Mindfulness for health course
About the 8 week course
This 8 week course is recommended for people who are living with pain, recovering from illness, injury or surgery. It is designed for health optimization by following a daily routine of meditations, gentle moments in a sequence, which can be done in bed, on a chair or standing. The program is user friendly with easy to use steps. People who have attended this course have suffered from back pain, chronic fatigue, and recovery from cancer.
What is the ‘Breathworks’ program ?
The breathworks program has been systematically tested with thousands of testimonials of a great way of being with and managing life-long conditions. This is a world-wide program. For more information please refer to the breathwork website, link below. https://www.breathworks-mindfulness.org.uk/
The 8 week program is based on 2 hour group work, over 8 weeks, followed by home practice. The process of bringing awareness to the body through meditation, mindful movement and theory help to facilitate life long tools which become second nature.
What will I learn?
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The skill of meditation
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Mindfulness and self-compassion skills in your daily life
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To live in the present moment and breathe into your experience, rather than tensing against it.
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How mindfulness can help you to manage and live well with pain and chronic health conditions
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Supportive mindful movement practices
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Greater concentration and focus
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The art of taking joy in simple pleasures
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Transformative body and breath awareness for relaxation, tranquility, and to let go of tension
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Pacing and learning how to break the 'boom and bust' cycle.
What will I get with the course?
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8-weeks of lessons - 20 hours of class time
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A balance of teaching, questions and discussion, and guided meditation
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Daily home meditation practice of 20 mins a day
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Guided meditations CD / MP3 downloads
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Teaching and practices to help you develop mindfulness and self-compassion, and to relieve pain and anxiety.
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A highly experienced mindfulness teacher to answer your questions and guide you through difficulties every week
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A supportive peer group of those on the course with you
What course material do I need?
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The course book (Mindfulness for health) is by Vidyamala Burch and Danny Penman ‘Mindfulness for health’ is user friendly and suitable for beginners which is accompanied with a CD or downloads.
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Youtube- Provides demonstrations of the movements to be done at your convenience home or work.
How to register and further questions
If you would like more information about the next course or register, Please contact William Fley
Please send me an email or ring 07802 84144
You will be asked to fill out a form and invited to a discussion to see if this is the right course for you and how to best make use of the material.
This a ‘Practice course for my accreditation’ and I will also be supervised.
