8-week Mindfulness Course
Finding Peace in a Frantic World
Become calmer, happier and healthier in the mind and body by learning mindfulness skills
Starting 7th September 2023
10 - 11:30 am in the Bistro
Learn how to train your mind and change your brain.
Mindfulness has been scientifically evidenced to:
✔️ Increase happiness
✔️ Reduce stress, anxiety and depression
✔️ Help you be calmer and less reactive
✔️ Improve sleep
✔️ Improve relationships
✔️ Improve memory
✔️ Boost the immune system
“This course has given me the ability to notice my thoughts, realise the patterns, understanding that they are just thoughts. The clarity that I get from a session is amazing, even if I feel that I haven’t done “it well”. Realising that negative emotions and feelings pass and that I don’t need to try and “fix” myself when I feel them! I also started to see, with your help, my striving, forward focused thought patterns and learned when they might help and when they might hinder me!”
How does the programme work?
The 8-week Mindfulness programme is based on Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and the best-selling book Finding Peace in a Frantic World, a course which has been developed by Oxford University and delivered in the UK Parliament.
Each week, we will meet for 1.5 hours to learn the practical skills of mindfulness
As well as attending the group sessions, you will be required to complete 10-20 minutes of daily mindfulness practice in between in order to develop the skills and gain the benefit.
This experiential learning style helps to deepen your understanding and creates new habits that positively impact you and the people around you.
Is the course suitable for me?
This course is for you if:
💫 You find that you worry or overthink unnecessarily.
💫 Recognise the potential for mindfulness and meditation to help you feel calmer and happier.
💫 You love the idea that mindfulness can boost your immune system, sharpen your cognitive function and support your memory.
💫 You can attend the majority of the sessions and are prepared to spend 10-20 minutes per day meditating.
This course may not work for you:
➖ if you are currently depressed to the extent you are unable to manage your everyday life.
➖ If you are recently bereaved and feeling overwhelmed by the grief, now may not be a good time to join the course.
If any of these apply, please have a conversation with Sally before committing to this course.
“Sally has been a fantastic and patient teacher and has the most soothing voice for the meditations”
Investment
The cost of the course is £280 and you will receive:
⭐️ 8 live group sessions for 1.5 hours each with a maximum of 12 participants.
⭐️ Lifetime access to my guided meditations, which you can download and use at home.
⭐️ A weekly follow-up email and a reminder email with a summary of the home practice and information to support your understanding of the theme of the week.
⭐️ A copy of the book Finding Peace in a Frantic World by Danny Penman and Mark Williams to give a deeper understanding of the theoretical underpinnings of the practices, if you wish to do so.
About your teacher
Sally spent 14 years working in corporate Learning and Development in the UK and the Middle East before becoming a mindfulness teacher.
Since then, she has trained with world-renowned mindfulness centres, recently completing her master’s degree in Mindfulness Based Teaching from Bangor University. Sally has helped many people the skills to be less reactive to day to day challenges helping them to feel calmer and less stressed.
Sally is a member of BAMBA (the British Association of Mindfulness-Based Approaches), the benchmark of industry-leading practitioners. BAMBA members are professional teachers with a recognised high standard of training and experience and undertake ongoing professional practice to teach safely and effectively.
“The course has been life changing and Sally is a fabulous mindfulness practitioner. She has taught me a host of skills and strategies to take forward in daily life. Her gentle, kind, interested and understanding approach at the sessions has been greatly appreciated. ”
Next steps
Book on to the course via this application form:
The course will start on 7th September at 10 am in the Bistro.
There will be a maximum number of 12 people for this course and will be given on a first come, first served basis. Once you have filled in the registration form, I will be in touch to confirm your place.