Mindfulness 'All-Day' classes in Sussex

NOTES TO BRIGHTON MINDFULNESS TEACHERS

1) Before you add the mindfulness class(es)  you are going to run to the others publicised here, please delete all  'out of date' events on this page (events by all teachers not just your own).

2) Please keep all the events in date order - i.e., please put your All Day events in amongst the other All Days on this page so the entire list is in date order.
Also, I suggest you follow the formatting as per below 19pt text, bold text for the date, venue & time and then plain text for the rest.

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Finding Stillness in the Heart of the City: A Three-day Mindfulness-based City Retreat

with Bridgette O’Neill and Trish Bartley

27 – 29 October 2017 at Greencoat Place (London) More …  (The Mindfulness Network)

 

Mindfulness-Based Compassionate Living (MBCL)
8-week course with Bridgette O’Neill
13th February 2018 (weekly until 13th March then fortnightly – last session 24th April) More … 

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Mindfulness Based Compassionate Living foundation weekend
with Frits Koster (developer of MBCL) assisted by Bridgette O'Neill 
6 – 8 April 2018 Brighton  More … (Sussex Mindfulness Centre)

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Mindfulness Graduate Programme in Cuckfield, West Sussex, with Ed Halliwell (Mindfulness Sussex)

We offer regular follow-up classes for people who've completed an eight-week mindfulness course - these are intended to help people maintain, refresh and deepen their practice. They include twice-monthly Monday evening sessions, five 'Mindful Morning' sessions per year, and four annual graduate day retreats, as well as occasional four-week refresher courses. We also offer residential weekend and 5-day graduate retreats in Lingfield, Surrey. For more details and to book, please see http://mindfulnesssussex.co.uk/graduates.html

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Mindfulness Graduate Courses and Classes with Nick Diggins

I run gradutate mindfulness courses twice per year (March and June/July) on Thursday evenings. I also sometimes run practice sessions on a Saturday afternoon.
Next courses: ​
4 Thursday evenings  in Hove, Starts 8th March and finishes 29th March 2018 (after that there is a Graduate Course . Venue: The Tree of Life Centre, 143 Portland Road, BN3 5QJ. 7.30pm-9.30pm.Cost: £90 (£65 conc). 
5 Thursday evenings  in Hove, Starts 14th June and finishes 19th July (no class 5th July) 2018. Venue: The Tree of Life Centre, 143 Portland Road, BN3 5QJ.7.30pm-9.30pm.Cost: £110 (£80 conc).
For details of the graduate courses and classes I lead please see this webpage (the password is: awareness)
http://mindfulnessforwellbeing.co.uk/mindfulness-courses/staying-mindful-after-the-mindfulness-course/

Issues we can explore in more depth in the graduate courses include:

• Cultivating calm, focus, and freedom from rumination

• Allowing the wisdom hidden inside distractions, blocks, obstacles, difficult thoughts and emotions to reveal itself.

• Understanding how being 'triggered' and jarred by life situations

• The value of both guided and unguided practice

• Balancing practice with a focus (such as the breath or sounds) and practice which is 'directionless' (choiceless awareness)

• Loving kindness meditation and self compassion

For more information contact Nick http://mindfulnessforwellbeing.co.uk or 07948 795645
 

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Where to go after the 8-week course? with Jiva Masheder

 

If you have completed an 8-week course in mindfulness or equivalent and would like to build on your experience, taking your practice wider and deeper, then you’re most welcome to join this course ‘Deepening Wellbeing – beyond the 8-week mindfulness course.’

 

We will be looking at

• adaptations to mindfulness practices that work for you,

• what helps you to maintain a practice

• what stops you practising

• ways of being kinder and more compassionate with yourself and others

• ways of deeply savouring the good things in life as well as finding stability of mind with the inevitable ups and downs.

Please get in touch on yogijiva@gmail.com if you’d like to know more or book on the course running 23rd April, 30th April, 7th May, 14th May 2-4pm. £80 www.mindfulnessbrighton.co.uk

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Mindfulness and Improvisation for Self-Empowerment - with Nick Diggins
Sunday 20th May, 10.00am – 5.00pm,  Community Base 113 Queens Rd, Brighton, BN1 3XG cost £40 (£25 conc).

Who does it feel to be 'stuck' in life or in certain situations - and how does that compare with being engaged and confident with your energy free-flowing? Being empowered doesn't mean never feeling stuck or lost or overwhelmed. It means building trust that whatever we face we can and will recover our own unique and natural way of successfully engaging with life - meeting its challenges and opportunities and finding ways to thrive.

Can we build confidence that we needn't fear feeling constricted, overwhelmed, or self-critical? Can we come to trust that we can recover (or discover) our natural potency, capability and resourcefulness?

 

In this workshop we will use some short mindfulness practices and playful improvisation games to explore how we can we move freely between these two states of being: stuck and free-flowing. The day will include both serious focus on awareness of emotions, thoughts and sensations, and some light-hearted comical games designed to release us from our inhibitions and help us discover our natural spontaneity.

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Could it be that you are bigger and more capable than you think you are? 

 

No prior experience of mindfulness or improvisation is necessary to do this workshop – though a prior experience of either could enhance your experience of the day.

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