Tuesday Evening MBSR Online with Rachel Ardagh
This is an online course which is suitable for those with prior meditation experience as well as those who have none.
You are asked to make a commitment to daily home practice of around thirty to forty-five minutes per day for the duration of the course.
Course dates:
April 16th - June 4th
Tuesday Evenings 6:30pm - 9pm
Retreat day Saturday 18th May
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) was developed by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in 1979 for patients living with chronic pain originally and then adapted for all kinds of stressors.
Programme Content
In this MBSR course we will explore what we mean by the term ‘stress’ and how it manifests in our lives. We will explore the ways in which mindfulness can support us in responding to the events in our lives rather than being caught up in reactivity - how can we pause in the midst of the everything that is demanding our attention and tune into what is actually happening within and around us, and thus afford ourselves the opportunity to respond in more helpful ways. The programme promotes the development of self-awareness and general well-being. Stress is part of life, we cannot avoid it. We are encouraged to acknowledge life as it is, with all its joys and sorrows, and thus live more fully, with whatever is here.
We practice different forms of mindfulness practice including sitting meditation, the body scan gentle mindful movement and walking meditation. The emphasis is on bringing mindful awareness into everyday life.
Participants will receive a programme handbook in the post to support learning and a weekly email summarising the content and practice instructions for that week, plus guided meditation recordings.
When the course finishes there are online meditation groups you can join. This support can make a big difference to keeping up practice so that when we experience stressful times in our lives it is there to support us.
Programme Aims
The programme aims to help us to:
Use mindfulness techniques to relate differently to worry and feelings of anxiety and
Better manage stressful situations in both work and home life
Become familiar with the workings of the mind, including the ways we avoid or get caught up in difficulties
Sustain the practice of mindfulness as a self-care tool that can be integrated into their work and home life
Explore ways of releasing ourselves from old habits of mind that increase anxiety levels
Get in touch with a different way of knowing themselves and the world
Reduce the impact of self-judgement and increase self-acceptance
Be able to exercise greater choice in life
Manage interpersonal conflict more effectively
Experience improved feelings of self-worth and compassion for others
Programme Certification
Participants who attend the programme fully will receive a Certificate of Completion in the “Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Programme” from The Mindfulness Centre, on request.