Signature classes
Making Sense of Mindfulness
5 week course
1-2 hours per week
This course is suitable for people who are interested in developing their own personal mindfulness practice or refreshing an already existing or lapsed practice. The course helps participants make sense of ‘mindfulness’.
In recent years the word ‘mindful’ has been tagged on to so many other programmes and activities that it has lost its true meaning. This course will help you to make sense of mindfulness as a practice and to find ways of integrating mindfulness into every day life.
Over the course of 5 weeks, we will explore the various aspects of mindfulness. Each week we will gather together as a group and develop our capacity for awareness, compassion and happiness through practice, inquiry and discussion.
The practices will focus on the body, breath, movement, strong emotions, self-compassion and nourishing happiness.
Practising mindfulness is a way of being in the world. It brings us alive, builds our resilience and allows us to live with more ease and less stress and to really savour and appreciate all the many conditions of happiness that are already here. We begin to wake up to our lives.
In the words of Thich Nhat Hanh "if we miss the present moment, we miss our appointment with life. And that is very serious”. Here is where life happens. The practice of mindfulness helps us to embrace life fully, to be with the difficulties in our lives and to appreciate more fully all that is well.
As part of this course, I will provide you with guided meditation recordings to use during the week to support you on your mindfulness journey.
Each week, I will encourage you to engage in home practice of 20 mins each day.
If you are interested in understanding what mindfulness is really all about or if you
feel you would benefit from refreshing your own personal practice, this is the course
for you.
5 week course
1-2 hours per week
This course is suitable for people who are interested in developing their own personal mindfulness practice or refreshing an already existing or lapsed practice. The course helps participants make sense of ‘mindfulness’.
In recent years the word ‘mindful’ has been tagged on to so many other programmes and activities that it has lost its true meaning. This course will help you to make sense of mindfulness as a practice and to find ways of integrating mindfulness into every day life.
Over the course of 5 weeks, we will explore the various aspects of mindfulness. Each week we will gather together as a group and develop our capacity for awareness, compassion and happiness through practice, inquiry and discussion.
The practices will focus on the body, breath, movement, strong emotions, self-compassion and nourishing happiness.
Practising mindfulness is a way of being in the world. It brings us alive, builds our resilience and allows us to live with more ease and less stress and to really savour and appreciate all the many conditions of happiness that are already here. We begin to wake up to our lives.
In the words of Thich Nhat Hanh "if we miss the present moment, we miss our appointment with life. And that is very serious”. Here is where life happens. The practice of mindfulness helps us to embrace life fully, to be with the difficulties in our lives and to appreciate more fully all that is well.
As part of this course, I will provide you with guided meditation recordings to use during the week to support you on your mindfulness journey.
Each week, I will encourage you to engage in home practice of 20 mins each day.
If you are interested in understanding what mindfulness is really all about or if you
feel you would benefit from refreshing your own personal practice, this is the course
for you.
Diving Deeper 5 Week Mindfulness Course
5 week course
1.5 hour per week
This course is suitable for people who have already completed a mindfulness course or who have a regular mindfulness practice. It is for those who want to go deeper in their mindfulness practice or who want to practise mindfulness in a different way.
Often people get disillusioned with mindfulness or give up on the practice because they can’t find the time or the meditations just ‘don’t work’ for them. This course addresses these issues and more. It is a lovely heartfelt exploration of mindfulness and mindful living. Over the course of 5 weeks, we create a community of support where, if participants wish to and find it helpful, can check in with each other via a WhatsApp group.
What you will receive
5 week course
1.5 hour per week
This course is suitable for people who have already completed a mindfulness course or who have a regular mindfulness practice. It is for those who want to go deeper in their mindfulness practice or who want to practise mindfulness in a different way.
Often people get disillusioned with mindfulness or give up on the practice because they can’t find the time or the meditations just ‘don’t work’ for them. This course addresses these issues and more. It is a lovely heartfelt exploration of mindfulness and mindful living. Over the course of 5 weeks, we create a community of support where, if participants wish to and find it helpful, can check in with each other via a WhatsApp group.
What you will receive
- Weekly recordings of mindfulness meditations based on the weekly topic
- Home practice guidance and reflections
- Invitation to contact facilitator if any difficulties arise.
- Journaling prompts
- Week 1 Stopping and Embodiment
- Week 2 The practice of Awe
- Week 3 Being our own soulmate (self-compassion)
- Week 4 Befriending Self-doubt
- Week 5 Deep rest as a radical act
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
MINDFULNESS FOR PARENTS
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.
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.
The SECRET Programme
Mindfulness-based personal development programme
The focus of this programme is on building resilience, connection and mindfulness practice through a series of days of mindfulness. Participants will find very practical ways to manage stress and to cultivate happiness and balance in their lives. During each session participants explore the different components of the SECRET to Living a Fuller, Happier and more Meaningful Life.
SECRET is an acronym for Stopping, Enjoyment, Compassion, Rest, Exercise (the brain) and Try Something New.
The programme has been designed to integrate the 5 steps to mental wellbeing. As this is a mindfulness-based programme it naturally integrates step 5 (Pay attention to the present moment). As participants explore and commit to the sessions that the SECRET offers they also connect with each other through listening spaces, inquiry and discussion. Participants also engage in gentle activity through mindful walking and movement. They are encouraged in session 6 to not simply try something new, but to look at what stops them from trying something new.
This is a very comprehensive and deeply rewarding programme. If you would like more information please contact Veronica Ellis by email [email protected]
Mindfulness-based personal development programme
The focus of this programme is on building resilience, connection and mindfulness practice through a series of days of mindfulness. Participants will find very practical ways to manage stress and to cultivate happiness and balance in their lives. During each session participants explore the different components of the SECRET to Living a Fuller, Happier and more Meaningful Life.
SECRET is an acronym for Stopping, Enjoyment, Compassion, Rest, Exercise (the brain) and Try Something New.
The programme has been designed to integrate the 5 steps to mental wellbeing. As this is a mindfulness-based programme it naturally integrates step 5 (Pay attention to the present moment). As participants explore and commit to the sessions that the SECRET offers they also connect with each other through listening spaces, inquiry and discussion. Participants also engage in gentle activity through mindful walking and movement. They are encouraged in session 6 to not simply try something new, but to look at what stops them from trying something new.
- Session 1 – Stopping – How do we slow down? Responding V Reactivity, awareness practices including movement, walking and Listening Space
- Session 2 – Enjoyment – the practice of awe, savouring, nourishing happiness activities and practices, movement, walking and Listening Space
- Session 3 – Compassion – bringing compassion to ourselves and others, mask activity – what do we hide and what do we show? Self-compassion practice, walking, movement and Listening Space.
- Session 4 – Rest – what stops us from resting? How to slow down the thinking mind and rest our nervous systems.
- Session 5 – Exercise – looking at how the brain works, positive mindset and neuroplasticity
- Session 6 – Try something new – befriending self-doubt.
This is a very comprehensive and deeply rewarding programme. If you would like more information please contact Veronica Ellis by email [email protected]
Mindfulness for Carers
Caring for the carers
While many people experience burnout due to stress at work, caring for family members are also a very common cause of burnout or overwhelm. It can be even more difficult for carers to find balance in their lives given the nature and constancy of the role. Carers can be quite isolated and can end up not only physically exhausted but emotionally drained. This can have long-term effects on physical and mental health, including depression, heart disease and even early death.
A study carried out by the British Journal of Nursing in 2020 found that,
Training in mindful compassion benefits patients and carers. In both the short
and long terms, mindful compassion was found to reduce anxiety, aid sleep,
improve pain management and help people feel more empowered, calm and
relaxed. It also helped people cope with stressful situations, gave them time
for themselves and enabled them to become much more focused.
This compassion-based mindfulness course can help carers to build resilience, calm and stability. As carers come together as a group on this 6-
week course and practise together they begin to create balance and even joy in the more difficult days. Connecting with others in the group setting is very supportive and the sharing of experiences and of the activities and practices can give participants a greater sense of commonality and they tend to feel less isolated and more motivated and empowered.
During the course, carers learn how to take care of stress so that it doesn’t overwhelm them. They learn how to ground themselves, how to let go of racing thoughts, how be more present and very importantly how to practise self-compassion. On the fifth week of the course, participants find ways to nourish themselves with everyday happiness.
Previous participants have reported increased energy, better sleep and feelings of wellbeing and positivity after taking this course. They have found that they feel more able to cope with stress and worry.
About the course
This Mindfulness 6 week programme is suitable both for beginners and for those who have already some mindfulness experience. The course includes a course e-manual along with recordings of the mindfulness practices to use each week at home between sessions.
The sessions last for 1.5 hours but can be adjusted depending on need.
Introductory Course Content
What is mindfulness? And how can it help?
Includes a small manual and weekly recordings. The manual can be accessed digitally, or a hard copy can be requested.
Caring for the carers
While many people experience burnout due to stress at work, caring for family members are also a very common cause of burnout or overwhelm. It can be even more difficult for carers to find balance in their lives given the nature and constancy of the role. Carers can be quite isolated and can end up not only physically exhausted but emotionally drained. This can have long-term effects on physical and mental health, including depression, heart disease and even early death.
A study carried out by the British Journal of Nursing in 2020 found that,
Training in mindful compassion benefits patients and carers. In both the short
and long terms, mindful compassion was found to reduce anxiety, aid sleep,
improve pain management and help people feel more empowered, calm and
relaxed. It also helped people cope with stressful situations, gave them time
for themselves and enabled them to become much more focused.
This compassion-based mindfulness course can help carers to build resilience, calm and stability. As carers come together as a group on this 6-
week course and practise together they begin to create balance and even joy in the more difficult days. Connecting with others in the group setting is very supportive and the sharing of experiences and of the activities and practices can give participants a greater sense of commonality and they tend to feel less isolated and more motivated and empowered.
During the course, carers learn how to take care of stress so that it doesn’t overwhelm them. They learn how to ground themselves, how to let go of racing thoughts, how be more present and very importantly how to practise self-compassion. On the fifth week of the course, participants find ways to nourish themselves with everyday happiness.
Previous participants have reported increased energy, better sleep and feelings of wellbeing and positivity after taking this course. They have found that they feel more able to cope with stress and worry.
About the course
This Mindfulness 6 week programme is suitable both for beginners and for those who have already some mindfulness experience. The course includes a course e-manual along with recordings of the mindfulness practices to use each week at home between sessions.
The sessions last for 1.5 hours but can be adjusted depending on need.
Introductory Course Content
What is mindfulness? And how can it help?
- Experience of a variety of mindfulness practices with explanation and time to discuss and inquire into the practice each week.
- Bodyscan – how to be more present. How to manage our wandering mind.
- Awareness of Breathing meditation – how to destress.
- Mindfulness of Feelings – how to take care of feelings.
- Self-compassion – bringing acceptance and kindness to ourselves.
- Mindful movement/walking – another way to practice.
- Mindful eating
- Cultivating gratitude and happiness
- Mindfulness in everyday life
Includes a small manual and weekly recordings. The manual can be accessed digitally, or a hard copy can be requested.
Mindfulness Courses for Special Schools and Training Organisations
6-10 weeks - 30 mins - 1 hour session per week
Just as every child or adult with special educational needs is unique, the programmes that I offer for Special schools and training organisations are tailored to meet the particular needs and make-up of the group.
What to expect:
Mostly the programmes follow a similar structure to all mindfulness courses but with adaptations that might give greater emphasis to movement, relaxation or discussion. Every session includes movement, games, music, breathing exercises and short video clips to help with understanding and to promote discussion and interaction.
As part of the Special Needs Programmes I offer a workshop for teachers, classroom assistants and group leaders where I draw on my own experience as a Special Needs teacher to explore tried and tested ways of integrating mindfulness into the classroom.
The programmes run for 6-10 weeks and each session lasts between 30 mins – 1 hour depending on the group.
6-10 weeks - 30 mins - 1 hour session per week
Just as every child or adult with special educational needs is unique, the programmes that I offer for Special schools and training organisations are tailored to meet the particular needs and make-up of the group.
What to expect:
Mostly the programmes follow a similar structure to all mindfulness courses but with adaptations that might give greater emphasis to movement, relaxation or discussion. Every session includes movement, games, music, breathing exercises and short video clips to help with understanding and to promote discussion and interaction.
As part of the Special Needs Programmes I offer a workshop for teachers, classroom assistants and group leaders where I draw on my own experience as a Special Needs teacher to explore tried and tested ways of integrating mindfulness into the classroom.
The programmes run for 6-10 weeks and each session lasts between 30 mins – 1 hour depending on the group.
Compassionate RESET programme
6 Week Programme
The Compassionate RESET programme for staff wellbeing, community groups and organisations.
The COMPASSIONATE RESET is a mindfulness-based programme focusing on self-care.
We are told about the importance of self-care but what is it? And how can we make it part of our lives? This 6-week programme will resource you to do just that.
What to expect:
The COMPASSIONATE RESET programme content
Week 1 Rest – the art of stopping and being present
Week 2 Exercise – movement, walking, everyday activities
Week 3 & 4 Self-compassion and Loving Kindness – the art of radical acceptance
Week 5 Enjoyment – how to water the seeds of awe and happiness
Week 6 Try something new – a diet for wellbeing
6 Week Programme
The Compassionate RESET programme for staff wellbeing, community groups and organisations.
The COMPASSIONATE RESET is a mindfulness-based programme focusing on self-care.
We are told about the importance of self-care but what is it? And how can we make it part of our lives? This 6-week programme will resource you to do just that.
What to expect:
- Facilitator sharing on the session topic
- Practical ways to integrate what you have learned into everyday life
- Short meditations, mindfulness activities, videos
- Reflections
- Discussions
- Resources to use at home
The COMPASSIONATE RESET programme content
Week 1 Rest – the art of stopping and being present
Week 2 Exercise – movement, walking, everyday activities
Week 3 & 4 Self-compassion and Loving Kindness – the art of radical acceptance
Week 5 Enjoyment – how to water the seeds of awe and happiness
Week 6 Try something new – a diet for wellbeing
Day RETREATS
All-day - usually from 10:30 am to 4:30 pm
All the following day retreats will include the following:
Bespoke day retreats are also available focusing on the particular needs of the group.
All the following day retreats will include the following:
- My sharing on the particular topic
- Reflection exercises
- Mindful movement
- Meditation
- Deep Resting Practice or meditation relevant to the topic
- Short Take away practices
- Recordings available for each retreat
Bespoke day retreats are also available focusing on the particular needs of the group.
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THE ART OF STOPPING AND RESTING
You might feel that you have no time to rest and yet you are exhausted, or you might feel that you don’t deserve to rest. Or maybe you are so used to travelling at 100mph that you’ve forgotten how to rest. We all need rest. Without real rest we become depleted, less resilient, more prone to anxiety and depression and we tend to not live life as fully as we would like to. On this day retreat we will explore how, through the art of resting you can begin to widen your resilient zone and find more balance in life. The day will give you space and time to reflect, journal and be in discussion with each other. You will leave with a greater appreciation of what it means to stop and rest and practical tools for integrating this practice into everyday life as well as a rebalanced nervous system. Resting is not something that we earn or deserve but is crucial to our wellbeing and to the wellbeing of our families. What to expect A gentle, deeply restful and informal day looking at resilience and how resting impacts the resilient zone or the ‘ok zone’. We will also explore mindful movement, meditation, journaling, deep relaxation, poetry and discussion. |
THE ART OF HAPPINESS
It's true that we spend most of our lives in the pursuit of happiness, often in comparison, or in a kind of scarcity mindset. We often find ourselves living into the future where we think happiness exists. On this day retreat we will be re-framing our perceptions of happiness. Happiness is not something we need to pursue but rather it's a way of being. It is an art that allows us to live a more fulfilled life. To be fulfilled doesn’t mean that we are upbeat and happy all the time. Fulfilment is not something that we achieve through a positive mindset or positive thinking. It is a gradual feeling of wholeness that comes from our capacity to be with what life presents us with; our ability to turn towards difficult emotions and to nourish and savour what is beautiful, warm, comforting and often ordinary in our lives. We might say that this is the art of living well. What to expect A gentle, relaxed and informal day looking at and reframing happiness. The work of Rick Hanson shows us that we can rewire our brains for happiness. I will be sharing some of this with you and will guide you as to how to bring the practices into everyday life. We will practice together ‘watering seeds of happiness’ in us through reflection exercises, journaling meditation, walking and movement. You will leave with a greater appreciation of what is already here in your life that is supporting your wellbeing and with recordings of practices that will help you to continue to develop and intensify all that you have learnt. |
SELF-COMPASSION
Mostly in life our care and kindness go out to others. It is usually the critical voice that we listen to and this only serves to diminish and weaken us, knock our confidence and inhibit what we do in life. We seldom consider that we could be our own best friend. On this day retreat we will learn how to make a shift from listening to our inner critic to listening to our more compassionate self. You will learn how this not only empowers you but makes you more compassionate to others. When we learn how to be more compassionate to ourselves we are less controlled by our more negative or difficult emotions. What to expect A deeply relaxing day when we will explore together the beautiful practice of self-compassion. We will debunk a lot of the myths around this and learn very practical ways of being more compassionate to ourselves in everyday life. There will be time for discussion, reflection exercises and journaling as well as meditation, movement and deep rest. |
OTHER COURSES and workshops
MINDFULNESS TASTER
WORKSHOP
During this taster 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 1-3 hour workshop.
WORKSHOP
During this taster 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 1-3 hour workshop.
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 for 16 weeks or twice weekly for 8 weeks.
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 for 16 weeks or twice weekly for 8 weeks.
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
Community Resiliency Model Training
This is a simple and effective model that builds resiliency and provides community members with a practical experience of wellbeing skills that not only supports their own wellbeing but that of their family and community.
CRM’s goal is to help to create communities that are ‘trauma informed’ and ‘resiliency focused’
The programme can be delivered as a series of workshops or over the course of one or two days (depending on the needs of the community group) explores the impact of trauma and chronic stress on the nervous system and how we can restore or increase resiliency by embracing and practising a set of wellbeing skills.
The training equips participants to become Community Resiliency Model Guides in their own families and communities.
The primary focus on this skill-based programme is to reset the natural balance of the nervous system.
If you would like more information about how this might be facilitated for your community group or organisation please drop me an email and for more information on the programme please visit The Trauma Resource Institute https://www.traumaresourceinstitute.com/
This is a simple and effective model that builds resiliency and provides community members with a practical experience of wellbeing skills that not only supports their own wellbeing but that of their family and community.
CRM’s goal is to help to create communities that are ‘trauma informed’ and ‘resiliency focused’
The programme can be delivered as a series of workshops or over the course of one or two days (depending on the needs of the community group) explores the impact of trauma and chronic stress on the nervous system and how we can restore or increase resiliency by embracing and practising a set of wellbeing skills.
The training equips participants to become Community Resiliency Model Guides in their own families and communities.
The primary focus on this skill-based programme is to reset the natural balance of the nervous system.
If you would like more information about how this might be facilitated for your community group or organisation please drop me an email and for more information on the programme please visit The Trauma Resource Institute https://www.traumaresourceinstitute.com/
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
MINDFULNESS IN THE WORKPLACE - FINDING CALM, FOCUS AND BALANCE
6 WEEK COURSE
Mindfulness is a very powerful practice of training our attention to be here, in the present moment. Mindfulness in the Workplace is about observation without criticism; being compassionate with ourselves and others. When unhappiness or stress take hold in our lives, we can observe our thoughts with friendly curiosity and allow them to pass. In essence, mindfulness allows us to catch negative thought patterns before they tip us into a downward spiral. It begins the process of putting us back in control of our working lives.
Over time, mindfulness brings about long-term changes in mood and levels of happiness and wellbeing. Scientific studies have shown that mindfulness not only prevents depression, but that it also positively affects the brain patterns underlying day-to-day anxiety, stress, depression, and irritability so that when they arise, they dissolve away again more easily. Other studies have shown that regular meditators see their doctors less often and spend fewer days in hospital, memory improves, creativity increases, and reaction times become faster.
We know first-hand the benefits of practising mindfulness in the workplace—and we have the research it back it up. This course will help you to:
Every participant will receive a course manual and mindfulness recordings to use at home and at work.
Duration: 1.5 hours per week in person or via zoom
6 WEEK COURSE
Mindfulness is a very powerful practice of training our attention to be here, in the present moment. Mindfulness in the Workplace is about observation without criticism; being compassionate with ourselves and others. When unhappiness or stress take hold in our lives, we can observe our thoughts with friendly curiosity and allow them to pass. In essence, mindfulness allows us to catch negative thought patterns before they tip us into a downward spiral. It begins the process of putting us back in control of our working lives.
Over time, mindfulness brings about long-term changes in mood and levels of happiness and wellbeing. Scientific studies have shown that mindfulness not only prevents depression, but that it also positively affects the brain patterns underlying day-to-day anxiety, stress, depression, and irritability so that when they arise, they dissolve away again more easily. Other studies have shown that regular meditators see their doctors less often and spend fewer days in hospital, memory improves, creativity increases, and reaction times become faster.
We know first-hand the benefits of practising mindfulness in the workplace—and we have the research it back it up. This course will help you to:
- Build resilience and focus
- Develop emotional regulation
- Communicate skilfully
- Manage and grow effective teams and positive relationships
- Improve confidence and job satisfaction
- Establish a healthier work-life balance
Every participant will receive a course manual and mindfulness recordings to use at home and at work.
Duration: 1.5 hours per week in person or via zoom
MINDFULNESS IN SCHOOLS
PROJECT .B COURSE
10 WEEK COURSE
This course comprises 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.
PROJECT .B COURSE
10 WEEK COURSE
This course comprises 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.
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.
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.
MINDFULNESS
WORKSHOP
These workshops are suitable for groups of up to 20 people and emphasise particular aspects of mindfulness:
WORKSHOP
These workshops are suitable for groups of up to 20 people and emphasise particular aspects of mindfulness:
- The Body and The Breath: how to rest your busy mind
- Mindfulness at Work
- How to Grow Happiness
- Managing Difficult Emotions and Conflict
- Self-Compassion
- Communication
- Seasonal Workshops
- Nature-based Mindfulness
- Our Food, Our Planet and Mindful Eating
ONE-TO-ONE MINDFULNESS
COACHING SESSIONS
Personally tailored coaching sessions available via Zoom.
Duration: Please ask for details.
COACHING SESSIONS
Personally tailored coaching sessions available via Zoom.
Duration: Please ask for details.
