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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 by Ruth Sequeira\, Sussex Mindfulness Centre’s teacher. 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 spft.smc@nhs.net and you will be sent a joining link.
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/mindfulness-teacher-training-information-session-14/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Teacher training,Teacher Training Information
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SUMMARY:Live mindfulness session: Wednesdays
DESCRIPTION:Our live mindfulness sessions are led by experienced teachers and offer an opportunity to refresh and sustain your practice. It’s also hugely beneficial to practice with others. Join us. \n\n\n\nAbout the teacher\n\n\n\nThis mindfulness drop-in session combines elements of both mindfulness and compassion. The teacher\, Annie Akasati McAuley\, will lead a 30-minute guided mindfulness meditation\, followed by an optional 15 minutes for shared reflections and inquiry. Annie is a freelance mindfulness teacher with a background in Buddhist meditation. She draws on four decades of personal practice\, with two decades of meditation teaching experience. Participants at the drop-in appreciate starting their day with the spacious\, grounding quality of mindfulness. They also enjoy the restorative\, nourishing elements of self-compassion\, kindness and care. \n\n\n\nWho are these for?\n\n\n\nThese drop-ins are now open to all NHS staff across the UK whether or not you have any experience of mindfulness. The drop-ins are also available to staff of the Sussex Health and Care Partnership and anybody else who has done an eight-week mindfulness course with the Sussex Mindfulness Centre. \n\n\n\nNot for clinical or crisis care\n\n\n\nWe offer these drop-in sessions to support your mindfulness practice\, to allow you an opportunity to try out mindfulness and build a sense of community. \n\n\n\nDuring the session\, please be prepared to have your camera on. If you feel distressed or unwell after a practice\, please let the teacher leading the session know and\, if appropriate\, your GP or a clinician working with you. \n\n\n\nIt is not advisable to do these mindfulness practices in the heat of a crisis\, when it would be important to access your GP or your designated mental health clinician. \n\n\n\nDo contact spft.smc@nhs.net if you have questions about the drop-ins but please be aware that we are not a clinical or crisis service\, and it will not be possible to respond urgently or clinically to emails. \n\n\n\nWhere?\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to book?\n\n\n\nPlease email spft.smc@nhs.net for a link to join us. 
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/mindful-compassion-drop-in-first-wednesday-of-the-month/2025-06-11/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Drop-in
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250610T140000
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SUMMARY:Moment to pause - Free 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. \n\n\n\nWho is it for?\n\n\n\nThese sessions are for you if you are: \n\n\n\n\nWould like to take a moment to pause in the middle of the day.\n\n\n\nAre returning to mindfulness and want a refresh / reminder about what is involved.\n\n\n\nCompletely new to mindfulness and meditation and want to try it out.\n\n\n\n\nWhere?\n\n\n\nOnline on Zoom \n\n\n\nFor all mindfulness work\, the connection between people in the group is central to the discovery and learning process. Please ensure the camera on your device is turned on during the session and try your best to join from a quiet\, private space\, if possible. We’re aware that the session is during lunchtime. Feel free to bring something to eat during the discussion if you’d like.
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/moment-to-pause-free-online-lunchtime-mindfulness-session-16/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Beginners,Introduction to mindfulness,Workplace
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250607T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250607T120000
DTSTAMP:20260416T183514
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SUMMARY:Mindful Self-Compassion course: eight weeks on Saturday mornings
DESCRIPTION:Our eight-week Mindful Self-Compassion course teaches core principles and practices that enable participants to respond to challenges and difficult emotions with care and understanding. \n\n\n\nOverview​\n\n\n\nResearch has shown that self-compassion greatly enhances emotional wellbeing. It boosts happiness\, reduces anxiety and depression\, and can even help maintain healthy lifestyle habits such as diet and exercise. Being both mindful and compassionate leads to greater ease and wellbeing in our daily lives. Find out more about our Mindful Self-Compassion course here. \n\n\n\nWho is this course for?\n\n\n\nThis course is designed for the general public\, you do not need to have attended a mindfulness course before. Please note\, this courses may not be suitable for everyone. If you are experiencing mental health issues\, you should talk to your GP about being referred to the appropriate clinical service. \n\n\n\nWhen? \n\n\n\nSaturday mornings 09.30 to 12.00. The course starts on 7 June and runs until 2 August 2025 (no session on 5 July). \n\n\n\nWhere?\n\n\n\nOnline. You will get Zoom log-in details when your place is confirmed. \n\n\n\nThe format of the course?\n\n\n\n\nEight further weekly two and a half hour classes including mindful self-compassion practices\, discussion and exercises.\n\n\n\nThe course follows the programme outlined in the Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook by Christopher Germer and Kristin Neff. It is recommended that you buy this book to accompany the course\, but it’s not essential. \n\n\n\nDaily meditation home practice of between 20 to 40 minutes.\n\n\n\n\nFacilitator \n\n\n\nPaul Johanson\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPaul Johanson is a social worker\, mindful self-compassion teacher and cognitive analytic therapist in private practice. He has worked in many areas of health and social care\, including criminal justice\, substance misuse\, serious mental illness\, psychological therapies\, cancer and palliative care. \n\n\n\nPaul has worked as a strategic leader for the NHS in implementing national programmes in mental health\, psychological therapies and patient experience. Paul is a long-term Buddhist practitioner\, beginning his journey over 35 years ago in the Rinzai Zen Buddhist tradition\, and has been a student in the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism since 1991. He has been the Buddhist Chaplain at the University of Sussex since 2013. \n\n\n\nHow to book\n\n\n\nPlease note\, we ask all those who book a place on this course to fill in an application form here that will be sent to the facilitators. If you haven’t already\, please head here to the fill in the form.   \n\n\n\nBooking for this course is now closed.
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/mindful-self-compassion-course-saturday-morning/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Course,Mindful Self-Compassion
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250603T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250603T140000
DTSTAMP:20260416T183514
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SUMMARY:Live mindfulness session: First Tuesday of the month
DESCRIPTION:Our drop-in live mindfulness sessions are led by experienced teachers and offer an opportunity to refresh and sustain your practice. It’s also hugely beneficial to practice with others. Join us. \n\n\n\nAbout the teacher\n\n\n\nThese sessions are led by Lucy Edwards\, Clinical Psychologist working in secondary care adult mental health services within the Trust since 2003. Lucy’s relationship with mindfulness developed from experiencing its benefits first-hand. She integrates mindfulness into her clinical work and in 2015 completed her mindfulness teacher training at the Sussex Mindfulness Centre. \n\n\n\nWho are these for?\n\n\n\nThese live mindfulness sessions are  are now open to all NHS staff across the UK whether or not you have any experience of mindfulness. The drop-ins are also available to staff of the Sussex Health and Care Partnership and anybody else who has done an eight-week mindfulness course with the Sussex Mindfulness Centre. \n\n\n\nNot for clinical or crisis care\n\n\n\nWe offer these drop-in sessions to support your mindfulness practice\, to allow you an opportunity to try out mindfulness and build a sense of community. \n\n\n\nDuring the session\, please be prepared to have your camera on. If you feel distressed or unwell after a practice\, please let the teacher leading the session know and\, if appropriate\, your GP or a clinician working with you. \n\n\n\nIt is not advisable to do these mindfulness practices in the heat of a crisis\, when it would be important to access your GP or your designated mental health clinician. \n\n\n\nDo contact smc@spft.nhs.uk if you have questions about the drop-ins but please be aware that we are not a clinical or crisis service\, and it will not be possible to respond urgently or clinically to emails. \n\n\n\nWhere?\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to book?\n\n\n\nPlease email smc@spft.nhs.uk for a link to join us. 
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/mindfulness-drop-in-first-tuesday-of-the-month-3/2025-06-03/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Drop-in
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250527T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250527T190000
DTSTAMP:20260416T183514
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SUMMARY:Free mindfulness taster
DESCRIPTION:Are you considering whether mindfulness is for you? Join our free online taster session. This one-hour taster session will introduce you to the benefits of mindfulness. Benefits include improved wellbeing and ability to manage stress.  \n\n\n\nIs your mind over active? Do you find you can’t turn off? Are you running on empty\, unable to appreciate things that previously made you happy? Are relationships more fraught than they were? \n\n\n\nPerhaps it’s time to try mindfulness. \n\n\n\nBrief overview\n\n\n\nIn this informative one-hour online session\, you will: \n\n\n\n\nLearn what mindfulness is\n\n\n\nMeet one of our teachers\n\n\n\nTry short-guided meditations\n\n\n\nDiscover the benefits of mindfulness\n\n\n\nFind out about our short introductory mindfulness and beginner courses\n\n\n\nAsk any questions about mindfulness and what your next step might be\n\n\n\n\nThis session is for you if: \n\n\n\n\nYou are completely new to mindfulness and meditation and want to try it out.\n\n\n\nAre returning to mindfulness and want a refresh / reminder about what is involved.\n\n\n\nAre wondering how mindfulness might help your team and colleagues at work.\n\n\n\nAre familiar with mindfulness but keen to know what the Sussex Mindfulness Centre can offer.\n\n\n\n\nWhere?\n\n\n\nOnline on Zoom \n\n\n\nFor all mindfulness work\, the connection between people in the group is central to the discovery and learning process. Please ensure the camera on your device is turned on during the session and try your best to join from a quiet\, private space. Thank you.
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/free-mindfulness-taster-13/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Beginners,Workplace
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250516T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250516T170000
DTSTAMP:20260416T183514
CREATED:20250124T085349Z
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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\nRobert Marx\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\nClara Strauss\n\n\n\n\n\nClara Strauss\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 (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 (OCD). This research has also included research with NHS staff\, university students and the wider population. \n\n\n\nRichard Gilpin\n\n\n\nRichard Gilpin\n\n\n\nRichard is a mindfulness teacher\, counsellor and cognitive-behavioural psychotherapist. 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). His Masters research on MBCT was published in 2008. \n\n\n\nCertificates\n\n\n\n If you would like a certificate of attendance\, you can request this after the event.
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/trauma-informed-and-effective-mindfulness-teaching-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Masterclass,Teacher training
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250515T081500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250515T090000
DTSTAMP:20260416T183514
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SUMMARY:Live mindfulness session: Third Thursday of the month
DESCRIPTION:Our live mindfulness sessions are led by experienced teachers\, and offer an opportunity to refresh and sustain your practice. It’s also hugely beneficial to practice with others. Join us. \n\n\n\nAbout the teacher\n\n\n\nThese sessions are led by David Ward. David has a keen interest in mindfulness and compassion-based approaches for supporting wellbeing\, and draws on 30 years of practising mindfulness meditation. \n\n\n\nWho are these for?\n\n\n\nThis live mindfulness session is now open to: \n\n\n\n\nAll NHS staff across the UK whether or not you have any experience of mindfulness.\n\n\n\nStaff of the Sussex Health and Care Partnership\n\n\n\nAnyone who has done an eight-week mindfulness course with the Sussex Mindfulness Centre.\n\n\n\nService users of the Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust who have completed our eight-week Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy course.\n\n\n\n\nNot for clinical or crisis care\n\n\n\nWe offer these drop-in sessions to support your mindfulness practice\, to allow you an opportunity to try out mindfulness and build a sense of community. \n\n\n\nDuring the session\, please be prepared to have your camera on. If you feel distressed or unwell after a practice\, please let the teacher leading the session know and\, if appropriate\, your GP or a clinician working with you. \n\n\n\nIt is not advisable to do these mindfulness practices in the heat of a crisis\, when it would be important to access your GP or your designated mental health clinician. \n\n\n\nDo contact smc@spft.nhs.uk if you have questions about the drop-ins but please be aware that we are not a clinical or crisis service\, and it will not be possible to respond urgently or clinically to emails. \n\n\n\nWhere\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to book?\n\n\n\nPlease email spft.smc@nhs.net for a link to join us.  
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/mindfulness-drop-in-third-thursday-of-the-month-2/2025-05-15/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Drop-in
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250513T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250513T193000
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SUMMARY:Deeper Mindfulness: Frame by Frame
DESCRIPTION:‘Deeper Mindfulness: exploring feeling tone Frame by Frame’ is a new eight-week course developed by Mark Williams and colleagues for people who want to explore mindfulness more deeply. The online course runs on Tuesday evenings from 13 May 2025 and includes an optional one-day retreat on 21 June 2025. \n\n\n\nOverview​\n\n\n\nThis course allows people to explore an aspect of mindfulness that isn’t covered explicitly in other courses: ‘feeling tone.’ Feeling tone is a sense of the positive or negative that every human experiences and is the tipping point for our mood. \n\n\n\nDeeper Mindfulness is informed by recent psychological findings that reveal that every waking moment\, our understanding of the world is dominated by imagining how we can take action within it\, coloured by what is called ‘feeling tone.’ Feeling tone is the moment-by-moment ‘read-out’ of how much a sensation\, thought\, or emotion feels pleasant\, unpleasant\, or neither. Based on this moment-by-moment ‘read out\,’ the body allocates its resources as it gears up for real or imagined action. This can prepare us well for action\, but it can also put us at risk of becoming exhausted without our realising it.  \n\n\n\nDuring the eight weekly sessions\, you will learn meditations that help you tune into feeling tone moment by moment\, frame by frame. This provides an opportunity to see more clearly both the tipping points for distress and exhaustion\, and also how to flourish by freeing yourself to appreciate life again\, even in the midst of difficulty. \n\n\n\nWho is the course for?\n\n\n\nThis course is designed for those who have already completed an eight-week mindfulness-based programme and want to explore mindfulness more deeply. Please note\, this courses is designed for the general public and 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. \n\n\n\nWhen? \n\n\n\nTuesday afternoons 17.30 to 19.30\, starting 13 May and running until 8 July 2025. Please note there is no session on 27 May. The course includes an optional one-day in person retreat on Saturday\, 21 June 2025. \n\n\n\nWhere?\n\n\n\nOnline. The zoom link will be sent closer to the time of the course. \n\n\n\nThe format of the course\n\n\n\nThe course is delivered over eight weekly sessions\, each lasting two hours. Each session builds on what’s been introduced before\, so it’s important to attend all the sessions if possible. (If you know you’re going to miss a session\, please let your teacher know). \n\n\n\nYou’ll be in a group of up to 16 people\, led by one of our experienced mindfulness teachers. \n\n\n\nEach session begins with a short\, guided meditation\, then (with the exception of the first session) there’s a review and inquiry into the past week. The second half of the session introduces the theme for the week and includes a meditation. There’ll be space to review what you and others experienced or discovered during the practice. The sessions are followed by suggestions for home-based personal practice of around 20 minutes per day. This includes both recommended guided practices for the week\, and also ways to cultivate mindfulness in everyday life. \n\n\n\nYou’ll have access to guided practices and written materials to support each session. \n\n\n\nFacilitators\n\n\n\nWe have two experienced teachers leading this course. Apart from being experienced in many aspect of teaching mindfulness\, Taravajra and Bridgette O’ Neill are supervisors and are key members of our team of teacher trainers\, leading courses for others who want to become teachers themselves. \n\n\n\nTaravajra\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTaravajra has been teaching mindfulness in Sussex since 2005 to community groups\, carers\, teachers and NHS staff. Taravajra 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 pathway in the English and Spanish speaking worlds. He holds a British Wheel of Yoga teaching diploma and is a Focusing practitioner. Since 2011 he has been one of the main trainers on the Sussex Mindfulness Centre’s teacher training programme. \n\n\n\nBridgette O’Neill\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBridgette is a clinical psychologist by professional training and has taught mindfulness-based approaches in NHS mental health services for staff and clients since 2002. She is a senior lecturer\, trainer\, and supervisor with the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice and the Mindfulness Network as well as a trainer with the Sussex Mindfulness Centre. Bridgette has a particular interest in mindfulness and compassion-based approaches in relation to social and environmental challenges and is part of the author group of the paper ‘Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Our Time: A Curriculum that is up to the Task’. \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 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/deeper-mindfulness-frame-by-frame/
CATEGORIES:Course,Teacher training
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250506T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250506T120000
DTSTAMP:20260416T183514
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UID:10002799-1746525600-1746532800@sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk
SUMMARY:Wellbeing course for women migrants
DESCRIPTION:Learn skills to manage stress and improve life. Join this free ten-week programme for women migrants. The trauma-informed and culturally sensitive course will be held outdoors in a beautiful garden. The course sessions are on Tuesdays from 6 May 2025 until 15 July 2025. This course may be full\, but you can fill in the form to join the waitlist\, in case someone drops out. \n\n\n\nYou can join the waitlist by filling in this short application form. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nOverview\n\n\n\nThe course includes activities designed to promote wellbeing\, and reduce anxiety and stress. These activies include: \n\n\n\n\nLearning simple skills to help calm the mind\n\n\n\nGentle movement and stretching exercises (that can be adapted for everyone)\n\n\n\nUsing art and and creativity (no experience needed) \n\n\n\nAn opportunity to practice English. The course is taught in plain simple English using visual prompts (fluency is not necessary) \n\n\n\n\nThe benefits of doing the course include: \n\n\n\n\nUnderstanding how the mind works\n\n\n\nBeing able to cope better in difficult situations\n\n\n\nShared sense of solidarity and community    \n\n\n\n\nLocation\n\n\n\nThe location is a gorgeous and secluded garden in Kemptown. You’ll be sent details of how to get there once you enrol. We will be able to supply bus passes for people who need to travel.  \n\n\n\nBackground to the course\n\n\n\nThis course enables women to access the benefits of mindfulness in a way that is is a trauma-informed and culturally sensitive. The Mindfulness Across Borders curriculum was created by Ariana Faris and Sheila Webb with funding from the Oxford Mindfulness Foundation. The design is based on a project piloting courses in trauma-adapted and culturally-sensitive Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy for refugee and asylum-seeking communities in London\, Cardiff and Brighton. The curriculum was co-produced with refugees in these cities. It is therefore sensitive to the experience and traumas that individuals may have faced.  \n\n\n\nThe Sussex Mindfulness Centre is offering this course free\, as part of its efforts to reach underrepresented communities. We are partnering with the Network of International Women for Brighton and Hove.  \n\n\n\nTeachers  \n\n\n\nLana Jackson\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLana is a senior clinical psychologist\, yoga therapist\, and mindfulness teacher with Sussex Mindfulness Centre. She has a special interest in nature-connection and trauma-informed therapy and practice with children\, young people and adults. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nJulia Powell \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJulia trained to be a mindfulness teacher in 2017\, after a career in international development\, social justice and human rights\, including refugee rights. Julia runs trauma-informed mindfulness courses and coaching for the public and for refugees and asylum seekers. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nCourse format\n\n\n\nThe session provides a range of activities and each session is different. Generally\, they start with some gentle movement or stretching exercises. The first four sessions are designed so participants can get an idea of what happens\, and decide if the course is for them. From session five\, the course is closed to newcomers to create a more intimate and safe space.    \n\n\n\nThere is a tea break in the middle of the sessions.    \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nHow to apply\n\n\n\nThe course is free. Please fill in this short form\, or email Lara at spft.smc@nhs.net.
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/wellbeing-course-for-women-migrants/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Course,Refugee
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UID:10002756-1746104400-1746108000@sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk
SUMMARY:Moment to pause - Free 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. \n\n\n\nWe’re aware that the session is during lunchtime.  Feel free to bring something to eat during the discussion if you’d like. \n\n\n\nWho is it for?\n\n\n\nThese sessions are for you if you are: \n\n\n\n\nWould like to take a moment to pause in the middle of the day.\n\n\n\nAre returning to mindfulness and want a refresh / reminder about what is involved.\n\n\n\nCompletely new to mindfulness and meditation and want to try it out.\n\n\n\n\nWhere?\n\n\n\nOnline on Zoom \n\n\n\nFor all mindfulness work\, the connection between people in the group is central to the discovery and learning process. Please ensure the camera on your device is turned on during the session and try your best to join from a quiet\, private space\, if possible. Thank you.
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/moment-to-pause-free-online-lunchtime-mindfulness-session-15/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Beginners,Introduction to mindfulness,Workplace
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250423T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250423T190000
DTSTAMP:20260416T183514
CREATED:20241108T121335Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250313T084840Z
UID:10002742-1745431200-1745434800@sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk
SUMMARY:Free mindfulness taster
DESCRIPTION:Are you considering whether mindfulness is for you? Join our free online taster session. This one-hour taster session will introduce you to the benefits of mindfulness. Benefits include improved wellbeing and ability to manage stress.  \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. You will also be given the opportunity to sample key mindfulness practices and find out about the mindfulness programmes that we offer. \n\n\n\nWhere?\n\n\n\nOnline on Zoom \n\n\n\nFor all mindfulness work\, the connection between people in the group is central to the discovery and learning process. Please ensure the camera on your device is turned on during the session and try your best to join from a quiet\, private space. Thank you.
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/free-mindfulness-taster-evening-4/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Beginners,Workplace
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250407T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250407T140000
DTSTAMP:20260416T183514
CREATED:20241206T150216Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250402T114930Z
UID:10002755-1744030800-1744034400@sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk
SUMMARY:Free lunchtime mindfulness taster 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.We’re aware that the session is during lunchtime. Feel free to bring something to eat during the discussion part if you’d like. \n\n\n\nWhere?\n\n\n\nOnline\, on Zoom.  \n\n\n\nFor all mindfulness work\, the connection between people in the group is central to the discovery and learning process. Please ensure the camera on your device is turned on during the session and try your best to join from a quiet\, private space. Thank you.
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/moment-to-pause-free-online-lunchtime-mindfulness-session-14/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Beginners,Introduction to mindfulness,Workplace
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250325T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250325T203000
DTSTAMP:20260416T183514
CREATED:20241108T120659Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250313T093143Z
UID:10002743-1742931000-1742934600@sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk
SUMMARY:Free mindfulness taster
DESCRIPTION:Are you considering whether mindfulness is for you? Join our free online taster session. This one-hour taster session will introduce you to the benefits of mindfulness. Benefits include improved wellbeing and ability to manage stress.  \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. You will also be given the opportunity to sample key mindfulness practices and find out about the mindfulness programmes that we offer. \n\n\n\nWhere?\n\n\n\nOnline on Zoom \n\n\n\nFor all mindfulness work\, the connection between people in the group is central to the discovery and learning process. Please ensure the camera on your device is turned on during the session and try your best to join from a quiet\, private space. Thank you.
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/free-mindfulness-taster-evening-3/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Beginners,Workplace
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250305T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250305T140000
DTSTAMP:20260416T183514
CREATED:20241206T150141Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T103417Z
UID:10002754-1741179600-1741183200@sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk
SUMMARY:Free lunchtime mindfulness taster 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. \n\n\n\nFor all mindfulness work\, the connection between people in the group is central to the discovery and learning process. Please ensure the camera on your device is turned on during the session and try your best to join from a quiet\, private space. Thank you.
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/moment-to-pause-free-online-lunchtime-mindfulness-session-13/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Beginners,Introduction to mindfulness,Workplace
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250226T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250226T190000
DTSTAMP:20260416T183514
CREATED:20241108T104927Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T102522Z
UID:10002741-1740592800-1740596400@sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk
SUMMARY:Free mindfulness taster online
DESCRIPTION:Are you considering whether mindfulness is for you? Join our free online taster session. This one-hour taster session will introduce you to the benefits of mindfulness. Benefits include improved wellbeing and ability to manage stress.  \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. You will also be given the opportunity to sample key mindfulness practices and find out about the mindfulness programmes that we offer. \n\n\n\nWhere?\n\n\n\nOnline on Zoom. \n\n\n\nFor all mindfulness work\, the connection between people in the group is central to the discovery and learning process. Please ensure the camera on your device is turned on during the session and try your best to join from a quiet\, private space. Thank you.
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/free-mindfulness-taster-2025/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Beginners,Workplace
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250211T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250211T140000
DTSTAMP:20260416T183514
CREATED:20241206T151640Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250416T092915Z
UID:10002758-1739278800-1739282400@sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk
SUMMARY:Free lunchtime mindfulness taster 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-17/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Beginners,Introduction to mindfulness,Workplace
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250210T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250210T190000
DTSTAMP:20260416T183514
CREATED:20241022T114846Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250128T091320Z
UID:10002738-1739206800-1739214000@sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk
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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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250130T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250130T170000
DTSTAMP:20260416T183514
CREATED:20241122T122509Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241205T123053Z
UID:10002748-1738249200-1738256400@sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk
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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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250122T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250122T190000
DTSTAMP:20260416T183514
CREATED:20241020T143148Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241022T080634Z
UID:10002737-1737565200-1737572400@sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk
SUMMARY:Mindfulness course: Eight weeks on Wednesday evenings
DESCRIPTION:This mindfulness course combines mindfulness practices and cognitive-behavioural techniques to help reduce low-mood and anxiety. There is increasing evidence that this eight-week mindfulness course is effective in reducing other mental health issues and improving wellbeing and resilience. \n\n\n\nOverview​\n\n\n\nThe eight-week course helps participants develop greater awareness of their thoughts\, emotions\, and experiences which in turn helps cultivate resilience and reduce depression and anxiety. This mindfulness course was designed originally to help people who experience repeated episodes of depression to prevent relapse. However\, it is now recognised as an effective treatment for existing mild to moderate depression (not just preventing relapse) and also helps improve wellbeing and resilience.  \n\n\n\nWhen? \n\n\n\nWednesday early evenings\, 17.00 -19.00\, starting 22 January to 19 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\nThe format of the course?\n\n\n\n\nTwo-hour orientation session at the start to help you decide if the course is right for you\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\nFacilitator \n\n\n\nRichard Gilpin \n\n\n\nHow to book\n\n\n\nFill in the application form here indicating the dates you can attend in order of preference.
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/mindfulness-course-eight-weeks/
CATEGORIES:SPFT staff only
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250120T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250120T190000
DTSTAMP:20260416T183514
CREATED:20241108T102945Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241108T120052Z
UID:10002740-1737396000-1737399600@sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk
SUMMARY:Free mindfulness taster
DESCRIPTION:Are you considering whether mindfulness is for you? Join our free online taster session. This one-hour taster session will introduce you to the benefits of mindfulness. Benefits include improved wellbeing and ability to manage stress.  \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. You will also be given the opportunity to sample key mindfulness practices and find out about the mindfulness programmes that we offer. \n\n\n\nWhere?\n\n\n\nOnline on Zoom
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/free-mindfulness-taster-evening-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Beginners,Workplace
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250116T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250116T113000
DTSTAMP:20260416T183514
CREATED:20241210T152515Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241210T152516Z
UID:10002783-1737019800-1737027000@sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk
SUMMARY:Mindfulness course: Eight weeks on Thursday mornings
DESCRIPTION:This mindfulness course combines mindfulness practices and cognitive-behavioural techniques to help reduce low-mood and anxiety. There is increasing evidence that this eight-week mindfulness course is effective in reducing other mental health issues and improving wellbeing and resilience. \n\n\n\nOverview​\n\n\n\nThe eight-week course helps participants develop greater awareness of their thoughts\, emotions\, and experiences which in turn helps cultivate resilience and reduce depression and anxiety. This mindfulness course was designed originally to help people who experience repeated episodes of depression to prevent relapse. However\, it is now recognised as an effective treatment for existing mild to moderate depression (not just preventing relapse) and also helps improve wellbeing and resilience.  \n\n\n\nWhen? \n\n\n\nThursday mornings\, 9.30 -11.30\, starting 16 January to 20 March 2025 (no session 20 February). \n\n\n\nWhere?\n\n\n\nOnline. You will get Zoom log-in details when your place is confirmed.  \n\n\n\nThe format of the course?\n\n\n\n\nTwo-hour orientation session at the start to help you decide if the course is right for you\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\nFacilitator \n\n\n\nKate Gooch \n\n\n\nHow to book\n\n\n\nFill in the application form here indicating the dates you can attend in order of preference.
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/mindfulness-course-eight-weeks-on-thursday-mornings/
CATEGORIES:SPFT staff only
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241212T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241212T140000
DTSTAMP:20260416T183514
CREATED:20240820T153228Z
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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/free-online-lunchtime-mindfulness-session/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Beginners,Introduction to mindfulness,Workplace
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241211T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241211T190000
DTSTAMP:20260416T183514
CREATED:20240902T105346Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240902T105739Z
UID:10002634-1733940000-1733943600@sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk
SUMMARY:Free mindfulness taster
DESCRIPTION:Are you considering whether mindfulness is for you? Join our free online taster session. This one-hour taster session will introduce you to the benefits of mindfulness. Benefits include improved wellbeing and ability to manage stress.  \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. You will also be given the opportunity to sample key mindfulness practices and find out about the mindfulness programmes that we offer. \n\n\n\nWhere?\n\n\n\nOnline on Zoom
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/free-mindfulness-taster-10/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Beginners,Workplace
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241126T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241126T183000
DTSTAMP:20260416T183514
CREATED:20240919T142232Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250429T093022Z
UID:10002731-1732642200-1732645800@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 by Fergal Jones\, 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-11/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Train to Teach
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241120T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241120T140000
DTSTAMP:20260416T183514
CREATED:20240820T152919Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240820T152920Z
UID:10002720-1732107600-1732111200@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-10/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Beginners,Introduction to mindfulness,Workplace
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241118T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241118T190000
DTSTAMP:20260416T183514
CREATED:20231222T194038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231222T194057Z
UID:10002617-1731952800-1731956400@sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk
SUMMARY:Free mindfulness taster
DESCRIPTION:Are you considering whether mindfulness is for you? Join our free online taster session. This one-hour taster session will introduce you to the benefits of mindfulness. Benefits include improved wellbeing and ability to manage stress.  \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. You will also be given the opportunity to sample key mindfulness practices and find out about the mindfulness programmes that we offer. \n\n\n\nWhere?\n\n\n\nOnline on Zoom
URL:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/free-mindfulness-taster-9/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Beginners,Workplace
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241118T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241118T140000
DTSTAMP:20260416T183514
CREATED:20240919T142342Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240919T142343Z
UID:10002730-1731934800-1731938400@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 by Ruth Sequeira\, a leading mindfulness teacher at 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-12/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Train to Teach
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241116T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241116T160000
DTSTAMP:20260416T183514
CREATED:20240326T121254Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240723T150313Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241115T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241115T163000
DTSTAMP:20260416T183514
CREATED:20240201T155427Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240723T142356Z
UID:10002627-1731663000-1731688200@sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk
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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