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Supporting people to live with fatigue, uncertainty and changing capacity. One-day online workshop. Fatigue can profoundly affect how people live, work, move, relate to others and participate in everyday life. It is a common and often disabling feature of many long-term health conditions, including Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), Long Covid, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, functional neurological disorder and fibromyalgia
A one-day mindfulness retreat, including meditation practices, creative expression and journaling, that will be held mostly in silence. Experience of creative expression is not necessary. Background to the day This day builds on the positive responses from offering a similar event last year. We realised from last year’s experience that there was a real hunger, both for connecting with our creativity and also for engaging with mindfulness and compassion practices in ways that keep us freshly discovering ourselves. We found last time that for some people, creative practices really deepened places inside that they could access in a way that…
Pause for Peace at 9pm any evening from 10 November until 21 December 2025. The event will include an experiential shared meditation using guided peace intentions.
Building on the basic principles of safe movement that we explored in Day 1, this workshop will help you to identify the intentions and specific needs of your clients and support you to create a safe, balanced, accessible and engaging programme. What is covered? This online day intends to offer a space to discuss and create a sequence of mindful movements that will suit your population, particularly if standard mindful movement does not feel appropriate for your groups. For example, if: We will identify the intentions and specific learning to meet your clients’ needs, and support you to create a…
In this day long workshop, we will join together in a spirit of connection and collaboration to explore the various ways in which our personal meditation practice can open to meet the challenges of the wider world, of which we are a part. What is covered? Foundations of mindful movement will include safety principles, intentions and offering guidance with graded movement. We will draw on the work of environmental activist and systems scholar Joanna Macy, as well as interpersonal and personal mindfulness practice. Building understanding, confidence and skills to bring awareness of moving mindfully to your specific population and setting.…
Bridgette O’Neill is preparing to lead the new eight-week course Deeper Mindfulness: Frame by Frame with colleague Taravajra. Here she writes about what she appreciates about this new course that was developed by Professor Mark Williams. Have you ever felt that your mindfulness practice has plateaued? I know I have. Like brushing my teeth or exercising, formal mindfulness practice is part of my daily life and has been, and is, transformational for me. However, from experience I know that with familiarity I can move into a comfortable zone where my ability to see clearly can get foggy. Of course, with…