8 Week Mindfulness Course with Anthony

In this time of uncertainty during the pandemic, some of us are beginning to feel disconnected, anxious and depressed. Mindfulness, when practiced, will help you to become calmer, more present, more focused and less reactive.

 

This course will be run by Anthony, a long term practitioner of Mindfulness and Meditation and is suitable for beginners as well as those with mindfulness experience. Anthony has taught mindfulness to organisations, as well as on a one to one basis and to groups at the Mindfulness and Wellbeing centre in Cardiff. Participants will be taught progressive skills in Mindfulness through presentation and guided practice. A strong emphasis is placed on experiential learning, and there will be home assignments each week that include regular mindfulness practice, daily exercises and some journal writing.

 

Mindfulness is defined as knowing what is happening, while it is happening, without preference. In the beginning we notice how our attention is like a butterfly flitting from one thought to the next. So we start by slowing down and settling our mind through regulating our breathing through counting the breath. We then introduce practices that ground us allowing our attention to drop out of our heads and into the sensory awareness of the body. We then learn to rest in the present moment getting used to disengaging from our habits of compulsive doing. And then, when we notice our attention drifting away into thinking, we learn to work with the mindfulness support of sound to bring our attention back to the present. Then we work towards noticing our distraction, learning self acceptance and understanding our undercurrent and observer.

 

 

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