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SUMMARY:Mindful Self-Compassion course: eight weeks on Saturday mornings
DESCRIPTION:Our eight-week Mindful Self-Compassion course teaches core principles and practices that enable participants to respond to challenges and difficult emotions with care and understanding. \n\n\n\nOverview​\n\n\n\nResearch has shown that self-compassion greatly enhances emotional wellbeing. It boosts happiness\, reduces anxiety and depression\, and can even help maintain healthy lifestyle habits such as diet and exercise. Being both mindful and compassionate leads to greater ease and wellbeing in our daily lives. Find out more about our Mindful Self-Compassion course here. \n\n\n\nWho is this course for?\n\n\n\nThis course is designed for the general public\, you do not need to have attended a mindfulness course before. Please note\, this courses may not be suitable for everyone. If you are experiencing mental health issues\, you should talk to your GP about being referred to the appropriate clinical service. \n\n\n\nWhen? \n\n\n\nSaturday mornings 09.30 to 12.00. There is an orientation session on 18 April. The eight-week course starts on 25 April and runs until 13 June 2026 without a break. \n\n\n\nWhere?\n\n\n\nOnline. You will get Zoom log-in details when your place is confirmed. \n\n\n\nThe format of the course?\n\n\n\n\nTwo-and-a-half-hour orientation session.\n\n\n\nEight further weekly two-and-a-half-hour classes including mindful self-compassion practices\, discussion and exercises.\n\n\n\nThe course follows the programme outlined in the Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook by Christopher Germer and Kristin Neff. It is recommended that you buy this book to accompany the course\, but it’s not essential. \n\n\n\nDaily meditation home practice of between 20 to 40 minutes.\n\n\n\n\nFacilitator \n\n\n\n\n\nPaul Johanson\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPaul Johanson is a social worker\, mindful self-compassion teacher and cognitive analytic therapist in private practice. He has worked in many areas of health and social care\, including criminal justice\, substance misuse\, serious mental illness\, psychological therapies\, cancer and palliative care. He has worked as a strategic leader for the NHS in implementing national programmes in mental health\, psychological therapies and patient experience. Paul is a long-term Buddhist practitioner\, beginning his journey nearly 40 years ago in the Rinzai Zen Buddhist tradition\, and has been a student in the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism since 1991. He was the Buddhist Chaplain at the University of Sussex from 2013 to 2025. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nHow to book\n\n\n\nPlease note\, we ask all those who book a place on this course to fill in an application form here that will be sent to the facilitator. If you haven’t already\, please head here to the fill in the form. \n\n\n\n\n\nThe cost of the eight-week course is £300.  We also offer a choice of two other options: \n\n\n\n\n£325 – Supporting rate. You can support other participants to attend who are on a low income.\n\n\n\n£275 – Supported rate\, if you are on a low income and can’t afford the general admission price.\n\n\n\n\nAs part of our equity\, diversity and inclusion policy\, we also have a limited number of concessionary tickets available on a first-come\, first-served basis. These are for people who are facing acute financial hardship and who would otherwise not be able to attend. To request a concession ticket please email spft.smc@nhs.net. \n\n\n\nWe are striving to make our courses accessible for all. If you have additional needs or learning styles\, please let us know so we can support you.   \n\n\n\nYou can book here below
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SUMMARY:Mindful Self-Compassion course: eight weeks on Wednesday evenings
DESCRIPTION:Our eight-week Mindful Self-Compassion course teaches core principles and practices that enable participants to respond to challenges and difficult emotions with care and understanding. \n\n\n\nOverview​\n\n\n\nHow we respond to those around us is fundamental to a happy life. We are often encouraged to be kind to people. But in trying to show compassion towards others\, we may forget to look after ourselves. Can we truly be kind to anyone else if we cannot be kind to ourselves? \n\n\n\nIn the Mindful Self-Compassion course we offer ways to meet our own challenges with greater care. Through the course we will learn how to be more mindful of our own feelings in response to others. And how this can help us to be more resilient in difficult situations. We also learn to be less judgemental and more caring. And we will see how this can reduce anxiety\, leaving us more open to making helpful changes in our lives. \n\n\n\nThe course creates a safe\, supportive environment. There are three core components: \n\n\n\n\nmindfulness (being present with whatever is happening)\n\n\n\nself-kindness (treating ourselves with care rather than criticism)\n\n\n\ncommon humanity (recognising our suffering as part of the shared human experience)​\n\n\n\n\nSome of the main topics we cover are: \n\n\n\n\nhandling difficult emotions\n\n\n\ntransforming the inner critic\n\n\n\ncultivating core values\n\n\n\nmeeting unmet needs\n\n\n\n\nThe weekly sessions include: \n\n\n\n\nguided meditations\n\n\n\nshort talks\n\n\n\ndiscussion\, including in small groups\n\n\n\nexperiential exercises\n\n\n\nresources to support home practice\n\n\n\n\nThe course creators are Kristin Neff\, researcher in the field of self-compassion. And Christopher Germer\, leader in the integration of mindfulness and psychotherapy. They have each published books on the subject. \n\n\n\n​ Find out more about our Mindful Self-Compassion course here. \n\n\n\nWho is this course for?\n\n\n\nThis course is designed for the general public\, you do not need to have attended a mindfulness course before. Please note\, this courses may not be suitable for everyone. If you are experiencing mental health issues\, you should talk to your GP about being referred to the appropriate clinical service. \n\n\n\nWhen? \n\n\n\nWednesday evenings from 6.15pm to 9pm (BST). The course starts with a 1.5 hour orientation on 15 October 2025 at 6.15pm and then runs until 17 December 2025\, including a retreat session. In total the course runs for 10 weeks. See below \n\n\n\nOrientation: 15 October 2025 (1.5 hours)Session 1: 22 October 2025 (2.75 hours)Session 2: 29 October 2025 (2.75 hours)Session 3: 5 November 2025 (2.75 hours)Session 4: 12 November 2025 (2.75 hours)Retreat Session: 19 November 2025 (2.75 hours)Session 5: 26 November 2025 (2.75 hours)Session 6: 3 December 2025 (2.75 hours)Session 7: 10 December 2025 (2.75 hours)Session 8: 17 December 2025 (2.75 hours) \n\n\n\nWhere?\n\n\n\nOnline. You will get Zoom log-in details when your place is confirmed. \n\n\n\nThe format of the course?\n\n\n\n\nOrientation session of 1.5 hours.\n\n\n\nEight weekly two and three quarter hour classes with a 15 minute break in the middle\n\n\n\nA two and three quarter hour retreat session.\n\n\n\nThe course follows the programme outlined in the Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook by Christopher Germer and Kristin Neff. It is recommended that you buy this book to accompany the course\, but it’s not essential. \n\n\n\nDaily meditation home practice of up to 30 minutes is suggested.\n\n\n\n\nFacilitators\n\n\n\nAnnie Akasati McAuley\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMindfulness meditation has been a source of creativity and joy throughout my life. I am a freelance mindfulness teacher and supervisor. I also work with the Sussex Mindfulness Centre\, Suzy Bolt\, and the Brighton Buddhist Centre. I am DBS checked and a registered member of the British Association of Mindfulness-based Approaches (BAMBA). \n\n\n\nI write a monthly blog on themes related to mindfulness\, compassion and wisdom. This is available on our website and other publications. I have a teaching background and have worked with adults and young people over four decades. I am an ordained Buddhist since 1999\, leading courses and retreats using my Buddhist name\, Akasati. \n\n\n\nJulia Powell \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMindfulness has been a huge part of my life ever since I first attended a course in 2007. Having trained to teach with the Oxford Mindfulness Centre in 2017\, I have been teaching mindfulness courses since then. Apart from Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy\, I am also trained to teach Mindfulness for Life\, Finding Peace in a Frantic World and Mindful Self-Compassion. I offer 121 mindfulness coaching sessions\, am a mindfulness teaching supervisor and run mindfulness courses for the Sussex Mindfulness Centre. \n\n\n\n​ \n\n\n\nHow to book\n\n\n\nPlease note we ask all those who book on this course to fill in an application form here that will be sent to the facilitators. If you haven’t already please head here to fill in the form.
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SUMMARY:Mindful Self-Compassion course: eight weeks on Saturday mornings
DESCRIPTION:Our eight-week Mindful Self-Compassion course teaches core principles and practices that enable participants to respond to challenges and difficult emotions with care and understanding. \n\n\n\nOverview​\n\n\n\nResearch has shown that self-compassion greatly enhances emotional wellbeing. It boosts happiness\, reduces anxiety and depression\, and can even help maintain healthy lifestyle habits such as diet and exercise. Being both mindful and compassionate leads to greater ease and wellbeing in our daily lives. Find out more about our Mindful Self-Compassion course here. \n\n\n\nWho is this course for?\n\n\n\nThis course is designed for the general public\, you do not need to have attended a mindfulness course before. Please note\, this courses may not be suitable for everyone. If you are experiencing mental health issues\, you should talk to your GP about being referred to the appropriate clinical service. \n\n\n\nWhen? \n\n\n\nSaturday mornings 09.30 to 12.00. The course starts on 7 June and runs until 2 August 2025 (no session on 5 July). \n\n\n\nWhere?\n\n\n\nOnline. You will get Zoom log-in details when your place is confirmed. \n\n\n\nThe format of the course?\n\n\n\n\nEight further weekly two and a half hour classes including mindful self-compassion practices\, discussion and exercises.\n\n\n\nThe course follows the programme outlined in the Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook by Christopher Germer and Kristin Neff. It is recommended that you buy this book to accompany the course\, but it’s not essential. \n\n\n\nDaily meditation home practice of between 20 to 40 minutes.\n\n\n\n\nFacilitator \n\n\n\nPaul Johanson\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPaul Johanson is a social worker\, mindful self-compassion teacher and cognitive analytic therapist in private practice. He has worked in many areas of health and social care\, including criminal justice\, substance misuse\, serious mental illness\, psychological therapies\, cancer and palliative care. \n\n\n\nPaul has worked as a strategic leader for the NHS in implementing national programmes in mental health\, psychological therapies and patient experience. Paul is a long-term Buddhist practitioner\, beginning his journey over 35 years ago in the Rinzai Zen Buddhist tradition\, and has been a student in the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism since 1991. He has been the Buddhist Chaplain at the University of Sussex since 2013. \n\n\n\nHow to book\n\n\n\nPlease note\, we ask all those who book a place on this course to fill in an application form here that will be sent to the facilitators. If you haven’t already\, please head here to the fill in the form.   \n\n\n\nBooking for this course is now closed.
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