Training

Workshops

All workshops are tailored for health, wellbeing, resilience and learning, all including participation, advice and practical tips for introducing them in real life. They are hands on and skills are practiced within the session. Workshops can be one-off events or as part of a planned approached for your staff. Helping you to maximise the time available for training. All delivered in the workplace. See our news page.

On line video

Our latest mindfulness on line training packages include: 8 week mindfulness for more in depth learning and a 7 short video exercise pack that encourages quick participation and learning, delivered through your own website with ability to register each user. Creative content allows for quick learning and direct experience of mindfulness and related topics of focus, motivation and learning. Our products can be fully branded in your own design and colours and embedded within your own website/intranet. We can provide examples of work and we always offer continued support and udpating.

Courses

The courses that are on offer are based around mindfulness which supports mental health and wellbeing. In these courses, participants learn a variety of skills that apply to their life. Different techniques for different situations and suitable for all levels of staff. Each person will learn something about themselves and how to create more choices and respond rather than react to situations. Resources are provided in the form of online handbooks and recordings. These classes are delivered in the workplace or outside venue.

Workshops

All workshops can be tailored to your needs. We can support in delivering a wide selection of topics that can support Health and Wellbeing:
Stress management, mental health, sleep, diet and nutrition, ageing well at work, developing a posotive mind set, creating more happiness etc.
Focus on Mindfulness at work
Mindfulness appears in the media on a regular basis due to the increasing evidence based that it actually is very beneficial for us all. How we can learn to manage our minds a little better and improve our health and well-being by learning to be present and practicing the techniques over time? This session provides a insight into this popular approach. Content is time dependent and will always have a practical element. Learn essential skills for calm, resilience and communication. Focus on actually improving mental health awareness with mindfulness.
Full Day Mindfulness Workshop
This is an excellent way to begin your mindfulness journey. Leading you through an introduction and how it works, then 4 key exercises to participate in. The difference between informal and formal mindfulness and how they work together and in the workplace. Linked to previous learning with resilience and mental health awareness, along with scientific evidence to back it all up. Ideal group size is 10-20 and will include discussion and feedback, resources to use at home. This workshop also counts towards 2 weeks of an 8 week course.
Focus on Resilience
Without resilience we will begin to develop stress that can effect the way we and relate to people. This workshop describes what resilience is and informs people how to recognise it, set goals and learn simple skills to cultivate it. Discover what your current stress and resilience levels levels and set and critically review potential changes that you want to make. Develop motivation and learn skills to calm the mind. Using a workbook that particpants can take away and focus on goals and choices based on wellbeing.
Focus on Suicide awareness
This is a sensitive topic, but with suicides on the rise, especially with men, this session is about understanding and spotting the signs and what to do and how to help others. 2.5 hour session to raise awareness and inspire compassion for others.
Focus on Healthy Eating
Learn the basics of a healthier approach to food and cooking. Learn how your body reacts to stress and its effect on digestion and burning calories. How to eat, what to eat and why eat the right stuff. Understand how evolution has helped you body to put on weight and that sometimes it is not your fault. learn how to reward yourself with healthier treats and how reducing your alcohol intake can help to loose fat.
Focus on Dyslexia
Take the perspective of someone with dyslexia and help to learn how to communicate more effectively with 1 in 10 of your workforce. Help remove hidden biases that exist for some people and support those with dyslexia to find new ways in dealing with this difficulty.
Focus on Autism/Aspergers/ADHD
Appreciating the difficulties people are facing at work with these conditions can help to include colleagues as well communicate more effectively. Many people are misunderstood and end up being side lined into activities that do not suit them.
Courses

8-WEEK MINDFUL BASED LIVING COURSE
All mindfulness based courses that are researched and evidenced are usually 8 weeks in length. This is how long it takes to really feel the benefits of mindfulness practice. This course is ideal for the workplace or public health setting and is delivered in 2 hour weekly sessions. Investing in a course like this can have real pay back in the work place, with happier and more resilient staff able to cope with change and respond well in difficult situations.
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8-WEEK COMPASSION BASED LIVING COURSe
For those that have completed any mindfulness based 8 week course. It moves on from the firm foundation built up with the mindfulness course and introduces powerful compassionate practices. Research shows that developing compassion for ourselves and others develops empathy and greater emotional awareness. To access this course it is recommended that you have at least 6 months of personal practice after the first 8 week mindfulness course.
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10-WEEK .B SCHOOL AND COLLEGE MINDFULNESS COURSE
A 10-week course designed by the Mindfulness in Schools Project and provide a clear and simple path for 11-18 year olds to learn to be calmer and more relaxed in the school environment, as well as supporting their revision and homework with enhanced attention and focusing skills and home audio downloads. Delivered in 1 hour weekly sessions, this course will support all students including SEN.
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6-week mindful leadership course
An excellent course for any leadership team. Learning together as a team can help to improve your leadership style, reaping the rewards of being more attentive to colleagues and the wider workplace. Delivered in a weekly 2 hour session. Explore and nurture the benefits of mindfulness within yourself and within your workplace. Each session focusing specifically how you lead and reflecting on how to change your approach to support your objectives.
Mindfulness requires us to open the door to ourselves. Welcoming whatever we find with an open mind, curiosity and kindness. For many it is the path less traveled, however it is a path that leads to a greater awareness and greater focus on the moment. Allowing us to find a sense of relief and ease in this modern world. We become more resilient to change, make better decisions, get creative, happier at work and home.