BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sussex Mindfulness Centre - ECPv6.15.14//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Sussex Mindfulness Centre REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20220327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20221030T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240917T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240917T140000 DTSTAMP:20260415T212332 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/learning_orange-jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240819T123000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240819T133000 DTSTAMP:20260415T212332 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/train_blue-jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240730T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240730T140000 DTSTAMP:20260415T212332 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/learning_orange-jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240604T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240604T190000 DTSTAMP:20260415T212332 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Ammerdown-5-day-retreat-4.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240517T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240517T163000 DTSTAMP:20260415T212332 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/research_green-jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240514T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240514T170000 DTSTAMP:20260415T212332 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Compassion-cultivation-training-image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231111T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231111T160000 DTSTAMP:20260415T212332 CREATED:20230522T153936Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231012T135553Z UID:10000007-1699696800-1699718400@sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/events.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231026T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231026T140000 DTSTAMP:20260415T212332 CREATED:20230914T145235Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231012T102643Z UID:10001773-1698325200-1698328800@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-2/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Train to Teach ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/train_blue-jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231003T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231003T190000 DTSTAMP:20260415T212332 CREATED:20230914T144232Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230914T144917Z 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/train_blue-jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230928T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230928T203000 DTSTAMP:20260415T212332 CREATED:20230522T155125Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230814T124943Z UID:10000009-1695925800-1695933000@sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/8-jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230925T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230925T190000 DTSTAMP:20260415T212333 CREATED:20230718T142107Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230824T112449Z UID:10001678-1695664800-1695668400@sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/communities_green-jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230908T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230908T163000 DTSTAMP:20260415T212333 CREATED:20230509T155824Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230803T092607Z UID:10000004-1694165400-1694190600@sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Christina-Feldman-version-2-jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230724T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230724T190000 DTSTAMP:20260415T212333 CREATED:20230713T151237Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230728T141445Z UID:10000027-1690221600-1690225200@sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/communities_green-jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230519T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230519T170000 DTSTAMP:20260415T212333 CREATED:20230509T154804Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230629T083156Z UID:10000003-1684488600-1684515600@sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/events.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR