Mindfulness (8 week course)
You can develop your own mindfulness practice – and experience benefits including improved awareness and engagement with the world around you, helping improve your wellbeing.
Description
Join this eight-week course, developed and delivered by mental health and wellbeing specialists from South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, to understand how mindfulness works, plus practical skills and knowledge to use every day.
Mindfulness is the practice of being fully present, aware of where we are and what we’re doing, and not overly reactive or overwhelmed by what’s going on around us. This course will equip you to:
-Increase your awareness of what you're sensing and feeling in the moment, without interpretation or judgement
-Develop mindfulness techniques to relax the body and mind in order to help reduce stress in today’s often challenging working environment
-Practice mindfulness exercises to increase your present moment focus
-Practical training through experiential exercises; movement and breathing practices and other meditation-based techniques
-Tutor-led information and teaching, reflection and group discussions
-Audio content and other learning materials
-Practices and exercises to do in your own time
-Suitable for all staff
What participants say about the course:
“This course have been really important to me helping me to deal with my anxiety and manage my thoughts”
“I have gained some skills on how to relax doing mindfulness breathing and body scanning exercises”
“Very important, it gave me a slightly different perspective on Mindfulness, allowing me to observe different things and perspectives”
Duration
2 hours per week (8 weeks)