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SUMMARY:Mindful creative all-day retreat
DESCRIPTION:A one-day mindfulness retreat\, including meditation practices\, creative expression and journaling\, that will be held mostly in silence. Experience of creative expression is not necessary. \nBackground to the day \nThis day builds on the positive responses from offering a similar event last year. We realised from last year’s experience that there was a real hunger\, both for connecting with our creativity and also for engaging with mindfulness and compassion practices in ways that keep us freshly discovering ourselves. We found last time that for some people\, creative practices really deepened places inside that they could access in a way that was both different from\, and also complementary to\, the mindfulness practice. \nChögyam Trungpa Rinpoche\, the great Tibetan meditation teacher\, saw art as a direct extension of meditation practice. He believed that art naturally arises from the clarity of the settled mind. Trungpa emphasized a “Dharma art” that was simple\, immediate and unembellished\, not an ego-based\, “self-expression”: “Dharma art is simply the activity of nonaggression. It is the expression of basic sanity. When you are free from aggression\, your perception becomes clear and precise. Then whatever you do – whether arranging flowers\, painting\, writing poetry\, or making a cup of tea – can become an expression of that sanity.” \nContent of the day \nThis day will be held as a mostly silent retreat day with mindfulness practices interspersed with creativity\, using clay\, drawing/painting and journaling. Some meditation experience (such as having done an 8 week course) is required but no experience of artistic work is needed. Materials will be supplied. The day will be held at the Sussex Education Centre on the Millview hospital site. \nWhy a one-day retreat? \nA one-day mindfulness retreat is an important part of the eight-week mindfulness course. It also offers an opportunity to extend your practice within a supportive environment. For people who meditate regularly the retreat offers a great way to deepen and refresh your practice. Read more about the benefits of a day long retreat. \nThis day retreat counts towards the requirement to attend silent retreats as part your BAMBA registration as a mindfulness teacher. \nWho is it for?\nThis day is right for you if you have attended an eight-week Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy\, Mindfulness for Life or Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction course\, or have an established mindfulness practice. No artistic experience is required. Please note\, this is not a clinical intervention and it is not advisable to do this day in the heat of a crisis\, when it would be important to access your GP or your designated mental health clinician. \nRetreat leaders: Robert Marx\, Sarah Marx
URL:https://www.mindfuldirectory.org/event/mindful-creative-all-day-retreat/
LOCATION:Sussex Education Centre Hove\, West Sussex\, United Kingdom\, Hove\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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SUMMARY:Mindful Book Club\, Free Group\, Second Tuesdays\, 6:00pm PST
DESCRIPTION:Join Zane at Live With Ease Meditation for an insightful session focused on the exploring books on mindfulness and meditation. \nJoin our new book club dedicated to exploring mindfulness and meditation through monthly readings and group conversations. Together\, we’ll dive into thoughtful books\, share reflections\, and support one another in bringing mindful awareness into daily life. All are welcome—whether you’re new to mindfulness or deepening an existing practice. \nPractice group on Mindful Book Club\, 2nd Tuesdays\, at 6:00pm Pacific Time\, California\, US\nOnline via Zoom. \nJoin us on 2nd Tuesdays of the month for a one hour group comprised of meditation\, discussion\, and a QandA. All are welcome… Those that are new and curious about mindfulness and meditation\, as well as experienced meditators looking for a group practice.
URL:https://www.mindfuldirectory.org/event/free-mindfulness-of-gratitude-and-generosity-practice-group-tuesday-nov-2-600pm-pst/2026-10-13/
LOCATION:Online\, Long Beach\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Suitable for all
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SUMMARY:Mindfulness for Life (8-week course)
DESCRIPTION:Our Mindfulness for Life 8-week course (sometimes also called MBCT-L) blends the ancient wisdom of mindfulness with cognitive-behavioural techniques in ways to help you integrate mindfulness into your daily life. \nIt’s an in-depth\, skills-based course created to help you cultivate lasting\, sustainable and positive change. It offers approaches to support you with challenges\, including recurring patterns of thought and behaviour that can create suffering\, and also to help you savour life and flourish. \nSessions are group-based and take place weekly over the 8-week period. The first session is 2.5 hours and the remaining sessions are 2.25 hours. The course also includes a 5-hour ‘Day of Practice’.
URL:https://www.mindfuldirectory.org/event/mindfulness-for-life-8-week-course-8/
LOCATION:On-line\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Suitable for all
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SUMMARY:Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction course
DESCRIPTION:This mindfulness course supports learning how to respond more consciously to the pace and pressures of everyday life. Rooted in ancient contemplative traditions and informed by contemporary research in neuroscience\, psychology\, and mind–body medicine it offers a practical and experiential approach to mindfulness. \nThrough the course\, you’ll develop a clearer understanding of your inner patterns\, learning to observe thoughts\, emotions\, and reactions with greater gentleness and curiosity. You’ll explore ways of caring for yourself more skillfully and be introduced to a range of practical tools that support inner steadiness\, clarity and moments of ease. \nThe course is suitable for beginners as well as those wishing to deepen an existing meditation practice. It is gently and caringly guided by Helen\, a qualified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) teacher\, certified in Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness. \nIt is offered in-person\, in Auroville (Tamil Nadu\, India) with daily sessions from 7.30am-9.30am Mon-Fri and 9.30am -12.30pm Sunday\, with subsequent access to a half-day retreat.
URL:https://www.mindfuldirectory.org/event/mindfulness-based-stress-reduction-course-2/
LOCATION:Puducherry\, Auroville.\, Tamil Nadu\, 605010\, India
CATEGORIES:Beginners
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SUMMARY:Deeper Mindfulness: Exploring feeling tone frame by frame (8-week course)
DESCRIPTION:Deeper Mindfulness: Exploring Feeling Tone Frame-by-Frame is an 8-week course developed by Professor Mark Williams and colleagues\, designed for you if you’ve already completed a mindfulness-based programme and you’d like to explore mindfulness more deeply. \nIt’s 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’ – the moment-by-moment ‘read-out’ of whether 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. \nAncient traditions saw feeling tone (vedana) as a fundamental element of every moment of experience and a central aspect of mindfulness practice. Learning specific practices to help us become aware of feeling tone allows us to see clearly the very instant where we become caught up in pursuing or rejecting something and become entangled in a web of emotional distress. Meditation teacher Joseph Goldstein has said that mindfulness of feeling tone is one of the master keys that both reveals and unlocks the deepest patterns of our conditioning. \nDuring the 8 weekly sessions\, you’ll learn meditations that prepare you for\, then help you tune into\, feeling tone – frame-by-frame. This provides you with 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.
URL:https://www.mindfuldirectory.org/event/deeper-mindfulness-exploring-feeling-tone-frame-by-frame-8-week-course-2/
LOCATION:On-line\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Beyond Beginners
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SUMMARY:Half-Day of Practice – Theme: Trust
DESCRIPTION:The session is 3 hours and includes guided sitting\, standing and movement practices of up to 30 minutes in length\, and some extended periods of silence. \nTypically\, each Day of Practice has a theme based on one of the attitudes we explore as part of both mindfulness practice and everyday experience. For example\, non-judging’\, ‘patience’\, ‘letting go’ etc. \nThe theme for this Day of Practice is ‘Trust’. \nThe practices won’t be exclusively about that attitude\, but may be explored with have a ‘flavour’ of the theme for that day. This might mean exploring ‘non-striving’ as part of the body scan or ‘allowing’ in a movement practice. \nThe Day of Practice is designed for those with an existing mindfulness practice\, as well as teachers (or trainee teachers) of mindfulness-based programmes.
URL:https://www.mindfuldirectory.org/event/half-day-of-practice-theme-trust/
LOCATION:On-line\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Suitable for all
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SUMMARY:Guided Mindful Walk in Silence\, Limburg Netherlands
DESCRIPTION:Exploring the beauty of our nature.\nLearning to be present in the moment.\nLeaving our worries behind.\nComing back feeling refreshed and renewed. \nJoin us for a walk-in Limburg’s natural park. \nWalking in silence while recharging. \nFor more details and registration see: https://www.findinsideyourself.org/stiltewandeling
URL:https://www.mindfuldirectory.org/event/guided-mindful-walk-in-silence-limburg-netherlands-3/2026-10-25/
LOCATION:Parking at Plantage Blankwater\, Blankwater 12\, 6071NV Swalmen\, The Netherlands\, Blankwater 12\, Swalmen-Boukoul\, Limburg\, 6071NV\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Suitable for all
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SUMMARY:Guided Mindful Walk in Silence\, Limburg Netherlands
DESCRIPTION:Exploring the beauty of our nature.\nLearning to be present in the moment.\nLeaving our worries behind.\nComing back feeling refreshed and renewed. \nJoin us for a walk-in Limburg’s natural park. \nWalking in silence while recharging.
URL:https://www.mindfuldirectory.org/event/guided-mindful-walk-in-silence-limburg-netherlands-5/2026-10-25/
LOCATION:Parking at Plantage Blankwater\, Blankwater 12\, 6071NV Swalmen\, The Netherlands\, Blankwater 12\, Swalmen-Boukoul\, Limburg\, 6071NV\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Suitable for all
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SUMMARY:Compassionate Leadership Certification Training [Accelerated 3-Week Online]
DESCRIPTION:It’s not easy being a compassionate leader in a combative world\, especially when driving change can feel lonely and uncertain. Leading with compassion requires great strength and great courage. We can’t do this work alone – we learn and grow in community. \nThe call to compassionate leadership is urgent and the stakes are high for our common humanity. The good news is that compassionate leadership works and delivers results. Research shows that compassionate organizations have stronger trust\, make better decisions\, and catalyze thriving that bolsters increased performance.  \nSince 2019\, more than 900 leaders from 68 countries have joined the Compassionate Leadership Certification Training to conspire for good\, learning how to use evidence-based practices to transform the ways leaders and teams thrive. They experience lasting results through growth across three core dimensions: \n1. Ground in Inner Strength – leverage awareness\, self-compassion\, and vulnerability to elevate your leadership presence and potential\n2. Deepen Connection – foster high-quality relationships\, create cultures of safety\, increase belonging\, and navigate difficult conversations skillfully\n3. Start to Shift Organizations – increase compassion competence to build high-performing teams utilizing proven frameworks and evidence-based tools  \nAt the end of the experience\, you’ll transform the way you connect with and lead other people. You will be ready to:\n – Create immediate impact through the application of research-proven levers that increase compassion competence within your organization\n – Confidently approach organizational challenges with more human-centric methods to help people thrive\n – Apply embodied practices and model change to influence teams and organizations for long-lasting impacts \nThis community welcomes your passion\, vision\, and skills. We are a global movement that needs you now\, more than ever. \nAccelerated Course Schedule\nModules 1\, 2: October 27\, 11am-2pm ET \nModules 3\, 4: October 28\, 11am-2pm ET\nIntegration and practice session: November 3\, 11am-12pm ET\nIntegration and practice session: November 4\, 11am-12pm ET\nModules 5\, 6: November 10 11am-2pm ET\nModules 7\, 8: November 11\, 11am-2pm ET\nFirst Alumni Session: November 18\, 12pm-1pm ET \nThe course investment is $1\,275 USD. There is an Super Early Bird discount of $300 available through October 6\, 2026\, bringing the course investment to $975. Nonprofits and NGOs receive an additional $100 discount.  \nSome organizations send several team members together to build an internal base of compassionate leadership community and support. We are pleased to offer group rates if several employees at your organization want to participate in the same cohort. Eligible for 18 Professional Development Credits from SHRM \nFind out more about the program and apply here: https://www.centerforcompassionateleadership.org/compassionate-leadership-certification-training
URL:https://www.mindfuldirectory.org/event/compassionate-leadership-certification-training-accelerated-3-week-online-3/
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
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SUMMARY:Mindfulness for Life (8-week course)
DESCRIPTION:Our Mindfulness for Life 8-week course (sometimes also called MBCT-L) blends the ancient wisdom of mindfulness with cognitive-behavioural techniques in ways to help you integrate mindfulness into your daily life. \nIt’s an in-depth\, skills-based course created to help you cultivate lasting\, sustainable and positive change. It offers approaches to support you with challenges\, including recurring patterns of thought and behaviour that can create suffering\, and also to help you savour life and flourish. \nSessions are group-based and take place weekly over the 8-week period. The first session is 2.5 hours and the remaining sessions are 2.25 hours. The course also includes a 5-hour ‘Day of Practice’.
URL:https://www.mindfuldirectory.org/event/mindfulness-for-life-8-week-course-5/
LOCATION:On-line\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Suitable for all
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SUMMARY:Finding Peace in a Frantic World (8-week course)
DESCRIPTION:This mindfulness course is based on the best-selling book “Finding Peace in a Frantic World” by Professor Mark Williams and Dr. Danny Penman. \nIf you’re completely new to mindfulness – or perhaps you’ve tried mindfulness apps or other forms of learning – and would like to try a structured course led by an experienced teacher\, this course offers an engaging and practical introduction. \nThe 8 sessions (each 90 minutes) and home practice are slightly shorter than our 8-week Mindfulness for Life course so this course could be an option for you if you’re shorter on time\, or you’re looking for a slightly less intensive refresher course. \nThe course grew out of Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)\, but has been designed for adults in a wide range of contexts\, including the general public\, workplaces\, university students\, and school teachers. \nIt supports your development of mindfulness skills to improve your well-being and resilience to stress.
URL:https://www.mindfuldirectory.org/event/finding-peace-in-a-frantic-world-8-week-course/
LOCATION:On-line\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Suitable for all
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SUMMARY:Introducing Mindfulness (3-week course)
DESCRIPTION:If you’re new to mindfulness\, or you’d like to come back to it after some time out\, our 3-week Introducing Mindfulness course gives you a brief taste of mindfulness practice and theory. \nDelivered weekly\, in this course you’ll explore three core mindfulness themes\, each designed to support you in your daily life: \n– How to train your attention and how this can fundamentally shape your experiences.\n– Learning new ways of being and how this can help support you in any moment\n– Recognising the difference between responding and reacting and exploring how this understanding can shape the quality of your life \nThe group sessions are led by an experienced Oxford Mindfulness teacher and combine learning\, experiential mindfulness practices\, trying out what’s learned in your daily life\, and group discussions. \nThis is a structured course\, with the theme of each session building on the learning and experience from the previous week. You’ll also be invited to continue to practise the sessions’ themes through some ‘home practice’.
URL:https://www.mindfuldirectory.org/event/introducing-mindfulness-3-week-course-2/
LOCATION:On-line\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Beginners
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SUMMARY:Can we heal our healthcare system? Caring for our doctors with evidence based practice
DESCRIPTION:Medical mindfulness conference\, hosted by the Sussex Mindfulness Centre\, the programme brings together doctors\, medical leaders\, and educators to reflect on individual and systemic approaches to wellbeing. \nA one‑day conference to explore wellbeing\, leadership\, and evidence‑based mindfulness in healthcare\, in Brighton. \nKeynote speaker: Professor Gwen Adshead (BBC Reith Lecturer) \nOverview\nThe event will explore how evidence‑based mindfulness and compassion can support doctors working under increasing pressure in healthcare systems. \nKeynote speaker:\nDr Gwen Adshead\, forensic psychiatrist and former BBC Reith Lecturer\, will share reflections from over 30 years of clinical practice\, including her experience of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy. She is joined by national and international leaders in medical wellbeing\, mindfulness\, and system‑level change. \nThe day combines keynote talks\, personal perspectives\, and experiential workshops\, offering space for reflection\, learning\, and connection with colleagues. \nHeld at the Friends Meeting House in Brighton\, the conference offers a supportive environment to pause\, think\, and engage with others committed to caring for those who care for patients. \nWho is this for?\nThis conference is for doctors and managers working in the NHS\, whether you have an interest in improving wellbeing for your organisation\, team or for yourself it promises to be an inspiring\, informative and nourishing day. \nSpeakers\nKeynote speakers include Dr Gwen Adshead who will discuss her experience of training as a therapist and what she has learned about changing minds after thirty years of working as a therapist. She will focus especially on her experience of training in Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy\, and what she has learned and is still learning from patients and colleagues. \nYou can download the programme here: https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2026-11-06-MEDICAL-MINDFULNESS-CONFERENCE-PROGRAMME.docx
URL:https://www.mindfuldirectory.org/event/can-we-heal-our-healthcare-system-caring-for-our-doctors-with-evidence-based-practice/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, Friends Meeting House\, Ship Street\, Brighton\, East Sussex\, BN1 1AF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:Resourcing ourselves in uncertain times: Online weekend retreat
DESCRIPTION:A weekend retreat from your own home. Within the current uncertainty and challenges in our world\, this retreat will explore how our mindfulness practice can resource us\, supporting steadiness\, openness\, joy\, compassion and nourishment. \nBrief overview\nThe retreat will offer mindfulness and compassion practices designed to deepen self-care and our capacities to be open and available to others in these uncertain times. With the scaffolding of the four foundations of mindfulness\, we will explore together how we can resource ourselves in our practice\, building stability and fostering qualities of the heart\, such as tenderness\, courage\, kindness and joy. \nWe will offer a mix of guided and unguided practices including periods of stillness\, movement\, rest and unstructured silent time. \nWe are committed to ensuring that our retreats are accessible and inclusive to diverse communities and are keen to support participants who may have specific needs related to disability\, health or other conditions. Please feel welcome to contact us if it would be helpful to discuss any support needs prior to the retreat. \nMost of the retreat will be held in silence\, though there is the possibility to talk to either of the teachers individually if needed. \nStructured sessions\nThe programme will run from Friday evening until Sunday morning with the following timings for structured sessions: \nFriday 6 November: 6.30 – 8.30pm\nSaturday 7 November: 7.15 – 8am; 9.30am – 12.30pm; 2.30pm – 5.30pm; 7.30 – 8.30pm\nSunday 8 November: 7.15 – 8am; 9.30 – 1pm\nWe encourage participants to consider the whole weekend as an opportunity for an extended period of practice\, rest and silence\, as far as this is possible and compassionate given your life situation. \nWhere is it?\nOnline. You can attend from your own home whether or not you live with others. You will be given guidance on how to prepare for the retreat. \nWho is the retreat for?\nThe retreat is designed for people with some experience of mindfulness and/or compassion practice who want to deepen their practice in a supportive\, safe environment. As a minimum\, participants should have a regular practice of their own and should have done an eight-week mindfulness-based or compassion-based course. And it is helpful to have attended at least a one-day\, silent retreat. \nThe retreat is a valuable opportunity for mindfulness and compassion-based teachers to further deepen their practice in community with others. The retreat will count towards the annual retreat requirement for teachers and supervisors on the BAMBA Register. \nRetreat leaders\nBridgette O’Neill – Ruth Sequeira \nHow much does it cost?\nThe cost of this retreat is £200. (We also offer a choice of two other options:250 and 150). \nFind more information here: https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/resourcing-ourselves-in-uncertain-times-retreat/
URL:https://www.mindfuldirectory.org/event/resourcing-ourselves-in-uncertain-times-online-weekend-retreat/
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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SUMMARY:Taking it Further (12-week course)
DESCRIPTION:Especially created for those who have completed an 8-week Mindfulness for Life or MBCT course\, this 12-theme course isstructured to support a lifelong learning journey. Participants begin by reviewing what it means to wake up\, and to intentionally give attention\, energy and time to what brings them joy\, meaning and purpose. Over time\, they develop confidence to meet difficulty with kindness\, savour joy with appreciation\, align their choices with their deepest values\, and act with courage and authenticity. These three keys of mindfulness (awareness\, befriending and intention) extend to include a fourth – action. Together they are ways of being that can support people to live the life they aspire to. \nThis course mirrors the monthly podcast sessions on ‘A life well lived’ delivered by Professor Willem Kuyken\, exploring each theme in greater depth and including practice and group exercises. The twelve themes cover: \n– Wake up!\n– Pay attention!\n– Appreciating the life we have\n– Coming home to our body\n– Our most important natural resource: our ‘Body-Mind’\n– How we react to stress and difficulties\n– Befriending our body and mind\n– Perspective: changing the view\n– Responding wisely\n– Cool head\, warm heart: finding balance\n– Living well: taking care of ourselves\, our relationships and the world\n– A life well lived
URL:https://www.mindfuldirectory.org/event/taking-it-further-12-week-course/
LOCATION:On-line\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Beyond Beginners
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SUMMARY:Deeper Mindfulness: Exploring feeling tone frame by frame (8-week course)
DESCRIPTION:Deeper Mindfulness: Exploring Feeling Tone Frame-by-Frame is an 8-week course developed by Professor Mark Williams and colleagues\, designed for you if you’ve already completed a mindfulness-based programme and you’d like to explore mindfulness more deeply. \nIt’s 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’ – the moment-by-moment ‘read-out’ of whether 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. \nAncient traditions saw feeling tone (vedana) as a fundamental element of every moment of experience and a central aspect of mindfulness practice. Learning specific practices to help us become aware of feeling tone allows us to see clearly the very instant where we become caught up in pursuing or rejecting something and become entangled in a web of emotional distress. Meditation teacher Joseph Goldstein has said that mindfulness of feeling tone is one of the master keys that both reveals and unlocks the deepest patterns of our conditioning. \nDuring the 8 weekly sessions\, you’ll learn meditations that prepare you for\, then help you tune into\, feeling tone – frame-by-frame. This provides you with 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.
URL:https://www.mindfuldirectory.org/event/deeper-mindfulness-exploring-feeling-tone-frame-by-frame-8-week-course-3/
LOCATION:On-line\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Beyond Beginners
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SUMMARY:Masterclass: Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy: The evolving story
DESCRIPTION:This masterclass will explore the story behind Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy\, its research and practice\, as well as dilemmas that practitioners may face today. \nWhat is covered?\nThe day will chart the unfolding of the story of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) research and practice\, interweaving presentations with practice and dialogue. \nParticipants will be supported to situate themselves within the evolving story and invited to inquire into the role we are all playing – how is our MBCT practice situated? What are the questions and dilemmas we are experiencing? \nWho is this for?\nThis workshop is suitable for anyone involved in teaching\, or training to teach\, mindfulness. \nYou can join this online workshop from anywhere\, as long as you have a stable internet connection. \nPlease note\, current trainees on our teacher training courses (Foundation and Adapted Mindfulness Based Interventions) are automatically on the attendance list for this masterclass\, as it forms part of the syllabus. If this is you\, you do not need to book a place. \nThe facilitators\nProfessor Clara Strauss and Taravajra
URL:https://www.mindfuldirectory.org/event/masterclass-mindfulness-based-cognitive-therapy-the-evolving-story/
LOCATION:Online: Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
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SUMMARY:Day of Practice – Theme: Generosity
DESCRIPTION:The session is 5 hours and includes guided sitting\, standing and movement practices of up to 30 minutes in length\, and some extended periods of silence. \nTypically\, each Day of Practice has a theme based on one of the attitudes we explore as part of both mindfulness practice and everyday experience. For example\, non-judging’\, ‘patience’\, ‘letting go’ etc. \nThe theme for this Day of Practice is ‘Generosity’. \nThe practices won’t be exclusively about that attitude\, but may be explored with have a ‘flavour’ of the theme for that day. This might mean exploring ‘non-striving’ as part of the body scan or ‘allowing’ in a movement practice. \nThe Day of Practice is designed for those with an existing mindfulness practice\, as well as teachers (or trainee teachers) of mindfulness-based programmes. It meets the British Association of Mindfulness-Based Approaches (BAMBA) Good Practice Guidelines by contributing towards annual retreat requirements.
URL:https://www.mindfuldirectory.org/event/day-of-practice-theme-generosity-3/
LOCATION:On-line\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Suitable for all
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SUMMARY:One-day online mindfulness retreat
DESCRIPTION:This one-day online mindfulness retreat offers an opportunity to extend and deepen your mindfulness practice\, within a supportive environment. \nContent of the day\nThis day will be facilitated by our experienced teachers and will include a series of different mindfulness and compassion practices. It will be held mostly in silence as a way of supporting your practice. As this retreat is online you will be given guidance about how to create retreat like conditions at home. \nWhy a one-day retreat?\nA one-day mindfulness retreat is an important part of the eight-week mindfulness course. It also offers an opportunity to extend your practice within a supportive environment. For people who meditate regularly the retreat offers a great way to deepen and refresh your practice. Read more about the benefits of a day long retreat. \nWho’s it for?\nThis online retreat is right for you if: \nyou are currently attending one of our eight-week mindfulness courses;\nyou have completed an eight-week Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy\, Mindfulness for Life\, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction or Finding Peace course with the Sussex Mindfulness Centre or elsewhere\, or have an established mindfulness practice.\nPlease note\, this is not a clinical intervention and it is not advisable to do this day in the heat of a crisis\, when it would be important to access your GP or your designated mental health clinician. \nReserving your place\nThis retreat is free to attend. When you sign up\, you’ll have the option to make a donation if you would like to and feel able. A suggested donation of £20 (or any amount you can afford) helps us offer mindfulness courses to communities who otherwise face barriers to taking part. \nAttendance certificates\nThis all-day retreat counts towards the requirements to attend silent retreats as part of your BAMBA registration as a mindfulness teacher. Certificates of attendance can be supplied on completion of the day’s training\, if requested. \nFor enquiries: spft.smc@nhs.uk
URL:https://www.mindfuldirectory.org/event/one-day-online-mindfulness-retreat-2/
LOCATION:Online: Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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SUMMARY:Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction course
DESCRIPTION:This mindfulness course supports learning how to respond more consciously to the pace and pressures of everyday life. Rooted in ancient contemplative traditions and informed by contemporary research in neuroscience\, psychology\, and mind–body medicine it offers a practical and experiential approach to mindfulness. \nThrough the course\, you’ll develop a clearer understanding of your inner patterns\, learning to observe thoughts\, emotions\, and reactions with greater gentleness and curiosity. You’ll explore ways of caring for yourself more skillfully and be introduced to a range of practical tools that support inner steadiness\, clarity and moments of ease. \nThe course is suitable for beginners as well as those wishing to deepen an existing meditation practice. It is gently and caringly guided by Helen\, a qualified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) teacher\, certified in Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness. \nIt is offered in-person\, in Auroville (Tamil Nadu\, India) with daily sessions from 7.30am-9.30am Mon-Fri and 9.30am -12.30pm Sunday\, with subsequent access to a half-day retreat.
URL:https://www.mindfuldirectory.org/event/mindfulness-based-stress-reduction-course-3/
LOCATION:Puducherry\, Auroville.\, Tamil Nadu\, 605010\, India
CATEGORIES:Beginners
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SUMMARY:Half Day of Practice – Theme: Non-striving & Joyfulness
DESCRIPTION:The session is 3 hours and includes guided sitting\, standing and movement practices of up to 30 minutes in length\, and some extended periods of silence. \nTypically\, each Day of Practice has a theme based on one of the attitudes we explore as part of both mindfulness practice and everyday experience. For example\, non-judging’\, ‘patience’\, ‘letting go’ etc. \nThe theme for this Day of Practice is ‘Non-striving & Joyfulness’. \nThe practices won’t be exclusively about that attitude\, but may be explored with have a ‘flavour’ of the theme for that day. This might mean exploring ‘non-striving’ as part of the body scan or ‘allowing’ in a movement practice. \nThe Day of Practice is designed for those with an existing mindfulness practice\, as well as teachers (or trainee teachers) of mindfulness-based programmes.
URL:https://www.mindfuldirectory.org/event/half-day-of-practice-theme-non-striving-joyfulness/
LOCATION:On-line\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Suitable for all
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SUMMARY:Deeper Mindfulness: Frame by Frame (Course)
DESCRIPTION:‘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 Tuesday evenings from 19 January 2027 and includes an optional one-day retreat in 2027.\nOverview​\nThis 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. \nDeeper 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. \nDuring 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. \nWho is the course for?\nThis 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. \nWhen?\nTuesdays\, 5.30pm to 7.30pm\, starting 19 January and running until 16 March 2027 (no session on 16 February). \nWhere?\nOnline. The zoom link will be sent closer to the time of the course. \nFacilitator: We have two experienced teachers leading this course. Apart from being experienced in many aspect of teaching mindfulness\, 𝗧𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗷𝗿𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲 𝗢’𝗡𝗲𝗶𝗹𝗹 are supervisors and are key members of our team of teacher trainers\, leading courses for others who want to become teachers themselves. \nDeeper Mindfulness: Frame by Frame
URL:https://www.mindfuldirectory.org/event/deeper-mindfulness-frame-by-frame-course-2/
LOCATION:Online: Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Beyond Beginners
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SUMMARY:Fierce Self-Compassion teacher training practicum
DESCRIPTION:This teacher training practicum is for Mindful Self-Compassion teachers who want to develop the skills to teach the Fierce Self-Compassion course. \nOVERVIEW​\nThis six-week online training will deepen your understanding\, familiarity and confidence with the content\, structure\, tone\, and pacing of the Fierce Self-Compassion course. After the successful completion of this training you can teach the Fierce Self-Compassion course to the general public. \nTraining to teach Fierce Self-Compassion means you can empower others toward taking protective\, action-oriented steps to change harmful situations\, both for themselves and others. You may be a Mindful Self-Compassion teacher who wants to expand your portfolio of courses to deliver\, or you may simply want to deepen your own capacity for the “mother bear” or yang energy that’s needed as part of working with groups or one to one. \nWHO IS THIS PRACTICUM FOR?\nThe course is for Mindful Self-Compassion teachers with either trained teacher or certified teacher status. \nWHEN?\nThursday afternoons from 4pm to 7pm. This six-week course starts on Thursday 28 January and runs until 4 March 2027\, without a break. \nWHERE?\nOnline. Once your place is confirmed\, you will get Zoom log-in details\, usually two weeks before the course starts. \nTHE FORMAT?\nThis is where theory becomes practice. The Fierce Self-Compassion Practicum has been developed and designed by a group of senior Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) teachers with the specific intention of providing opportunities to begin to practice the teaching skills required with each other in a safe\, structured environment. Each session will offer opportunities to practice teaching core components of the Fierce Self-Compassion course and to receive feedback from the trainers. \nEach three-hour session will include a fifteen minute break. Between sessions\, you will be expected to prepare\, through meditation and reading\, to teach an allocated part of the curriculum. Additional resources and tips will be sent by email after each class. \nFACILITATORS\nAli Lambie\nZoe Shobbrook-Fisher \nA few early birds tickets still available \nFind more details about the practicum\, facilitators and fees here:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/fierce-self-compassion-teacher-training-practicum/
URL:https://www.mindfuldirectory.org/event/fierce-self-compassion-teacher-training-practicum/
LOCATION:Online: Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Teacher Training
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SUMMARY:Teaching Presence in Relationship: an Interpersonal Mindfulness teacher training retreat
DESCRIPTION:𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀\n22-30 October 2027 \nThe residential “Teaching Presence in Relationship” teacher training retreat\, is designed to prepare teachers of mindfulness-based programmes to teach the Interpersonal Mindfulness Programme. This residential training course will take place at the Ammerdown Retreat Centre in Somerset\, near Bath\, from 22 to 30 October 2027. \n𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄\nThe Interpersonal Mindfulness Programme offers participants a systematic method for cultivating mindfulness within the context of their relational lives. Extending practice beyond the personal to the interpersonal and social domains of life allows for healing and growth for everyone. \nThe philosophical and scientific roots of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and other mindfulness based-interventions help reduce suffering and and increase wellbeing. They are a force for good in public health\, offering accessible and empowering ways for people to actively participate in their own health and wellness. \nThe Interpersonal Mindfulness Programme goes a step further\, offering a relational mindfulness practice drawn from the foundations of Insight Dialogue (Interpersonal Meditation). Designed specifically to be practiced within live interaction\, this approach cultivates awareness in the midst of relationship\, fostering insight into the stress\, reactivity\, and habitual patterns that arise in connection with others. \n𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁?\nThe residential training is offered over nine days in person at the Ammerdown Retreat Centre. \nThe first two and a half days of this training are presented primarily in retreat form. During this period\, participants will be immersed\, experientially\, in the nine-session course curriculum. Silence is practiced throughout this part of the retreat except when meditators are guided in dialogue together. This immersive\, experiential approach to learning allows participants to internalise the relational meditation guidelines before going on to teach them. \nDuring the subsequent six-day training period\, participants engage in relational practice as well as guiding and being guided in teach-backs and in small and large groups. These interactive exercises deepen participants’ experiential understanding of the meditation guidelines\, contemplative themes\, and cultivate their teaching presence and skill. A comprehensive handbook containing the full curriculum will be supplied to participants to support learning and teaching. \n𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀\nThe training objectives include: \nCultivating the skills required to guide Insight Dialogue–based practices\, including guidelines\, themes\, and choreographed relational practice sequences;\nDeveloping a theoretical understanding of relational mindfulness methods\, skills and practices;\nExploring and experiencing the six guidelines of Insight Dialogue within the Interpersonal Mindfulness Programme;\nExpanding and enriching teachers’ embodied capacity as a vehicle to communicate and interact effectively with programme participants; \nWho is the training for?\nThe programme is for mindfulness teachers who wish to teach the Interpersonal Mindfulness programme to graduates of an eight-week mindfulness course or to people who have prior meditation experience and the permission of the teacher. The training may also be of interest to health care professionals\, who fulfil the prerequisites\, who wish to deepen their presence in working relationships. \nThe teacher trainers are: Rosalie Dores\, Phyllis Hicks\, Kevin Fong. \nCost: Early Bird until 31 December 2026: £2.200\nDeposit: £500\nStandard:£2.500 \nFind detailed information  and how to book here: https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/teaching-presence-in-relationship-an-interpersonal-mindfulness-teacher-training/
URL:https://www.mindfuldirectory.org/event/teaching-presence-in-relationship-an-interpersonal-mindfulness-teacher-training-retreat/
LOCATION:Ammerdown Centre\, Ammerdown Park\, Radstock\, Somerset\, BA3 5SW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Teacher Training
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