Introduction to Mindfulness

Introduction to Mindfulness 

This one-day workshop offers a brief taste of mindfulness practice and theory in a format intended to be accessible to anyone new to mindfulness. It is designed for anyone interested in exploring some key mindfulness themes and practices in ways that might support them personally, in everyday life and work.

What will you learn? 

• Understanding the mind’s natural tendency to be scattered and to wander; how we can train attention to create choices about where and how we place attention, and how this can fundamentally shape our experience.
• Exploring different ways of being and knowing; recognizing how much of our experience is shaped by thought; that other more experiential and observing modes are also available to us, and how we can learn to use them to help us flourish over time.
  
• Recognizing the difference between reacting and responding; developing ways to create the space to make choices between them, and exploring how this understanding can shape our experience and the quality of our lives.

What are the benefits?
Through this one-day workshop, combined with continued home practice, participants may experience some of the following benefits within a relatively short period of time:

• A sense of having more space or time in the day
• Greater appreciation of what is pleasant and enjoyable in life
• An ability to resource yourself in more challenging moments such as distractedness, stress or anxiety
• An ability to begin to respond throughout your day with greater clarity, compassion in ways that align with what’s important to you

Practicalities

• Herbal tea will be available throughout the day. A light, sweet snack will be provided in the afternoon.
• Participants are asked to bring their own packed/sack lunch. We will practice mindful eating together as one of the exercises and there won't be time to go out and buy something. 
• Yoga mat and meditation cushion will be provided. 
• Wear comfortable clothing and warm socks.
• Kindly refrain from using or answering your cell phone during the course. Better yet, leave it at home or place in airplane mode.  
• Group size is limited to facilitate a deeper connection.

Included in the course

• Six hours of guidance from a certified meditation instructor
• Course handbook 
• Access to guided meditation recordings
• Herbal tea and afternoon snack will be provided
• Life skills galore!

After the workshop

Each participant in the workshop is entitled to a free 1:1 mindfulness coaching session which can be used any time in the six months following completion. This time can be used to explore goals, progress and challenges in the participant's individual mindfulness journey.

More information here:  https://www.natureofmind.be/intro-to-mindfulness---nov-2024.html

Please register directly with the Mindfulness instructor, who is a new club sponsor (!) here:    https://www.natureofmind.be/registration.html