‘Deeper Mindfulness: exploring feeling tone Frame by Frame‘ is a new eight-week course developed by Mark Williams and colleagues for people who want to explore mindfulness more deeply. The online course runs on Wednesday evenings from 27 May 2026 and includes an optional one-day retreat on 20 June 2026.

Overview​
This course allows people to explore an aspect of mindfulness that isn’t covered explicitly in other courses: ‘feeling tone.’ Feeling tone is a sense of the positive or negative that every human experiences and is the tipping point for our mood.

Deeper Mindfulness is informed by recent psychological findings that reveal that every waking moment, our understanding of the world is dominated by imagining how we can take action within it, coloured by what is called ‘feeling tone.’ Feeling tone is the moment-by-moment ‘read-out’ of how much a sensation, thought, or emotion feels pleasant, unpleasant, or neither. Based on this moment-by-moment ‘read out,’ the body allocates its resources as it gears up for real or imagined action. This can prepare us well for action, but it can also put us at risk of becoming exhausted without our realising it.

During the eight weekly sessions, you will learn meditations that help you tune into feeling tone moment by moment, frame by frame. This provides an opportunity to see more clearly both the tipping points for distress and exhaustion, and also how to flourish by freeing yourself to appreciate life again, even in the midst of difficulty.

Who is the course for?
This course is designed for those who have already completed an eight-week mindfulness-based programme and want to explore mindfulness more deeply. Please note, this courses is designed for the general public and may not be suitable for everyone. If you are experiencing serious mental health issues, you should talk to your GP about being referred to the appropriate clinical service.

When?
Wednesdays, 5.30pm to 7.30pm, starting 27 May and running until 15 July 2026. (3, 10, 17, 24 June, 1, 8 July)

Where?
Online. The zoom link will be sent closer to the time of the course.

Facilitator: Taravajra and Bethan Roberts