Online 8 Week Mindfulness Course - Calm Mind Open Heart -
Starting Thursday 23rd May 7pm-9pm
Training in mindfulness or Kind Awareness, like anything, needs to be consistent to notice a shift and that's what a structured eight week course, complete with group work and individual home practice is designed to do. It is perfect for those who are completely new and those looking to commit more to their current practice with the support of the course, the group and mindfulness teacher .
Benefits of Mindfulness
A deeper sense of connection with yourself
More self-awareness
Better self-careImproved way of relating to your thoughts, emotions, sensations and impulsesImproved self-confidence
Improved relationshipsIncreased sense of appreciation and gratitude for life
Reduced stress levelsReduced anxiety
Reduction in depressive relapse
Builds resilience for demanding and stressful situationsIncreased feelings of well-being
Supports physical health
Supports chronic pain managementImproved ability to focus and concentrateIncreased creativityIncreased productivity
Better communication
Better decision making abilities
The Course
The course will provide you with the opportunity to learn a combination of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction/Cognitive Therapy methods, through formal and informal practices that can slowly be integrated into your daily life, including mindfulness of eating, breath, bodily sensations, sounds, thoughts, emotions, perceptions, movement, loving kindness and how to meet difficulty with kind awareness. The course also includes a number of other exercises and thought experiments around negativity bias and gratitude that help support the process.
On going support
By signing up to one of our courses, you will have access to regular meditation drop in sessions, newsletters and discounts on retreats run by ourselves.
The Course will be supported by:
A weekly email and notes helping you explore and deepen you understanding of the themes covered in your weekly sessions. It will also include weekly Home Practice Guidance and Record Sheets to help you keep track of your progress.
Online guided Audio Meditations to guide and support you in your home practice.
Email support in between sessions with Cesare to discuss or elucidate any points emerging during your home practice.
Certificate of completion (issued only if attendance is 75% or more)
Each of the eight sessions will cover a particular theme:
1. Waking Up To Automatic Pilot
2. Living in Our Heads
3.Gathering the Scattered Mind
4. Recognising the Mind's Habits
5. Allowing and Letting Be
6.Thoughts Are Not Facts
7. Taking Care of Our Self
8. Maintaining and Deepening Practice
Please note that this course includes a daily commitment of between 25 - 45 minutes of home practice in-between sessions based on your needs. The home practice elements are a core feature of these courses, enabling participants to become familiar with them and explore their cumulative benefits. Simply attending the taught components of these courses, although useful, wont allow for the complete experience and benefits the course is designed to provide, therefore it's important you feel that you can make the time.
Prior to the start of the course there will be a questionnaire to assess prior experience and any physical and/or mental health needs, to be completed and returned as a prerequisite to being accepted onto the course and determine if it is right for you at this time.
Past Participant Feedback
“This course is brilliant!”
“I found the mindfulness course truly inspiring. Cesare delivered a fantastic training with an informative yet very personal and individual feel. It has changed the way I live my life. Every moment feels more sacred and my mind feels calmer.”
“I loved the open group discussions and the rapport I had with the group as a whole.”
“The mindfulness course has transformed many aspects of my mind and the way I react/over analyse situations. This has allowed me to create more nourishing relationships in my life.”
“It has allowed me to work towards becoming and maintaining my best self.”
“Learning to be more mindful has allowed me to become more grounded, I am now more aware of my thoughts and actions.”
“I have understood the power of giving time and taking care of myself, and how this energy has an expansive effect on those around me.”
“I have learned how to connect my mind with my body and this has helped me release tension in problem areas.”
“The mindfulness course has given me a strength to be kind to myself - to allow myself some breathing space which has enabled me to be of benefit to others.”
Your Mindfulness Instructor
Cesare completed his Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy Teacher Training Retreat with the Oxford Mindfulness Centre, University of Oxford and further Teacher Training with the Mindfulness In Schools Project, The Sussex Mindfulness Centre (NHS) and the Mindfulness Network, qualifying as a .bF and Mindfulness Based Compassionate Living Teacher. He is a British Association of Mindfulness Based Approaches (BAMBA) Registered Teacher and Mindfulness Supervisor and Mentor, currently teaching mindfulness in the public, private and third sectors and is co-founder of RUN:ZEN'S Mindfulness for Runners.
Cesare is also a qualified Counsellor, Clinical Supervisor and a Registered Member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapist (BACP) and runs a successful private practice.
Since 2008, Cesare’s own meditation practice has been under the guidance of internationally acclaimed Buddhist teachers. He set up Bodhicharya Kent, a non-profit group which provides teachings and practice in meditation and Buddhism. He has been facilitating thriving weekly meditation classes for the Kent community in Rochester and beyond since 2013, under the guidance of his main meditation teacher, Ringu Tulku Rinpoche, and is the current Chairperson of UK registered charity, Bodhicharya UK
Details
Venue
Online via the Zoom platform.
Times
Sessions will be between 2 hours and the start time will be of a Thursday evening from 7pm.
Dates
Eight Thursday evenings, starting 23rd May 2024
Personal Investment
£300 Full cost, for those on incomes higher than £25,000 - book here
£220 Concession rate, for those on incomes less than £25,000 - book here
£370 Organisation cost, for organisations paying for employee to attend course - book here
For payment plans - please contact us at enquiries@mindfulpsychologypractice.co.uk