“It changed me in just about every way possible; but what can I do next?”
Many people completing an 8-week programme are keen to build on what they have started. This 12 week course, developed by the Oxford Mindfulness Centre offers a road map to deepen and extend the learning from any 8 week course further.
This 12 week course includes new meditations, contemplations and practices, exploratory life exercises along with daily home practice and handouts on each theme.
During the 12 weeks we:
Revisit, broaden and deepen our experience of mindfulness
Explore different ways to embed and apply mindfulness to our lives in ways that are aligned with our values
Explore and cultivate the many facets of mindfulness; kindness, self-compassion, friendliness, finding balance (equanimity) and joy. We explore how these facets of mindfulness can help us flourish and stay steady in the ever-changing moments of our real lives
Have the opportunity to engage in a supportive, friendly, weekly space of shared practice.
Deepen our capacity, interest and confidence to integrate mindfulness into our lives
The programme comprises twelve themes. Examples of the themes are: attention!; inhabiting our bodies; appreciating the life you have; cool head, warm heart: the art of balance and equanimity and; being the change you’d like to see in the world.
Below are a few quotes from people who have completed the course:
‘I thoroughly enjoyed the taking it further course you ran and so expertly guided. The feeling of possibilities at the end of the course was really fantastic’
I'm taking so much from the course, which has encouraged some seeds from the past into growth as well as planting lots of new ones’
‘I am really grateful to you. This course has been amazing and is making such a difference to my life. It came along at the right time for me. I have also really valued being part of the group and learnt from them in so many ways too’
‘I am really enjoying the course and finding it so helpful in practically every area of my life! This course has really awakened me from the trance I can find myself in and engaged me with all that is wonderful in life and stay steady with the challenges. I think it is the right balance of formal and informal and they help each other. I like how our sessions are laid out with a mixture of practices, activities and discussion and again they all seem to support each other.
I am now living life with much more freedom, lightness, gratitude and care. Life has not been easy of late, but the practices have helped me feel so much more grounded and connected to the treasures of life and living.
Course dates: The course runs weekly for two hours (9.45-11.45) from Friday 30th October 2021 to Friday 28th Jan 2022 ( we have a break over Christmas- please note there are no sessions on Friday 24th Dec and Friday 31st Dec).
The standard cost for this course is £210, I ask, if you can to pay this.
Concessionary places are readily available for those who would like to explore this course and are genuinely unable to pay the full cost. Please contact me to discuss.