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  • Struggling to make meditation a habit? Here’s what helped me. 

    Struggling to make meditation a habit? Here’s what helped me. 

    Sussex Mindfulness & Compassion volunteer, Hannah Andrews, shares her experience of attending a retreat in Plum Village, and describes the impact it’s had for her.  Not long ago I was a total mindfulness novice. I was aware of its benefits: reduced stress, improved sleep, reduced anxiety etc. There are no side-effects, and it’s free! It…

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  • Making mindfulness accessible to the public and communities

    Making mindfulness accessible to the public and communities

    New departure for the Sussex Mindfulness & Compassion as we offer mindfulness and compassion courses to the public and underrepresented communities, for the first time…

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  • Miracles of mindfulness; working with women refugees

    Miracles of mindfulness; working with women refugees

    Julia Powell writes about her recent humbling experience co-leading mindfulness for groups of women refugees, asylum seekers and migrants… Lana Jackson and I have just finished co-leading our second ten-week mindfulness course for women refugees. We’ve been using the trauma-informed Mindfulness Across Borders curriculum developed by Ariana Faris and Sheila Webb and funded by the…

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  • My transformation with mindful self-compassion

    My transformation with mindful self-compassion

    Indi, Quality Improvement Advisor for Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, writes from the heart about her mindfulness journey and her more recent experience of Sussex Mindfulness & Compassion’s eight-week Mindful Self-Compassion course. When I learnt how to apply self compassion, it was literally transformational for me. That’s not a word I use lightly. Indi, Quality…

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  • Reasons to pause for thought at Mindful Culture conference

    Reasons to pause for thought at Mindful Culture conference

    The theme of our conference this year was ‘mindful culture’. With all the many challenges and pressures facing our society and the organisations we work for the topic couldn’t have been more prescient. Speakers and participants posed and answered central questions during key note talks and workshops: What is mindful culture? How can a more…

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