Courses

fierce self-compassion course

Overview

Fierce self-compassion means taking empowered action to protect, provide for, and motivate ourselves to alleviate suffering and thrive. This new and unique 8-week course explores the more action-oriented side of self-compassion guiding you to do the inner work needed to speak up, set boundaries, change habits and and claim your power. Through meditations, group discussions, and experiential exercises, this program helps you explore these themes in a meaningful way. Some experience of mindfulness or mindful self-compassion is helpful but not essential before taking this course.

About the Course

This course consists of eight weekly sessions plus a half-day online retreat.
Prior experience of Mindful Self Compassion is required.
This class will be held live on Zoom.
The teacher and participants will be visible, just as you would in a in-person classroom.
This course includes access to online audio files with downloadable guided meditations for home practice. Participants will continue to have access to these after the course.
The course includes up to 30-minutes of recommended mindfulness and self-compassion practice per day during the course.
This course is not offered as a treatment for any specific psychological or physical conditions
The course may not be suitable for people experiencing severe difficulties
As part of the booking process participants are required to complete a personal history questionnaire, and a follow-up call may be arranged.
Sometimes it’s not the right time or the right course for you. I will explore this with you and if the course isn’t suitable, a full refund will be given.
To ensure our offering is open to all, the Mindfulness Project offers a limited number of concession spaces on a first-come-first-served basis. If you would like to apply, please complete the Concession Rate Questionnaire on the booking page.

What to expect

By the end of this course, you will:

Understand how the three components of self-compassion apply to protecting yourself, meeting your needs, and motivating personal change
Begin to identify and move past the barriers that prevent you from setting effective boundaries
Learn how to work with anger as a constructive force for growth and protection
Recognise your personal needs and explore how to meet them with self-compassion
Cultivate the ability to motivate yourself with encouragement instead of self-criticism
Understand how fierce self-compassion can contribute to social transformation

Dates & Times

Schedule

ONLINE MINDFUL SELF-COMPASSION – 8 week course

Overview
This training is a powerful tool for emotional growth, resourcing us to face inevitable challenges and to embrace life more wholeheartedly. For many people this is an excellent beginner course, but it also complements any prior mindfulness training. Self-compassion is the practice of repeatedly evoking good will toward ourselves especially when we’re struggling – cultivating the same wish for ourselves that all living beings have, to live happily and free from suffering.

About the Course

Self-compassion is the practice of repeatedly evoking good will toward ourselves especially when we’re struggling – cultivating the same wish for ourselves that all living beings have, to live happily and free from suffering.

Over time we develop more inner strength and resilience, allowing us for e.g. to offer ourselves the kindness and understanding we offer others at difficult times, motivate ourselves to change, have the courage to hold boundaries, forgive ourselves and others more often, not lose ourselves when caring for others and be more authentic in relationships.

A sense of well-being and ease begins to emerge, whatever we have gone through in the past and whatever hardships we may be facing now, reducing anxiety, depression and the nagging underlying insecurity that is familiar to so many of us.
As our ability to experience compassion for ourselves increases, so does our ability to relate to others in the same way

What to expect

There are 8 classes and a half-day or 6 hr retreat. Each session features meditations, daily life practices, self-reflective exercises, and group sharing. A workbook and my own guided meditations complement the in-class learning.

MSC is therapeutic, but it’s not therapy insofar as the emphasis is on building emotional resources, rather than addressing old wounds. Positive change occurs naturally as we develop the capacity to be with ourselves in a kinder, more compassionate way.

You will learn:

to stop being so hard on yourself
to handle difficult emotions with greater ease
to motivate yourself with encouragement rather than criticism
to transform difficult relationships, both old and new
to become your own best teacher

Additional details – all sessions include 15 min tea break; concessions are available please contact the Mindfulness Project to discuss.

Mindfulness MBSR– 8 week course

Overview
It’s a proven way to gain a solid foundation in mindfulness as a way of living and meditation as a daily resource, to ease stress, improve overall health, and open the door to greater well-being and joy. The course is for everyone, beginners or those seeking to deepen their practice.

About the Course

This course follows faithfully the programme developed and recently updated by Jon Kabat-Zinn and Browns University. This unique world renowned curriculum has been clinically proven to be highly effective in working with a range of physical and psychological problems, as well as improving levels of wellbeing, joy and ease.

In mindfulness we bring gentle friendly curiosity to what is happening in our experience moment by moment. We start to see how much we are driven by habit patterns and beliefs that we are barely conscious of and find new choices about how to respond in any situation. We recover an inner steadiness whatever the external weather.

It suits anyone who wants to:

move from stress reactivity to stress responding
befriend your emotions
experience more joy and gratitude
communicate more skillfully and resolve conflict
enhance mind-body healing
find more ease with chronic pain

What to expect

Each themed session includes meditations, group discussions and topics. You will be introduced to practices exploring the body and breath in stillness and in gentle movement, as well ways to integrate mindfulness in our daily lives. Booking is by application so I can make sure that the course is a good fit for you, at this time.

The cost includes:

An initial 30 min post application individual telephone orientation session
8 x 2hr 45 min classes with tea break
1 x 6hr Retreat Day
unique audio to practice with at home each day
an original course handbook to support your learning
individual support throughout via email or phone

Additional details – all sessions include 15 min tea break; chairs, mats, cushions and blankets are provided in clean, comfortable and spacious meeting room.