourselves as well as the natural world, helping us to see new possibilities and gain clarity.
With the support of the natural landscape, mindfulness practices and compassionate inquiry, you will find new and creative ways to navigate your life and to reconnect with your coastal surroundings.
Please contact me by email for more information and to arrange a pre-session zoom or phone call.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n95yIBq6jo
Mindful Eating Course
6 Week Course
2 hours per week
This is not a weight loss course. Nor is it about shaming ourselves into losing weight or using the power of positive thinking to lose weight. It is much more meaningful and potentially life changing than that.
This course offers something different - an opportunity to look deeply at our relationship with food and diet. With the support of mindfulness practice we can get to the root of what it is that pushes us towards unhealthy and mindless eating.
Through mindful activities, discussion mindful eating and meditation we reach our own personal insights and this is what empowers us to make lasting changes and transformation in how we relate to ourselves and how we relate to food.
Over the course of 6 weeks we will experience how mindfulness can bring balance and insight around our eating patterns. We discover how this often links to our feelings. So as we pay attention to our feelings and learn how to take care of strong emotions we begin to transform our unhelpful habits and patterns of reactivity. These patterns often include our tendency to reach for food as comfort or distraction or both.
There are 4 main elements to the course:
6 Week Course
2 hours per week
This is not a weight loss course. Nor is it about shaming ourselves into losing weight or using the power of positive thinking to lose weight. It is much more meaningful and potentially life changing than that.
This course offers something different - an opportunity to look deeply at our relationship with food and diet. With the support of mindfulness practice we can get to the root of what it is that pushes us towards unhealthy and mindless eating.
Through mindful activities, discussion mindful eating and meditation we reach our own personal insights and this is what empowers us to make lasting changes and transformation in how we relate to ourselves and how we relate to food.
Over the course of 6 weeks we will experience how mindfulness can bring balance and insight around our eating patterns. We discover how this often links to our feelings. So as we pay attention to our feelings and learn how to take care of strong emotions we begin to transform our unhelpful habits and patterns of reactivity. These patterns often include our tendency to reach for food as comfort or distraction or both.
There are 4 main elements to the course:
- Befriending the body
- Awareness of Feelings
- Mindful Eating
- Connection with Others
SCHOOLS, YOUTH GROUPS, CHILDREN'S ACTIVITY CENTRES
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MINDFULNESS TASTER
WORKSHOP Taster Workshop for Teachers, Classroom Assistants, School Staff and Youth and Activity Leaders. During this experiential workshop participants will find out what mindfulness is and will have the opportunity to experience some mindfulness practices. Duration: Flexible - can be delivered as a 2 or 3 hour workshop. |
INTRODUCTION TO MINDFULNESS
6 WEEK COURSE This course offers a light introduction to the different aspects of mindfulness. Participants will receive mindfulness recordings and weekly summaries to use at home. Duration: 1 hour per week for 6 weeks. |
MINDFULNESS FOR LIFE
8 WEEK COURSE This is an in depth mindfulness course. It is designed to empower participants to develop a nourishing and resilient personal meditation practice. The course runs for 8 weeks and includes a full day retreat mid-way through the course. Duration: 2 hours per week for 8 weeks plus one full day retreat. |
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YOUTH MINDFULNESS KIDS
PROGRAMME 8/16 WEEK COURSE A 16-lesson introduction to mindfulness designed for Primary School Children age 7-11 years old in schools, small groups or in one to one settings. The course can be adapted for different abilities. Each lesson explores different components of mindfulness. Duration: 1 hour per week, twice weekly for 8 weeks or once weekly for 16 weeks. |
MINDFULNESS COURSE FOR
PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN WITH ADHD 6 WEEK COURSE This course is designed for use in schools or organisations working with children with ADHD. The highly structured course is made up of short practices and activities to suit the ADHD child. Duration: 1 hour per week for 6 weeks. |
TRAIN TO TEACH: MINDFULNESS FOR
PARENTS AND CARERS
TRAINING COURSE
This is a new, exciting and innovative course that weaves practice, guidance and information into one dynamic four day training. The course will be run for 4 days over two weekends and is designed for those who have completed an 8 week mindfulness course or equivalent and who have an already established and regular mindfulness practice.
It will be an opportunity to deepen your own practice, meet like-minded practitioners and train to deliver the Mindfulness for Parents and Carers Programme.
Course content
· Role-modelling and cultivating presence
· Neuroscience and the child’s brain
· Mindful Communication
· Awareness of Feelings – developing emotional intelligence
· Managing Emotions
· Teaching skills practice
By the end of the course you will have experienced the Mindfulness for Parents and Carers course as a participant and had opportunities to practice delivering aspects of the course in triads on each of the training days.
On completion you will receive the following resources
· A facilitator’s manual
· Manual for Parents
· Booklet of practices for children
· Set of mindfulness recordings for adults
· Set of mindfulness recordings for children
PARENTS AND CARERS
TRAINING COURSE
This is a new, exciting and innovative course that weaves practice, guidance and information into one dynamic four day training. The course will be run for 4 days over two weekends and is designed for those who have completed an 8 week mindfulness course or equivalent and who have an already established and regular mindfulness practice.
It will be an opportunity to deepen your own practice, meet like-minded practitioners and train to deliver the Mindfulness for Parents and Carers Programme.
Course content
· Role-modelling and cultivating presence
· Neuroscience and the child’s brain
· Mindful Communication
· Awareness of Feelings – developing emotional intelligence
· Managing Emotions
· Teaching skills practice
By the end of the course you will have experienced the Mindfulness for Parents and Carers course as a participant and had opportunities to practice delivering aspects of the course in triads on each of the training days.
On completion you will receive the following resources
· A facilitator’s manual
· Manual for Parents
· Booklet of practices for children
· Set of mindfulness recordings for adults
· Set of mindfulness recordings for children
pOST-pRIMARY AND yOUNG aDULTS
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YOUTH MINDFULNESS SOMA
PROGRAMME FOR TEENAGERS AND YOUNG ADULTS 8 WEEK COURSE SOMA is an acronym for the principal outcomes of the programme: Social connection, Openness to enjoyment, Meaning and purpose and Action. Taken together these represent the key constituents of well-being. Soma also means body. Mindfulness is about embodiment and rebalancing the tendency towards ‘being in the mind’. This is a dynamic and engaging, activity-based mindfulness programme, suitable for small groups of up to 12 teenagers or young adults. It can be used in schools, youth groups and other youth organisations or settings. The SOMA programme is flexible, comprising a number of activities and themes that can be chosen to fit the timescale available. Duration: 1-2 hours per week for 8 weeks (recommended) but can also be delivered intensively over 1-2 weeks. |
MIINDFULNESS IN SCHOOLS
PROJECT .B COURSE 10 WEEK COURSE This course comprises of a series of 10 lessons and is designed for use in schools. Each lesson explores a different aspect of mindfulness using video, movement, discussion and practices. Duration: 45-60 minutes per week for 10 weeks. |
families
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MINDFULNESS FOR PARENTS
AND CARERS 6 WEEK COURSE This course is aimed at parents and carers of young children and young teens. It teaches parents how mindfulness can enhance and support relationships within the family by reducing stress and improving communication. Duration: 2 hours per week for 6 weeks. |
FAMILY MINDFULNESS AND YOGA
WORKSHOP This workshop incorporates yoga and mindfulness in a way that is fun and relevant to children and adults. Children and parents learn and practise together in a relaxed and playful environment. Duration: 2 hours. |
Organisations and COMMUNITY groups
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MINDFULNESS FOR LIFE
8 WEEK COURSE An in-depth mindfulness course designed to empower participants to develop a nourishing and resilient personal meditation practice. The course runs for 8 weeks and includes a full day retreat mid-way through the course. Duration: 2 hours per week for 8 weeks plus one full day retreat. |
INTRODUCTION TO MINDFULNESS
6 WEEK COURSE A light introduction to the different aspects of mindfulness. Participants will receive mindfulness recordings and weekly summaries to use at home. Duration: 1 hour per week for 6 weeks. |
EARLY MORNING OR AFTER
HOURS MINDFULNESS TASTER SERIES This is a series of 3-6 taster sessions for busy organisations that can be delivered in 45 minute sessions either at the start or the end of the working day. Duration: 45 minutes per week for 3-6 Weeks. |
pUBLIC CLASSES
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MINDFULNESS
WORKSHOP These workshops are suitable for groups of up to 20 people and emphasise particular aspects of mindfulness:
depending on the need of the organisation. |
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MINDFULNESS FOR LIFE
8 WEEK COURSE This is an in-depth mindfulness course. It is designed to empower participants to develop a nourishing and resilient personal meditation practice. The course runs for 8 weeks and includes a full day retreat mid-way through the course. Duration: 2 hours per week for 8 weeks plus one full day retreat. |
MINDFULNESS FOR PARENTS
AND CARERS 6 WEEK COURSE This course is aimed at parents and carers of young children and young teens. It teaches parents how mindfulness can enhance and support relationships within the family by reducing stress and improving communication. Duration: 2 hours per week for 6 weeks. |
MONTHLY MINDFULNESS WALKS
AT MINNOWBURN 1 HOUR PER MONTH This is a regular and free event and is open to everyone. Participants will receive a short introduction about what mindful walking is and guidance for the walk. The walk follows the same route each month and includes wonderful views from Terrace Hill Garden, a walk through woodland and along the banks of the River Lagan. Duration: 1 hour |
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FAMILY MINDFULNESS AND YOGA
WORKSHOP This workshop incorporates yoga and mindfulness in a way that is fun and relevant to children and adults. Children and parents learn and practise together. Duration: 2 hours |
ONE-TO-ONE MINDFULNESS FOR
CHILDREN AND ADULTS COACHING SESSIONS Personally tailored coaching sessions available via Skype. Duration: Please ask for details. |
