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Compassion fatigue: Is it a thing?
Mindfulness teacher Annie Akasati McAuley shares her insights on the difference between empathy and compassion. She explores how empathy can be depleting, and how compassion is uplifting and has no downsides.
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Compassion and optimism at the end of a challenging year
In their end of year message, Robert Marx and Clara Strauss (Co-leads of the Sussex Mindfulness Centre) reflect on the challenges we face, the importance of kindness, the achievements we’ve made and some optimism for the year ahead.
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Deadlines extended for teacher training
I got everything I needed from the training and was equipped to take that back out into real life.” Alumni of Sussex Mindfulness Centre’s teacher training In these straitened times, we are delighted to say that all of our mindfulness teacher training courses are going ahead next year. That’s the teacher training for Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, the adapted mindfulness interventions and the top-up training. There’s still some spaces on all of these, so our deadlines have been extended until the end of the year. Why not train to teach mindfulness with one of the…
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Mindfulness for the festive season
Richard Symon, Trainee Clinical Psychologist at Salomons Institute and former psychology graduate volunteer at Sussex Mindfulness Centre, shares some tips to enjoy the festive season with mindfulness. As we move through December, our thoughts tend to focus on the festive season, whatever that means to you. For many of us, the hope is to bring together family and friends and to connect with others. It’s easy for this time of the year to become one of heightened stress, rather than nourishing and recharging experiences that taking time out from the routine or spending times with loved ones could be. Presents…
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Our first one-day mindfulness retreat for people with learning disabilities
Gillian Hurren shares insights from the first one-day mindfulness retreat for people with learning disabilities, that she delivered with Celia Heneage. The retreat for Team Springwell was held at the end of the summer, in Portland House, Worthing. After meeting virtually for the last two years, it was very exciting for us to be able to deliver an in-person day retreat for Team Springwell in Worthing. The retreat was delivered by Celia Heneage and myself, both mindfulness teachers from the learning disability service. The feedback we received was very encouraging. “I really enjoyed it, it was great to actually see…
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New mindful compassion drop-in starts in January
We have a new weekly drop-in that combines mindfulness and compassion, starting in January. The sessions will focus on qualities of kindness, emotional positivity and resilience, all key to mindfulness practice. Making time for mindfulness can be tricky when our day is packed with multiple responsibilities. Yet, being mindful can help us go through our day with more focus, calm and compassion for ourselves and others. Our free drop-in sessions are timed early in the morning or during lunch to fit in with your work schedule, and they all take place online. They are a fantastic way to add mindfulness…