Follow-on Opportunities
For those who have completed a course with us or any other teacher
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Our Residential Weekend Retreat: 27th - 29th July Braziers Park, Braziers Lane Ipsden,OX10 6AP
This will a perfect way to take your practice deeper, meet yourself more fully, and to experience a few summer days more richly than ever before.In July we'll be back for our fifth visit to Braziers Park, a 'Strawberry Gothic' country house just outside Oxford, for a weekend of Mindfulness practice, good food, good company and glorious surroundings. It is open to anyone who has completed a recognised course in Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy or Stress Management.
The weekend will be led by Terry and Marianne and will include an array of Mindfulness practices - indoors and out, inspirational mini-talks and readings, time to share and discuss your practice interspersed with refreshing pools of silence, delicious vegetarian meals and time to enjoy the surrounding countryside in your own company or with new friends.
The retreat will run from Friday evening on 27th July until Sunday afternoon on the 29th.
These rettreats are popular and places are very limited, so it's worth booking early. A single room will cost £305 and a room shared with just one person will cost £240. (We'll announce camping-based accommodation cost soon)
Our Residential Weekend Retreat: 27th - 29th July Braziers Park, Braziers Lane Ipsden,OX10 6AP
This will a perfect way to take your practice deeper, meet yourself more fully, and to experience a few summer days more richly than ever before.In July we'll be back for our fifth visit to Braziers Park, a 'Strawberry Gothic' country house just outside Oxford, for a weekend of Mindfulness practice, good food, good company and glorious surroundings. It is open to anyone who has completed a recognised course in Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy or Stress Management.
The weekend will be led by Terry and Marianne and will include an array of Mindfulness practices - indoors and out, inspirational mini-talks and readings, time to share and discuss your practice interspersed with refreshing pools of silence, delicious vegetarian meals and time to enjoy the surrounding countryside in your own company or with new friends.
The retreat will run from Friday evening on 27th July until Sunday afternoon on the 29th.
These rettreats are popular and places are very limited, so it's worth booking early. A single room will cost £305 and a room shared with just one person will cost £240. (We'll announce camping-based accommodation cost soon)
Top-up sessions
Six Monday Evenings
You're welcome to drop on over the course of five consecutive Monday, starting on Monday 14th October and finishing on the 18th December.
From 7.00 'til 9.00pm we'll gather, practice Mindfulness together, sometimes offer practices you might not have come across before, sometimes spend time sharing our experiences and discoveries, as we do during our courses, sometimes spend some of our moments reflecting on a theme.
You can come along for one session or for as many as you like. The sessions will cost £7.00 each. No need to book.
Mindful Mornings (10.00 - 1.00pm)
These morning sessions of lightly guided Mindfulness practice are open to anyone who has some experience of Mindfulness practice. They're a great way to take your practice deeper - or to reconnect if you've lost the thread. They're also a great way to catch up with
fellow practitioners.
Our next morning session will take place on:
Saturday 17th February
(at St Lukes Therapy Centre, 53 Cainscross Road, Stroud)
£10.00 at the door, no need to book
Practice Days (10.00 - 4.00pm)
These run from 10.00am until 4.00pm and give us a chance to go just that bit deeper. A range of guided Mindfulness practices, readings, a shared lunch and a rare and precious opportunity to enjoy some peace, stillness and silence: a complete retreat' from the hurly burley.
Our next session will take place on: TBA
Please send us a message or call us on 01453 883560
if you'd like to attend
These run from 10.00am until 4.00pm and give us a chance to go just that bit deeper. A range of guided Mindfulness practices, readings, a shared lunch and a rare and precious opportunity to enjoy some peace, stillness and silence: a complete retreat' from the hurly burley.
Our next session will take place on: TBA
Please send us a message or call us on 01453 883560
if you'd like to attend
Yoga
One way of carrying mindful movement on to new heights is the regular practice of a discipline like hatha yoga. Kevin Glaister runs courses in Mindful Yoga in Stroud/Gloucester/Stonehouse and offers one-to-one sessions http://www.yogastroud.co.uk/
Some Reading:
Mindfulness: Finding Peace in a Frantic World by Mark Williams and Danny Penman. An excellent and very readable introduction to the world of Mindfulness practice.
Mindfulness for Beginners: Reclaiming the present Moment - and your Life by Jon Kabat-Zinn A series of short essays by the pioneer of the modern, secular Mindfulness system of therapies.
Full Catastrophe Living also by Jon Kabat-Zinn,
Mindfulness in Eight Weeks by Michael Chaskalson: A very accessible recap of the eight-week course
The Mindful Way Through Depression by Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal, and Jon Kabat-Zinn -- more from the team who developed the Mindfulness-based approach to depression (MBCT).
The Mindful Workplace by Michael Chaskalson
Mindfulness for Health: A practical guide to relieving pain, reducing stress and restoring well-being by Vidyamala Burch and Danny Penman
Video:
Here is a moving introduction to Mindfulness and Pain management, with Jon Kabat-Zinn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEJGPuPFIvc
Here is a moving introduction to Mindfulness and Pain management, with Jon Kabat-Zinn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEJGPuPFIvc
