Our Gold Standard Compassionate Mindfulness Training
In this 8 session course you will learn the very simple and beautiful art of Mindfulness and Compassion meditation.
We will share techniques for everyday life to remain mindful and observant when you start to feel negative emotions. You will learn to be kind with yourself and others.
Mindfulness meditation involves sitting quietly and paying attention to thoughts, sounds, the sensations of breathing or parts of the body, bringing your attention back to the present.
Sessions are normally weekly and include meditations, stories that illustrate how to apply the practice to your everyday life. Supported by open discussions, the chance to ask questions, a workbook and many more tools that support you to understand yourself and find greater calm in your life.
The Jewel in the Ice: You will learn what mindfulness is and is not and how to set up and establish a regular meditation practice
How to live in your body, not your head: You will learn how to come out of your head and into your body
Living in the present: You will be shown how to stop living in the past and future and to live more in the present moment, which brings more contentment and ease.
Calming the chattering mind: You will be shown why you have a busy mind and how to calm it. You will explore the nature of thoughts themselves.
Dancing with dragons – working with difficult emotions: You will learn how to work with stress and anxiety and all other difficult experiences. This builds more resilience to support the challenges of daily living.
The ABC of mindfulness - the secret to a happy life: We will show you the secret to a happy live. It's not what you think it is!
Compassion meditation for self and others: We share the beautiful practice of compassion (loving kindness) meditation and how to apply it to yourself and others.
Everyday mindfulness and what's next: We will show you how to maintain your practice, addressing the common obstacles and pitfalls. We talk about what’s available and on offer after the course.
There is research and a growing evidence base on the health and wellbeing benefits of Compassionate Mindfulness.
These benefits include:
A clearer perception of our world
Being more present with the world as it is here and now
Increased regulation of our mind, body, emotions and impulses
Enhanced cognition and clarity of thinking
Calmer more measured responses to the world
Choosing our responses over reacting
Wiser behavioural actions and responses
The impact of meditation at work has also led to reduced sick leave, improved performance and happier, more productive staff.
As well as a Mindfulness and Compassion workbook to use alongside the live course, we will give you FREE access to our Resource Library for 3 months. This includes guided meditations, wisdom stories, observations and teachings from Suryacitta.
There is also amonthly in-person and online drop-in meditation evening that you can attend. And at the end of the course, we can issue you with a CPD accredited certificate for your
What people from Leicestershire County Council says
“It has been an excellent retreat. Initially, I was very reluctant to go on the course, not knowing what it was or how it could help me. But the course is so powerful and challenging and life-changing. It made me become more aware of myself and I intend to continue to practice.” Steve
"The sessions gave me information and knowledge and time to absorb ideas and consider lessons learnt. It’s not rushed but the pace is satisfying and inspirational." Jan
"It should be rolled out to all the staff in social care." Stephen
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