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SUMMARY:Mindfulness for Life: online course
DESCRIPTION:Mondays\, 10 February to 31 March 2025\, 17.00-19.00. \n\n\n\nThe Mindfulness for Life programme has evolved from Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy. The programme was developed to offer mindfulness practices and cognitive-behavioural techniques to enable everybody to improve their wellbeing. \n\n\n\nOverview​\n\n\n\nThe online course guides participants in how to apply the learning in everyday life to manage what is painful and difficult and cultivate qualities such as compassion. It supports people to work with challenges\, including recurring patterns of thought and behaviour that create suffering. It also supports our capacity to savour life and to flourish. Mindfulness for Life is an in-depth programme intended to cultivate lasting and sustainable change. Apart from the two-hour weekly sessions there is daily home practice\, so it’s helpful to consider how you will fit this in ahead of taking the course. You can find out more about the course here. \n\n\n\nWho is this course for?\n\n\n\nThis course is designed for members of the general public who are looking to improve their wellbeing and discover tools to help with the general stresses and strains of everyday life. Taking this course also counts as one of the requirements for joining our mindfulness teacher training\, if this is something you may be interested in. Please note\, this course may not be suitable for everyone. If you are experiencing serious mental health issues\, you should talk to your GP about being referred to the appropriate clinical service. You can find details on referrals and self-referral here.  \n\n\n\nThe format of the course?\n\n\n\n\nEight weekly two-hour classes including mindfulness practices\, discussion and exercises.\n\n\n\nDaily meditation home practice of between 20 to 40 minutes.\n\n\n\n\nWhen? \n\n\n\nMonday evenings 17.00 to 19.00 UK time\, starting 10 February 2025 to 31 March 2025. \n\n\n\nWhere?\n\n\n\nOnline. You will get Zoom log-in details when your place is confirmed.  \n\n\n\nFacilitator \n\n\n\nRuth Sequeira \n\n\n\nHow to book\n\n\n\nThe eight-week course is £250. You can book your place below. \n\n\n\nPlease note\, we ask all those who book a place on this course to fill in this application form\, which will be sent to the facilitator. If you haven’t already\, please head here to fill in the form.
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/mindfulness-for-life-online-course/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Course,Mindfulness for Life
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SUMMARY:Compassionate Leadership Training course - Thursday afternoons
DESCRIPTION:Join our six-week Compassionate Leadership Training designed for all health and social care leaders. Compassionate leadership is linked with improved learning and innovation\, and reduced staff stress\, injuries and absenteeism\, and even reduced patient mortality. \n\n\n\nThe course is made up of six weekly two-hour sessions and further consolidation sessions after the course is complete. This course runs on Thursdays from 3-5pm\, from 30 January 2025 until 13 March 2025. There is no session on 20 February. Following this\, there are several two-hour online consolidation sessions to review practice and learning. All graduates are invited to attend these sessions. See the dates for 2025 below. \n\n\n\nWatch a short (1.5 minute) video to find out more. \n\n\n\nOverview \n\n\n\nAt the heart of compassion is the notion that everyone experiences difficulty and that we can all play a role in alleviating our own difficulties and those of others. Whether this is compassion for ourselves or the people we lead\, people who lead us\, colleagues or service users. We won’t always feel like helping and will sometimes be tired or overwhelmed or unable to connect. \n\n\n\nAlthough it helps to have positive feelings\, we do not have to feel compassion to be compassionate. We can recognise our physical and mental state\, resource ourselves as best we can\, and respond from our firm compassionate intention\, rather than from impulse or intense emotion. \n\n\n\nHow does this translate into compassion in health\, social care\, and other organisations? How might we think about compassionate leadership\, working with colleagues\, service users and their friends and families? Prof. Michael West has spent his career answering this question\, pointing to research that shows how compassionate leadership is linked with improved learning and innovation\, and reduced staff stress\, injuries and absenteeism\, and even reduced patient mortality. In short\, compassion is essential to high-quality healthcare. \n\n\n\nDr Robert Marx and Professor Clara Strauss have designed this innovative training programme of six weekly sessions\, each lasting two hours\, with an additional follow-on consolidation sessions following the completion of the course. See details below of the dates for optional review and practice sessions. \n\n\n\nWho is the course for?\n\n\n\nThe course is for anyone in a leadership role in a health and social care organisation\, recognising that leadership occurs throughout health and social care roles\, and at different levels of seniority.  \n\n\n\nWhat is the format of the course?\n\n\n\nThe course combines in-session mindfulness and compassion practice with reflection and discussion\, as well as an invitation for home mindfulness and compassion practice to help cultivate compassion for ourselves and the people we lead and work with. \n\n\n\nFacilitators\n\n\n\nRobert Marx \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRobert Marx is co-lead for the Sussex Mindfulness Centre and leads the Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) in Talking Therapies in NHS services training centres collaboration. He is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist and has been teaching mindfulness to patients and staff in the NHS for 18 years. He teaches MBCT and Mindful Self-Compassion. He has been practising Buddhist meditation for over 30 years\, initially in the Theravadan tradition and then in the Tibetan tradition. He is passionate about building compassionate cultures in organisations and about integrating relational and mindful approaches to work. \n\n\n\nRuth Sequeira\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRuth Sequeira is a senior trainer\, supervisor\, and mindfulness teacher for the Sussex Mindfulness Centre. She is also a psychological therapist and the mindfulness and compassion training and retreat lead at the Mindfulness Network. Ruth has a history of working in mental health services and until recently worked as a Clinical Lead in the Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in Sussex. Ruth has a longstanding interest in mindfulness\, meditation and movement\, and is passionate about increasing access to mindfulness courses in different populations. \n\n\n\nReview and practice dates\n\n\n\nWe are offering several dates for consolidation of learning\, to allow flexibility. Participants may attend as many or as few of these consolidation sessions as they wish.   \n\n\n\nMonday 7 April 4.00 – 5.00pmThursday 8 May 4.00 – 5.00pm Wednesday 4 June 1.00 – 2.00pm Friday 4 July 2.00 – 3.00pmThursday 18 September 4.00 – 5.00pm Wednesday 15 October 4.00 – 5.00pm Tuesday 18 November 1.00 – 2.00pmMonday 8 December 4.00 – 5.00pm \n\n\n\nApply and book your place\n\n\n\nYou can book your place below. \n\n\n\nPlease note\, we ask all those who book a place on this training programme to fill in an application form that will be sent to the facilitators. If you haven’t already\, please head here to fill in the form.
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/compassionate-leadership-training-course-thursdays/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Compassion,Course,SPFT staff only,Workplace
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SUMMARY:Moment to pause - Free online lunchtime mindfulness session
DESCRIPTION:Work and life can feel so busy that you don’t have a spare moment to think\, plan or just experience the moment. Join a one-hour lunchtime session to experience how mindfulness can bring space and new perspectives. \n\n\n\nOverview\n\n\n\nMindfulness offers a chance to pause. It can help you manage stress and difficulties\, reflect on what’s most important to you and learn how to take better care of yourself. \n\n\n\nThis one-hour lunch-time session will give you a pause in the day to experience the benefits of practicing mindfulness. You will be guided through the basic principles of mindfulness and will sample a range of different practices. Over time these practices can help you build the capacity to experience life differently. Mindfulness can work for you as an individual and for your team or service.Bring your lunch for the mindfulness eating exercise.
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/moment-to-pause-free-online-lunchtime-mindfulness-session-10/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Beginners,Introduction to mindfulness,Workplace
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241116T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241116T160000
DTSTAMP:20260415T192615
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SUMMARY:One-day mindfulness retreat
DESCRIPTION:A one-day mindfulness retreat is an important part of the eight-week mindfulness course. It offers an opportunity to extend your practice\, within a supportive environment. \n\n\n\nContent of the day\n\n\n\nThe day will be facilitated by the Sussex Mindfulness Centre’s experienced teachers and will include a series of different mindfulness and compassion practices. It will be held mostly in silence as a way of supporting your practice. We will aim to provide tea and coffee\, but please bring your own food for lunch. There will be chairs and maybe some cushions\, but please bring what you need to be comfortable\, if you can. \n\n\n\nWhy a one-day retreat?\n\n\n\nA one-day mindfulness retreat is an important part of the eight-week mindfulness course. It also offers an opportunity to extend your practice within a supportive environment. For people who meditate regularly the retreat offers a great way to deepen and refresh your practice. Read more about the benefits of a day long retreat. \n\n\n\nWho’s it for?\n\n\n\nThis day is right for you if you have attended an eight-week Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy\, Mindfulness for Life or Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction course and are: \n\n\n\n\na current or previous Sussex Partnership service user\,\n\n\n\na current staff member\,\n\n\n\na current participant of an eight-week mindfulness course provided by the Sussex Health and Care Partnership or are a nurse advocate\,\n\n\n\na current Sussex Mindfulness Centre or MBCT in NHS Talking Therapies trainee\, or\n\n\n\nan alumni of a Sussex Mindfulness Centre training or of the MBCT in NHS Talking Therapies services training.\n\n\n\n\nHow to book?\n\n\n\nNo payment is required. Book your place and find out venue details by sending an email to smc@spft.nhs.uk. Please note\, you’ll need to attend for the whole day. It’s not possible to only come for a portion of the day. \n\n\n\nThe retreats run from 10am to 4pm\, and we ask people to join from 9.45am to ensure a prompt start.  \n\n\n\nCertificate of attendance\n\n\n\nThis all-day retreat counts towards the requirement to attend silent retreats as part your BAMBA registration as a mindfulness teacher. Certificates of attendance can be supplied on completion of the day’s training\, if requested.
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/one-day-mindfulness-retreat-4/
LOCATION:Sussex Education Centre\, Hove\, West Sussex\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241115T163000
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SUMMARY:Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy: The Evolving Story
DESCRIPTION:This masterclass will explore the story behind Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy\, its research and practice\, as well as dilemmas that practitioners may face today. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nWhat is covered?\n\n\n\nThe day will chart the unfolding of the story of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) research and practice\, interweaving presentations with practice and dialogue. \n\n\n\nParticipants will be supported to situate themselves within the evolving story and invited to inquire into the role we are all playing – how is our MBCT practice situated? What are the questions and dilemmas we are experiencing? \n\n\n\nWho is this for?\n\n\n\nThis workshop is suitable for anyone involved in teaching\, or training to teach\, mindfulness. \n\n\n\nYou can join this online workshop from anywhere\, as long as you have a stable internet connection.   \n\n\n\nPlease note\, current trainees on our teacher training courses (Foundation and Adapted Mindfulness Based Interventions) are automatically on the attendance list for this masterclass\, as it forms part of the syllabus. If this is you\, you do not need to book a place. \n\n\n\nThe facilitators\n\n\n\nProfessor Clara Strauss\n\n\n\n\n\nProfessor Clara Strauss\n\n\n\nClara Strauss is a consultant clinical psychologist\, mindfulness teacher and clinical researcher. In her research\, Clara is particularly interested in developing and evaluating new forms of mindfulness-based intervention (MBI)\, especially for those people who may not be willing or able to access MBCT. Along with other members of her research team\, Clara has been evaluating MBIs for people experiencing depression\, for people distressed by hearing voices and for people experiencing obsessive-compulsive disorder. This research has also included research with NHS staff\, university students and the wider population. \n\n\n\n\n\nTaravajra\n\n\n\n\n\nTaravajra\n\n\n\nTaravajra has been teaching MBCT in Sussex since 2005 to community groups\, carers\, teachers and NHS staff groups. He gained a Masters degree in mindfulness-based approaches in 2010 at Bangor University. Since 2011\, he has been part of the core training team at Bangor\, teaching on the Masters programme and teacher training retreats and offering supervision. He also holds a British Wheel of Yoga teaching diploma and is a Focusing practitioner. He is one of the main trainers on the Foundation training for Sussex Mindfulness Centre.Taravajra is interested in mindful movement\, which was gained initially through tai ch’i\, Alexander Technique and karate. After training with the British Wheel of Yoga\, he taught yoga for several years. He has also had a long-term practice of aikido and has trained as a Focusing practitioner. \n\n\n\n\n\nCertificates\n\n\n\nThis masterclass is valid for ongoing personal development in mindfulness or as part of the Sussex Mindfulness Centre teacher training pathway. Certificates of attendance can be supplied on completion of the day’s training\, if requested.
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/mindfulness-based-cognitive-therapy-the-evolving-story/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Masterclass,Teacher training
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241023T163000
DTSTAMP:20260415T192615
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SUMMARY:Mindful movement masterclass
DESCRIPTION:The simple mention of mindful movement often generates a feeling tone: liking or disliking\, rarely neither.For many teachers\, it is their least preferred core practice to guide. Questions often arise about its purpose and place within the eight-week course. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nWhat is covered?\n\n\n\nChris Barker will guide you through a variety of approaches to mindful movement. This will help you find movements that resonate with you and feel authentic\, enabling you to find your own voice when you are guiding practices. \n\n\n\nWe will also explore the purpose and position of mindful movement within the eight-week course. The mind and body are more closely connected than we may initially think. Mindful movement provides an access point to begin to see personal patterns of reactivity. It exposes our relationship with ourselves\, how we approach life\, as well identifying moods and emotions that colour our beliefs and interpretations\, in the moment. \n\n\n\nWho is this for?\n\n\n\nThis masterclass is for both experienced and aspiring mindfulness teachers who can benefit from Chris’s knowledge and insights of mindful movement. Chris takes a fresh look at this topic based on his experience of teaching mindful movement for over twenty years. Chris draws on his own experience of teaching a variety of mindful based programmes to a wide range of people\, as well as bringing a grounded theoretical understanding. \n\n\n\nThe facilitator\n\n\n\nChris Barker \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChris Barker’s path into mindfulness was as a stressed Head of Physical Education in a large secondary school. Despite his initial reservations that it was just “yoga and meditation\, that I couldn’t see myself doing” he was persuaded by colleagues to give it a try. It changed his life. Not overnight\, but by allowing every drop of mindfulness\, squeezed into every frantic day\, to permeate through his previously sceptical being! \n\n\n\nChris predominantly shares mindfulness with cancer groups and leads on this both for the National Centre of Integrative Medicine (NCIM) as well as supporting fellow teachers. A qualified supervisor\, Chris also teaches Mindfulness for Life for the Sussex Mindfulness Centre\, NCIM and various counselling charities in the South-West of England\, where he lives. \n\n\n\nA recent mindfulness graduate from the University of Exeter\, Chris is well-placed to lead on mindful movement for the Sussex Mindfulness Centre at retreats and in this masterclass\, training a new generation of teachers. Having been in their shoes only several years ago\, enables Chris to break down this often under loved part of the eight-week course for trainees and experienced teachers alike. \n\n\n\n\n\nPracticalities\n\n\n\nA significant section of the morning will be engaging in mindful movement. To facilitate this\, it is helpful to have sufficient space to extend your arms in all directions while standing\, sitting or in floor movements. Loose clothes are always helpful as well as sufficient layers to retain body heat. As always\, clear guidance will be offered around tailoring the movements to meet the needs of your body. Finally\, as I say to all my participants ‘as long as you can hear me you don’t need to be able to see me’. This means you have the option to move away from the screen. \n\n\n\nCertificates\n\n\n\nThis is valid for ongoing personal development in mindfulness or as part of the Sussex Mindfulness Centre teacher training pathway. Certificates of attendance can be supplied on completion of the day’s training\, if requested. \n\n\n\nTicket prices\n\n\n\n\nGeneral admission: £99.00\n\n\n\nSussex Partnership Foundation Trust staff members: £50.00\n\n\n\nAlumni: Adapted MBI/Foundation/MBCT in NHS Talking Therapies (previous 2 years only): £30.00\n\n\n\nCurrent Adapted MBI/Foundation trainees (2024 cohort only): £15.00\n\n\n\nCurrent MBCT in NHS Talking Therapies trainees (2024 cohort only): £15.00\n\n\n\nSussex Mindfulness Centre-employed/contracted mindfulness teachers: £30.00\n\n\n\n\nPlease read our Terms and Conditions before booking your ticket: Terms and conditions – Sussex Mindfulness Centre
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/mindfulness-movement-masterclass/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Masterclass,Teacher training
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241017T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241017T140000
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SUMMARY:Moment to pause - Free online lunchtime mindfulness session
DESCRIPTION:Work and life can feel so busy that you don’t have a spare moment to think\, plan or just experience the moment. Join a one-hour lunchtime session to experience how mindfulness can bring space and new perspectives. \n\n\n\nOverview\n\n\n\nMindfulness offers a chance to pause. It can help you manage stress and difficulties\, reflect on what’s most important to you and learn how to take better care of yourself. \n\n\n\nThis one-hour lunch-time session will give you a pause in the day to experience the benefits of practicing mindfulness. You will be guided through the basic principles of mindfulness and will sample a range of different practices. Over time these practices can help you build the capacity to experience life differently. Mindfulness can work for you as an individual and for your team or service.Bring your lunch for the mindfulness eating exercise.
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/moment-to-pause-free-online-lunchtime-mindfulness-session-8/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Beginners,Introduction to mindfulness,Workplace
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241015T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241015T170000
DTSTAMP:20260415T192615
CREATED:20240808T112631Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240924T133758Z
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SUMMARY:Compassionate Leadership Training course - Tuesdays
DESCRIPTION:Compassionate Leadership Training for health and social care leaders. Compassionate leadership is linked with improved learning and innovation\, and reduced staff stress\, injuries and absenteeism\, and even reduced patient mortality. \n\n\n\nSix online weekly two-hour sessions from Tuesday 15 October until 26 November on Tuesdays from 3.00-5.00pm. There is no session on 29 October. There is a two-hour online consolidation session on 4 February 2025 to review learning and practice. \n\n\n\nOverview \n\n\n\nAt the heart of compassion is the notion that everyone experiences difficulty\, and that we can all play a role in alleviating our own difficulties and those of others. Whether this is compassion for ourselves or the people we lead\, people who lead us\, colleagues or service users. We won’t always feel like helping and will sometimes be tired or overwhelmed or unable to connect. \n\n\n\nAlthough it helps to have positive feelings\, we do not have to feel compassion to be compassionate. We can recognise our physical and mental state\, resource ourselves as best we can\, and respond from our firm compassionate intention\, rather than from impulse or intense emotion. \n\n\n\nHow does this translate into compassion in health\, social care and other organisations? How might we think about compassionate leadership\, working with colleagues\, service users and their friends and families? Prof Michael West has spent his career answering this question\, pointing to research that shows how compassionate leadership is linked with improved learning and innovation\, and reduced staff stress\, injuries and absenteeism\, and even reduced patient mortality. In short\, compassion is essential to high quality healthcare. \n\n\n\nDr Robert Marx and Professor Clara Strauss have designed a training programme of six weekly sessions\, each lasting two hours\, with an additional follow-on two hour session a couple of months following the completion of the course. \n\n\n\nWho is the course for?\n\n\n\nThe course is for anyone in a leadership role in a health and social care organisation\, recognising that leadership occurs throughout health and social care roles\, and at different levels of seniority.  \n\n\n\nWhat is the format of the course?\n\n\n\nThe course combines in-session mindfulness and compassion practice with reflection and discussion\, as well as an invitation for home mindfulness and compassion practice to help cultivate compassion for ourselves and the people we lead and work with. \n\n\n\nFacilitators\n\n\n\nClara Strauss\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nClara is Co-Lead (Research) for the Sussex Mindfulness Centre. She is a consultant clinical psychologist\, mindfulness teacher and clinical researcher. In her research\, Clara is particularly interested in developing and evaluating new forms of mindfulness-based intervention\, especially for those people who may not be willing or able to access MBCT. Along with other members of her research team\, Clara has been evaluating mindfulness courses for people experiencing depression\, for people distressed by hearing voices and for people experiencing obsessive-compulsive disorder.  \n\n\n\nRobert Marx \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRobert Marx is co-lead for the Sussex Mindfulness Centre and leads the Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) in Talking Therapies in NHS services training centres collaboration. He is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist and has been teaching mindfulness to patients and staff in the NHS for 18 years. He teaches MBCT and Mindful Self-Compassion. He has been practising Buddhist meditation for over 30 years\, initially in the Theravadan tradition and then in the Tibetan tradition. He is passionate about building compassionate cultures in organisations and about integrating relational and mindful approaches to work. \n\n\n\nNicky Mouat\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNicky is a Mental Health Nurse and Mindfulness teacher. She works in the NHS at Pavilions Drug and Alcohol Service\, where she has been facilitating Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention courses\, and holding a weekly drop in for Service. Users and Staff. She has been teaching MBCT for the Wellbeing Service\, and Recovery College in Brighton. She was also part of the Myriad Mindfulness in Schools Research Project\, and was involved in teaching Mindfulness for Life to teachers in Sussex Schools. She has a particular interest in working with Service Users with ‘Dual Diagnosis’ (Substance Misuse and Mental Health Issues)\, and the way that Mindfulness can be helpful to this client group. \n\n\n\nApply and book your place\n\n\n\nYou can book your place below. \n\n\n\nPlease note\, we ask all those who book a place on this training programme to fill in an application form that will be sent to the facilitators. If you haven’t already\, please head here to fill in the form.  \n\n\n\nThere are a limited number of free places for staff at the Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust which are offered on a first-come first-served basis. Fill in the form first\, and we’ll let you know if you have a free place.
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/compassionate-leadership-training-course-tuesdays/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Compassion,Course,SPFT staff only,Workplace
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241014T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241014T180000
DTSTAMP:20260415T192615
CREATED:20240903T113850Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240919T141945Z
UID:10002724-1728925200-1728928800@sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk
SUMMARY:Mindful Self-Compassion teacher training information session
DESCRIPTION:Are you interested in teaching Mindful Self-Compassion? This session will provide all you need to know about training with us. \n\n\n\nWhat’s included\n\n\n\nThe session will be led by one of the lead teachers delivering the training. It will include a short presentation\, and you will have the opportunity to get your questions answered. \n\n\n\nBook your place\n\n\n\nBook your place by emailing smc@spft.nhs.uk\, with MSC Teacher Training Information Session in the Subject and you will be sent a joining link.
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/mindful-self-compassion-teacher-training-information-session/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Teacher Training Information
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241004T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241004T163000
DTSTAMP:20260415T192615
CREATED:20240201T154859Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240723T115253Z
UID:10002626-1728034200-1728059400@sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk
SUMMARY:Buddhist Foundations of Mindfulness
DESCRIPTION:This workshop explores the Buddhist origins and intentions of mindfulness practice. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nWhat is covered?\n\n\n\nEven though it is common to deliver secular mindfulness-based programmes\, many of the ideas in these programmes make more sense when we understand their origins and intentions. \n\n\n\nJohn Peacock is one of the few people who can expertly make this bridge and we are delighted to welcome him back again. \n\n\n\nWho is this for?\n\n\n\nThis masterclass is suitable for anyone involved in teaching\, or training to teach\, mindfulness; or anyone with a particular interest in the Buddhist underpinnings of mindfulness practice.  \n\n\n\nYou can join this online workshop from anywhere\, as long as you have a stable internet connection.   \n\n\n\nPlease note\, current trainees on our teacher training courses (Foundation and Adapted Mindfulness Based Interventions) are automatically on the attendance list for this masterclass\, as it forms part of the syllabus. If this is you\, you do not need to book a place. \n\n\n\nThe facilitator\n\n\n\n\n\nJohn Peacock\n\n\n\nJohn Peacock is an academic and a Buddhist practitioner of nearly fifty years. Trained initially in the Tibetan Gelukpa tradition in India\, he then spent time in Sri Lanka studying Theravāda. Following a doctorate in philosophy\, he taught Buddhist and Western philosophy as well as Buddhist studies at the University of Bristol. He went on to be an Associate Director of the Oxford Mindfulness Centre and co-direct the Master of Studies programme in Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy at the University of Oxford. John is now retired from academia and continues to teach meditation and courses on Buddhism and Western philosophy internationally. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nCertificates\n\n\n\nThis is valid for ongoing personal development in mindfulness or as part of the Sussex Mindfulness Centre teacher training pathway. Certificates of attendance can be supplied on completion of the day’s training\, if requested.
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/buddhist-foundations-of-mindfulness-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Masterclass,Teacher training
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240923T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240927T110000
DTSTAMP:20260415T192615
CREATED:20240625T082618Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240919T141733Z
UID:10002689-1727110800-1727434800@sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk
SUMMARY:Five-day mindfulness retreat with Taravajra
DESCRIPTION:Rivendell Retreat Centre in East Sussex \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA five-day mindfulness retreat in this lovely retreat centre. It is suitable for teachers training in mindfulness based approaches. \n\n\n\nBrief overview\n\n\n\nThe retreat will mostly be held in silence with guidance from teachers Taravajra and Kate Gooch. We will explore the main practices found within an eight week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy course. Body scans\, and different kinds of movement and sitting practice will be offered. There will also be opportunities to speak about your practice in small groups. The teachers will be available for support and guidance. \n\n\n\nThis retreat meets the retreat requirement for the BAMBA register. \n\n\n\nWhere is it?  \n\n\n\n\n\nWho is the retreat for? \n\n\n\nThe retreat is aimed towards teachers in training. It is also a great opportunity for more experienced mindfulness teachers. The retreat will count towards the annual retreat requirement for teachers and supervisors on the BAMBA Register. We will explore the four Foundations of Mindfulness. \n\n\n\nRetreat leaders\n\n\n\nTaravajra\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTaravajra has been teaching Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction in Sussex since 2005. He has taught community groups\, carers\, teachers and NHS staff groups. He gained a Masters degree in mindfulness based approaches in 2010 at Bangor University. Since 2011\, he has been part of the core training team at Bangor\, teaching on the Masters programme and teacher training retreats as well as offering supervision. He also holds a British Wheel of Yoga teaching diploma and is a Focusing practitioner. He is one of the main trainers on the Foundation training for Sussex Mindfulness Centre. Taravajra is particularly interested in mindful movement. After training with the British Wheel of Yoga\, he taught yoga for several years.  \n\n\n\nKate Gooch\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKate Gooch holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Mindfulness Based Approaches from Bangor University (2012) and has taught Mindfulness since 2007. She teaches the general population\, clinical populations\, and carers\, as well as delivering courses in educational settings and the workplace. She’s trained in .b\, .b Foundations\, and MYRIAD\, in addition to being a Mindfulness supervisor for the Mindfulness Network. She also has a Speech and Language Therapy background. \n\n\n\nHow much does it cost and how do I book? \n\n\n\nThe cost is £600. It is being organised by Taravajra\, so to book and find out more please see the event page on his website.
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/five-day-mindfulness-retreat/
LOCATION:Rivendell Retreat Centre\, Chillies Lane\, High Hurstwood\, East Sussex\, TN22 4AB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240921T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240921T163000
DTSTAMP:20260415T192615
CREATED:20231219T170322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240806T104641Z
UID:10002610-1726912800-1726936200@sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk
SUMMARY:Self-compassion and burnout workshop with Chris Germer
DESCRIPTION:The Sussex Mindfulness Centre are pleased to welcome Chris Germer to the UK to present the “Self-compassion and burnout” workshop in Brighton. \n\n\n\nMany of us would say we’re burned out on the news or Zoom meetings. However\, when burnout strikes\, it’s hard to do much of anything. We feel drained\, empty\, irritable\, or useless. We’re also likely to blame ourselves for feeling this way. Have you been there\, perhaps during the pandemic\, or do you know someone who has been burned out? That’s highly likely because studies show that 25-75% of workers around the world experience burnout symptoms. \n\n\n\nBurnout happens when our work-life balance gets out of whack\, usually through no fault of our own. We’re just doing the best we can. Common causes of burnout include excessive workload\, lack of support\, unfairness at the workplace\, and moral distress. People who care deeply about their work are also more likely to get burned out\, as are those who base their self-worth on their work\, have a tendency to sacrifice themselves\, or criticize themselves when things go wrong. \n\n\n\nFortunately\, self-compassion is an antidote to burnout\, and there are many research studies that support this claim. We also have an empirically-supported training for healthcare workers derived from the Mindful Self-compassion (MSC) programme—Self-Compassion for Healthcare Communities. Recently\, Kristin Neff and Chris Germer wrote a new book\, to be published in September 2024\, titled The Mindful Self-Compassion Toolkit for Burnout. This book\, written in an easy style for exhausted readers\, adapts MSC concepts and practices specifically for burnout.  \n\n\n\nThis experiential workshop consists of talks\, meditation\, exercises and discussion. It is designed for people with some familiarity with self-compassion concepts.  \n\n\n\n\nI am delighted to be returning to Brighton\, UK to share with you the work Kristin Neff and I have been doing on burnout\,Since COVID\, burnout in healthcare and other occupations has become a major issue that threatens the wellbeing of staff who work in these ever-stretched systems as well as the ability of the systems themselves to function effectively.  \n\n\n\nRecent research shows that burnout among doctors is even increasing. Fortunately\, the evidence is also clear that self-compassion is an antidote to burnout. Our new book on the self-compassion for burnout explores how individuals and systems facing burnout can resource themselves in these challenging times. \nChris Germer\n\n\n\nChris Germer\, PhD is a clinical psychologist and lecturer on psychiatry (part-time) at Harvard Medical School. He co-developed the Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) program with Dr. Kristin Neff in 2010\, which has been taught to over 250\,000 people worldwide. They co-authored two books on MSC\, The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook and Teaching the Mindful Self-Compassion Programme. \n\n\n\nDr. Germer spends most of his time lecturing and leading workshops around the world on mindfulness and self-compassion. He is the author of The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion and he co-edited two influential volumes on therapy: Mindfulness and Psychotherapy\, and Wisdom and Compassion in Psychotherapy. Dr. Germer is a founding faculty member of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy\, Cambridge MA\, USA as well as the Center for Mindfulness and Compassion\, Harvard Medical School. He maintains a small\, online psychotherapy practice. www.chrisgermer.com www.centerformsc.org \n\n\n\nYou can book your ticket here.
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/self-compassion-and-burnout-with-chris-germer/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, Ship Street\, Brighton\, Sussex\, BN1 1AF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Beginners,Compassion
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240917T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240917T140000
DTSTAMP:20260415T192615
CREATED:20240820T152122Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240820T160418Z
UID:10002719-1726578000-1726581600@sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk
SUMMARY:Moment to pause - Free online lunchtime mindfulness session
DESCRIPTION:Work and life can feel so busy that you don’t have a spare moment to think\, plan or just experience the moment. Join a one-hour lunchtime session to experience how mindfulness can bring space and new perspectives. \n\n\n\nOverview\n\n\n\nMindfulness offers a chance to pause. It can help you manage stress and difficulties\, reflect on what’s most important to you and learn how to take better care of yourself. \n\n\n\nThis one-hour lunch-time session will give you a pause in the day to experience the benefits of practicing mindfulness. You will be guided through the basic principles of mindfulness and will sample a range of different practices. Over time these practices can help you build the capacity to experience life differently. Mindfulness can work for you as an individual and for your team or service.Bring your lunch for the mindfulness eating exercise.
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/moment-to-pause-free-online-lunchtime-mindfulness-session-9/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Beginners,Introduction to mindfulness,Workplace
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240819T123000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240819T133000
DTSTAMP:20260415T192615
CREATED:20240723T153529Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240730T091337Z
UID:10002696-1724070600-1724074200@sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk
SUMMARY:Mindfulness teacher training information session
DESCRIPTION:Are you interested in teaching Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy or Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction? Or perhaps you would like to include mindfulness-based interventions in your current work with clients? Either way\, this session will provide all you need to know about various training options with us. \n\n\n\nWhat’s included \n\n\n\nThe session will be led Fergal Jones\, the Sussex Mindfulness Centre’s teacher training convenor. It will include a short presentation\, and you will have the opportunity to get your questions answered. \n\n\n\nBook your place\n\n\n\nBook your place by emailing smc@spft.nhs.uk\, with Teacher Training Information Session in the Subject and you will be sent a joining link.
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/mindfulness-teacher-training-information-session-7/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Train to Teach
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240730T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240730T140000
DTSTAMP:20260415T192615
CREATED:20240411T155636Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240808T121901Z
UID:10002639-1722344400-1722348000@sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk
SUMMARY:Moment to pause - Free online lunchtime mindfulness session
DESCRIPTION:Work and life can feel so busy that you don’t have a spare moment to think\, plan or just experience the moment. Join a one-hour lunchtime session to experience how mindfulness can bring space and new perspectives. \n\n\n\nOverview\n\n\n\nMindfulness offers a chance to pause. It can help you manage stress and difficulties\, reflect on what’s most important to you and learn how to take better care of yourself. \n\n\n\nThis free\, one-hour lunch-time session will give you a pause in the day to experience the benefits of practicing mindfulness. You will be guided through the basic principles of mindfulness and will sample a range of different practices. Over time these practices can help you build the capacity to experience life differently. Mindfulness can work for you as an individual and for your team or service.Bring your lunch for the mindfulness eating exercise. \n\n\n\nFacilitator\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRobert Marx is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist and has been teaching mindfulness to patients and staff in the NHS for 18 years. He teaches Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy and Mindful Self-Compassion. He has been practising meditation for over 30 years. He is passionate about building compassionate cultures in organisations and about integrating relational and mindful approaches to work.
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/moment-to-pause-free-online-lunchtime-mindfulness-session-6/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Beginners,Introduction to mindfulness,Workplace
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240604T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240604T190000
DTSTAMP:20260415T192615
CREATED:20230814T165005Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240328T161658Z
UID:10001688-1717524000-1717527600@sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk
SUMMARY:Altruism: the best response to the suffering of our times
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a talk by the man  dubbed the happiest person in the world. Writer\, humanitarian and Buddhist monk\, Matthieu Ricard discusses how altruism can be the best response to the suffering of our times.  \n\n\n\nMatthieu Ricard has closely collaborated with neuroscience research on the short- and long-term effects of mind training on the brain\, the immune system and our base line level of wellbeing. He is author of over 20 books\, including “Altruism: The Power of Compassion to Change Yourself and the World”. The dialogue with his father in “The Monk and the Philosopher” was a best-seller in Europe and was translated into 21 languages\, and “Altruism: How compassion can change your life and the world\,” to which he devoted five continuous years of research.   \n\n\n\nMore about Matthieu Ricard\n\n\n\nHe is the son of the late Jean-François Revel\, a renowned French philosopher and Yahne le Toumelin\, an abstract painter and Tibetan Buddhist nun. He received a PhD degree in cell genetics from the Pasteur Institute in 1972 after which he practised with some of the greatest Tibetan Buddhist masters of the twentieth century\, living mainly in the Himalayas for half a century\, including a total of 5 years in solitary meditation in various hermitages. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMatthieu Ricard received the French National Order of Merit and the Legion of Honour\, the highest French decoration\, for his humanitarian work in the East with Karuna-Shechen\, the non-profit organization he co-founded in 2000\, which now helps over 400\,000 people every year\, and to which he dedicated the totality of the royalties of his books. Fifty per cent of the proceeds of this talk will also go to support Karuna-Sechen. Since 1989\, he has acted as the French interpreter for the 14th Dalai Lama. He has been a Board member of the Mind and Life Institute which is devoted to collaborations between scientists\, Buddhist scholars and meditators\, led by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He has spoken at many international forums\, including the World Happiness Forum\, the United Nations\, The World Government Summit and Les Journées Émergences. \n\n\n\nHalf of all proceeds from this talk will go to Matthieu Ricard’s charity Karuna-Shechen. The other half supports the Sussex Mindfulness Centre to increase access to mindfulness. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nTicket prices\n\n\n\nGeneral voluntary admission is £12.00\, or pay what you can by selecting the ‘free’ ticket option and adding a donation. Thank you.
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/altruism-the-best-response-to-the-suffering-of-our-times/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Compassion,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240517T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240517T163000
DTSTAMP:20260415T192615
CREATED:20230713T131321Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T163002Z
UID:10000024-1715938200-1715963400@sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk
SUMMARY:Trauma-informed and effective mindfulness teaching
DESCRIPTION:This workshop draws on clinical research and lived experience to work with trauma in mindfulness-based work. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nWhat is covered?\n\n\n\nThis training will enable you to identify signs of trauma in your participants and provide practical ways of helping participants manage it. It will help you understand what challenges and adaptations you may need to make to your standard teaching to help support people with trauma histories.  \n\n\n\nWe approach the training from different perspectives: clinicians working in the field of trauma\, researchers discussing the evidence base for what we know is effective\, and service users sharing their experience of what worked and what didn’t work. \n\n\n\nWho is this for?\n\n\n\nThis masterclass is for those people working in the field of mindfulness. It is part of the core teacher training programmes. It is open to anybody who is trained or training to be mindfulness or mindful self-compassion teachers. \n\n\n\nPlease note\, current trainees on our teacher training courses (Foundation and Adapted Mindfulness Based Interventions) are automatically on the attendance list for this masterclass\, as it forms part of the syllabus. If this is you\, you do not need to book a place. \n\n\n\nThe facilitators\n\n\n\n\n\nRobert Marx\n\n\n\nRobert Marx is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist and has been teaching mindfulness to patients and staff in the NHS for 18 years. He teaches Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy and Mindful Self-Compassion. He has been practising meditation for over 30 years. He is passionate about building compassionate cultures in organisations and about integrating relational and mindful approaches to work. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nProfessor Clara Strauss\n\n\n\nClara Strauss is a consultant clinical psychologist\, mindfulness teacher and clinical researcher. In her research\, Clara is particularly interested in developing and evaluating new forms of mindfulness-based intervention (MBI)\, especially for those people who may not be willing or able to access MBCT. Along with other members of her research team\, Clara has been evaluating MBIs for people experiencing depression\, for people distressed by hearing voices and for people experiencing obsessive-compulsive disorder. This research has also included research with NHS staff\, university students and the wider population. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nRichard Gilpin \n\n\n\nRichard is a mindfulness facilitator\, counsellor and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy therapist. He has trained extensively in mindfulness-based practices since the 1990s and has been facilitating MBCT courses since 2007. He is the author of two self-help books: Mindfulness for Black Dogs and Blue Days (2012) and Mindfulness for Unravelling Anxiety (2016). He also trained and practised with several Buddhist teachers\, set up and ran practice centres\, and facilitated groups and courses dedicated to mindful living. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nCertificates\n\n\n\nCertificates of attendance are available after the event.
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/trauma-informed-and-effective-mindfulness-teaching/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Masterclass,Teacher training
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240514T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240514T170000
DTSTAMP:20260415T192615
CREATED:20231106T120451Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240304T115540Z
UID:10001782-1715698800-1715706000@sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk
SUMMARY:Compassionate Leadership Training course - Tuesdays
DESCRIPTION:Compassionate Leadership Training for health and social care leaders. Compassionate leadership is linked with improved learning and innovation\, and reduced staff stress\, injuries and absenteeism\, and even reduced patient mortality. \n\n\n\nSix online weekly two-hour sessions from Tuesday 14 May until 2 July 2024 (no sessions 28 May and 18 June).  There is also a two-hour online consolidation session on 24 September 2024 from 15.00 to 17.00 to review our learning and practice. \n\n\n\nOverview \n\n\n\nAt the heart of compassion is the notion that everyone experiences difficulty\, and that we can all play a role in alleviating our own difficulties and those of others. Whether this is compassion for ourselves or the people we lead\, people who lead us\, colleagues or service users. We won’t always feel like helping and will sometimes be tired or overwhelmed or unable to connect. \n\n\n\nAlthough it helps to have positive feelings\, we do not have to feel compassion to be compassionate. We can recognise our physical and mental state\, resource ourselves as best we can\, and respond from our firm compassionate intention\, rather than from impulse or intense emotion. \n\n\n\nHow does this translate into compassion in health\, social care and other organisations? How might we think about compassionate leadership\, working with colleagues\, service users and their friends and families? Prof Michael West has spent his career answering this question\, pointing to research that shows how compassionate leadership is linked with improved learning and innovation\, and reduced staff stress\, injuries and absenteeism\, and even reduced patient mortality. In short\, compassion is essential to high quality healthcare. \n\n\n\nDr Robert Marx and Professor Clara Strauss have designed a training programme of six weekly sessions\, each lasting two hours\, with an additional follow-on two hour session a couple of months following the completion of the course. \n\n\n\nWho is the course for?\n\n\n\nThe course is for anyone in a leadership role in a health and social care organisation\, recognising that leadership occurs throughout health and social care roles\, and at different levels of seniority.  \n\n\n\nWhat is the format of the course?\n\n\n\nThe course combines in-session mindfulness and compassion practice with reflection and discussion\, as well as an invitation for home mindfulness and compassion practice to help cultivate compassion for ourselves and the people we lead and work with. \n\n\n\nFacilitators\n\n\n\nClara Strauss\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nClara is Co-Lead (Research) for the Sussex Mindfulness Centre. She is a consultant clinical psychologist\, mindfulness teacher and clinical researcher. In her research\, Clara is particularly interested in developing and evaluating new forms of mindfulness-based intervention\, especially for those people who may not be willing or able to access MBCT. Along with other members of her research team\, Clara has been evaluating mindfulness courses for people experiencing depression\, for people distressed by hearing voices and for people experiencing obsessive-compulsive disorder.  \n\n\n\nRuth Sequeira\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRuth Sequeira is as senior trainer\, supervisor and mindfulness teacher for the Sussex Mindfulness Centre. She is also a psychological therapist and the Mindfulness and Compassion Training and Retreat Lead at the Mindfulness Network. Ruth has a history of working in mental health services and until recently worked as a clinical lead in the Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in Sussex. Ruth has a longstanding interest in mindfulness\, meditation and movement\, and is passionate about increasing access to mindfulness courses in different populations. \n\n\n\nCatherine Cameron\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCatherine is a clinical psychologist working within the community-based persistent pain team within Sussex Partnership. She has a particular interest in mindfulness and self-compassion in pain. She co-facilitates the mindful self-compassion course for staff with Robert Marx having trained to facilitate the Mindful Self-Compassion course in 2014. Before that Catherine ran the mindfulness-based Mindfulness for Pain courses in Hove Polyclinic. She is also involved in the mindfulness all day retreats run for those who have attended the eight -week courses within Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. \n\n\n\nApply and book your place\n\n\n\nYou can book your place below. \n\n\n\nPlease note\, we ask all those who book a place on this training programme to fill in an application form that will be sent to the facilitators. If you haven’t already\, please head here to fill in the form. If you are a member of staff at the Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust\, please fill in the form first\, before paying. There are a limited number of free places for staff that are offered on a first-come first-served basis.
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/compassionate-leadership-training-course-mondays/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Compassion,Workplace
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231111T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231111T160000
DTSTAMP:20260415T192615
CREATED:20230522T153936Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231012T135553Z
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SUMMARY:One-day mindfulness retreat
DESCRIPTION:A one-day mindfulness retreat is an important part of the eight-week mindfulness course. It offers an opportunity to extend your practice\, within a supportive environment. \n\n\n\nContent of the day\n\n\n\nThe day will be facilitated by the Sussex Mindfulness Centre’s experienced teachers and will include a series of different mindfulness and compassion practices. It will be held mostly in silence as a way of supporting your practice. We will aim to provide tea and coffee\, but please bring your own food for lunch. There will be chairs and maybe some cushions\, but please bring what you need to be comfortable\, if you can. \n\n\n\nWhy a one-day retreat?\n\n\n\nA one-day mindfulness retreat is an important part of the eight-week mindfulness course. It also offers an opportunity to extend your practice\, within a supportive environment. For people who meditate regularly the retreat offers a great way to deepen and refresh your practice. Read more about the benefits of a day long retreat. \n\n\n\nWho’s it for?\n\n\n\nThis day is right for you if you have attended an eight-week MBCT or MBSR course and are: \n\n\n\n\na current or previous Sussex Partnership service user\,\n\n\n\na current staff member\,\n\n\n\na Staff in Mind participant\,\n\n\n\na current Sussex Mindfulness Centre or MBCT in NHS Talking Therapies (formerly IAPT) trainee\, or\n\n\n\nan alumni of a Sussex Mindfulness Centre training or of the MBCT in NHS Talking Therapies services training.\n\n\n\n\nHow to book?\n\n\n\nNo payment is required. Book your place and find out venue details by sending an email to smc@spft.nhs.uk. Please note\, you’ll need to attend for the whole day. It’s not possible to only come for a portion of the day. \n\n\n\nThe retreats run from 10am to 4pm\, and we ask people to join from 9.45am to ensure a prompt start.
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/one-day-mindfulness-retreat-2/
LOCATION:Sussex Education Centre\, Hove\, West Sussex\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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SUMMARY:Mindfulness teacher training information session
DESCRIPTION:Whether you are interested in teaching Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy\, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction or adapted mindfulness-based interventions\, this session will provide all you need to know about training with us.    \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThe session will be led by one of the Sussex Mindfulness Centre’s lead teachers. It will include a short presentation\, and you will have the opportunity to get your questions answered.      \n\n\n\nBook your place\n\n\n\nBook your place by emailing smc@spft.nhs.uk\, with Teacher Training Information Session in the Subject and you will be sent a joining link.
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/mindfulness-teacher-training-information-session-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Train to Teach
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231003T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231003T190000
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UID:10001772-1696356000-1696359600@sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk
SUMMARY:Mindfulness teacher training information session
DESCRIPTION:Whether you are interested in teaching Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy\, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction or adapted mindfulness-based interventions\, this session will provide all you need to know about training with us.    \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThe session will be led by one of the Sussex Mindfulness Centre’s lead teachers. It will include a short presentation\, and you will have the opportunity to get your questions answered.      \n\n\n\nBook your place\n\n\n\nBook your place by emailing smc@spft.nhs.uk\, with Teacher Training Information Session in the Subject and you will be sent a joining link.
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/mindfulness-teacher-training-information-session/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Train to Teach
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230928T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230928T203000
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SUMMARY:Compassion Cultivation Training course - Thursday evenings
DESCRIPTION:Compassion Cultivation Training is an eight-week course designed at Stanford University in 2009\, by Thupten Jinpa\, Ph.D\, with contributions from the faculty.  \n\n\n\nThe Sussex Mindfulness Centre is hosting this training in Brighton in collaboration with the Compassion Institute.  \n\n\n\nOverview​\n\n\n\nAn eight-week course for the general public\, it draws on insights and techniques from psychology\, neuroscience\, and contemplative practice. The course integrates evidence-based meditation techniques\, interactive discussions and lectures as well as real-world exercises to put learning into practice.  \n\n\n\nThe format of the course?\n\n\n\n\nWeekly two-hour class including lecture\, discussion\, and exercises\n\n\n\nDaily meditation home practice\n\n\n\nReal-world assignments for practicing compassionate thoughts and actions\n\n\n\n\nThis course is taught worldwide and offers practical skills\, tools and knowledge. As a graduate\, you establish the habit of relating to yourself\, others and the world around you from a place of greater understanding\, joy and purpose. \n\n\n\nIt is designed to cultivate the inherent quality of compassion that we as humans all have\, so that it becomes the default stance from which we live and respond in daily life. Compassion for oneself and others is strengthened. Each class includes didactic\, pair/group exercises and contemplative practice. \n\n\n\nThe course integrates evidence-based meditation techniques\, interactive discussions and lectures\, as well as real-world exercises to put learning into practice. \n\n\n\nWhen? \n\n\n\nThursday evenings 6.30-8.30pm starting 28 September 2023. \n\n\n\nWhere?\n\n\n\nBrighton Friends Meeting House\, Ship St\, Brighton BN1 1AF. \n\n\n\nMore details\n\n\n\nLearning objectives\n\n\n\nParticipants will: \n\n\n\n\nDescribe the basic components of mindful awareness\n\n\n\nDescribe the key components of compassion\n\n\n\nApply the practice of setting intentions\n\n\n\nDescribe the dimensions of loving-kindness\n\n\n\nExplain the value of self-compassion\n\n\n\nApply learned compassion skills in everyday and professional life\n\n\n\nApply learned self-compassion skills in everyday and professional life\n\n\n\nDifferentiate between empathy\, compassion\, and empathic distress\n\n\n\nDescribe the key components of common humanity\n\n\n\nDescribe how to establish a daily practice\n\n\n\n\nThe eight-week course includes the following themes: \n\n\n\nWeek 1 Settling and focusing the mindTheme: Settling the mind and becoming more aware \n\n\n\nWeek 2 Loving-kindness and compassion for a loved oneTheme: Settling the mind and becoming more aware \n\n\n\nWeek 3 Compassion for oneself (part 1)Theme: Self-acceptance and being kinder to yourself \n\n\n\nWeek 4 Loving-kindness for oneself (part 2)Theme: Being a friend to yourself\, embracing your natural aspiration for happiness\, and practicing gratitude \n\n\n\nWeek 5 Embracing shared common humanity and developing appreciation of othersTheme: Cultivating a feeling of connection with others; appreciating the contribution of others to our lives \n\n\n\nWeek 6 Cultivating compassion for othersTheme: Broadening the circle of our compassion \n\n\n\nWeek 7 Active compassion practiceTheme: Making your compassion more embodied and active \n\n\n\nWeek 8 Integrated daily compassion cultivation practiceTheme: Integrating compassion into one’s life; merging all the previous steps into a single meditation practice \n\n\n\nThis course is taught worldwide and offers practical skills\, tools and knowledge. As a graduate\, you establish the habit of relating to yourself\, others and the world around you from a place of greater understanding\, joy and purpose. \n\n\n\nFacilitator – Emily Oliver\n\n\n\n\n“My work focuses on bringing people together to realise more compassionate\, creative and sustainable leadership\, cultures and systems. As well as designing and delivering compassion\, mindfulness and collective care courses for the NHS during the peak of the Covid pandemic and aftermath\, I have worked with educators\, students and a range of other purpose-driven organisations. My approach is informed by a masters in Sustainable Leadership and my work at not-for-profit BeyondText focusing on co-production\, mental health and health systems research. I am currently working on research projects with the UK National Health Service (NHS) and Lebanese National Mental Health Programme. My broad background spans working for the public sector and Fortune 500 Global companies\, to purpose-driven start-ups and comic artists.” \nCompassion Cultivation UK Trainer – Emily Oliver\n\n\n\nHow to book\n\n\n\nPlaces are limited so to guarantee a place please book early. The cost is £300.  \n\n\n\nWhat is the Cancellation Policy?\n\n\n\nIn the unlikely event that the event has to be cancelled by us\, we will offer an alternative event\, either face to face or online\, or a refund. Our liability is limited to crediting only our event fees\, and not any personal expenses you may have incurred.
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/compassion-cultivation-training-course/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, Friends Meeting House\, Ship Street\, Brighton\, BN1 1AF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Compassion,Course
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SUMMARY:Free workplace mindfulness taster
DESCRIPTION:Are you considering a mindfulness programme in your workplace? Join our free online taster session. This one-hour taster session will introduce you to the benefits of supporting staff to practice mindfulness. Benefits include improved wellbeing and ability to manage stress\, leading to less absenteeism and greater productivity.  \n\n\n\nBrief overview  \n\n\n\nThe session will cover the benefits such as heightened emotional intelligence and greater self-management which improves relationships with colleagues\, and decreases conflict in the workplace. You will also be given the opportunity to sample key mindfulness practices and find out about the mindfulness in the workplace training programmes that we offer. \n\n\n\nWhere?\n\n\n\nOnline on Zoom
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/free-workplace-mindfulness-taster-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Workplace
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230908T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230908T163000
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SUMMARY:Buddhist foundations of mindfulness
DESCRIPTION:Even though many of us deliver entirely secular mindfulness programmes\, many of the ideas in contemporary mindfulness-based programmes make more sense when we understand their origins and intentions.  \n\n\n\nCo-author of Mindfulness: Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Psychology\, Christina Feldman is one of the few experts who can help us understand the connections between the two worlds.  \n\n\n\nWho is this for?\n\n\n\nThis masterclass is suitable for anyone involved in teaching\, or training to teach\, mindfulness; or anyone with a particular interest in the Buddhist underpinnings of mindfulness practice. \n\n\n\nThe facilitator\n\n\n\nChristina Feldman is a leader in the field of mindfulness and Buddhist teachings. A well-known author in this field\, she is one of the few people who can make this bridge. We are delighted to welcome her back again to run this event. \n\n\n\nChristina is a co-founder of Gaia House. She has been leading Insight Meditation retreats worldwide since 1976. She is a Guiding Teacher of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre\, Massachusetts. She is the author of a number of books including ‘Woman Awake’\, ‘Way of Meditation’\, and co-author of ‘Soul Food’. Recent books include ‘Silence’\, ‘The Buddhist Path to Simplicity’ and ‘The Boundless Heart’. Christina is the co-founder of Bodhi College and she teaches on several modules on the MBCT postgraduate training at Exeter University. Her contribution focuses upon the Buddhist psychological foundations that underpin mindfulness-based interventions. She is a contributing faculty teacher at Njimegen University in the Netherlands; she leads retreats internationally and is involved in the dialogue between classical Buddhist teachings and their application today through mindfulness-based interventions. \n\n\n\nCertificates\n\n\n\nCertificates of attendance will be emailed after the event.
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/buddhist-foundations-of-mindfulness/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Masterclass
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SUMMARY:Free workplace mindfulness taster
DESCRIPTION:Are you considering a mindfulness programme in your workplace? Join our free online taster session. This one-hour taster session will introduce you to the benefits of supporting staff to practice mindfulness. Benefits include improved wellbeing and ability to manage stress\, leading to less absenteeism and greater productivity.  \n\n\n\nBrief overview  \n\n\n\nThe session will cover the benefits such as heightened emotional intelligence and greater self-management which improves relationships with colleagues\, and decreases conflict in the workplace. You will also be given the opportunity to sample key mindfulness practices and find out about the mindfulness in the workplace training programmes that we offer. \n\n\n\nWhere?\n\n\n\nOnline on Zoom
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/free-workplace-mindfulness-taster/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, Ship Street\, Brighton\, Sussex\, BN1 1AF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Workplace
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230519T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230519T170000
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SUMMARY:Safety and effectiveness day
DESCRIPTION:Drawing on clinical research and lived experience to work with trauma in mindfulness-based work\n\n\n\nLed by: Richard Gilpin\, Clara Strauss\, Robert Marx\, Michael Hales\, Julia Racster-Szostak and Georgie Higton \n\n\n\nThis one day online workshop will enable you to identify signs of trauma in your participants and provide practical ways to help them manage it. It will help you to understand what challenges you may face\, and what adaptations you may need to make to your standard mindfulness sessions to help support people with trauma histories. We approach this from different perspectives: clinicians working in the field of trauma\, researchers discussing the evidence base for what we know is effective\, and service users sharing their experience of what worked and what didn’t work.
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/safety-and-effectiveness-day/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, Ship Street\, Brighton\, Sussex\, BN1 1AF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Masterclass
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