MINDFULNESS?

How do I learn more about this?
Who else is doing it?
What's the benefit?
Am I doing it right?

For the answer to these and many other questions or to just practice awith others . . . why not join me at the monthly Mindfulness meditation drop-in sessions? We meet on the first thursday of every month 7-8:30pm at the Friends Meeting House, 87 Park Street, Bridgend. There is no charge but donations are welcomed.
Why not come along and bring a friend?

I had been practicing and teaching mindfulness meditation for a number of years before I became involved with the Breathworks Mindfulness programme in 2006. I began supporting courses and practicing the techniques in my daily life. It became apparent very quickly how mindfulness as taught by Breathworks could help me live my life and help others through becoming a Breathworks trainer.

I became accredited in early 2009 and have enjoyed delivering courses. My teaching style is relaxed and informal and very much driven and inspired by my personal experience of life and the mindfulness techniques used in courses. I have a particular interest in how mindfulness can be taught to and used by those people living and dealing with stress anxiety and depression.

I am constantly expanding my practice of Mindfulness and adding to my qualifications to teach Mindfulness to adult:.I have completed a one year training in Mindfulness and Compassion with the Mindfulness Association, and have been trained by Chris Germer and Kristin Neff to deliver their 8 week course of Mindful Self Compassion (MSC)

I have always wished I had learned to practice Mindfulness when I was much younger and that has led me to train with The Mindfulness in Schools Project in the UK. I am certified to teach the following curricula:

• .b for Secondary Schools
• paws .b for Primary Schools
• .b Foundations for Teachers and Teaching Staff

I adhere fully to the UK Network for Mindfulness-Based Teacher Trainers Good Practice Guidelines and am commited to upholding ethical standards.

Please find below a list of our next courses. to book simply click on the course you wish to attend!

	Mindfulness: A practical guide to finding peace in a frantic world MINDFULNESS reveals a set of simple yet powerful practices that can be incorporated into daily life to help break the cycle of unhappiness, stress, anxiety and mental exhaustion and promote genuine joie de vivre. It's the kind of happiness that gets into your bones. It seeps into everything you do and helps you meet the worst that life can throw at you with new courage. The book is based on Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). Buy on Amazon UK
	Full Catastrophe Living, Revised Edition: How to cope with stress, pain and illness using mindfulness meditation Full Catastrophe Living is a manual for developing your own personal meditation practice and learning how to use mindfulness to promote improved health and healing in your own life. It is based on Jon Kabat-Zinn's highly acclaimed stress reduction programme at the University of Massachusetts Medical Centre, where he uses mindfulness to help thousands of people cope with stress, anxiety, pain and illness. Buy on Amazon UK
	The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness (includes Guided Meditation Practices CD) If you've ever struggled with depression, take heart. Mindfulness, a simple yet powerful way of paying attention to your most difficult emotions and life experiences, can help you break the cycle of chronic unhappiness once and for all. In The Mindful Way through Depression, four uniquely qualified experts explain why our usual attempts to ""think"" our way out of a bad mood or just ""snap out of it"" lead us deeper into the downward spiral. Buy on Amazon UK
	The Mindful Way through Anxiety: Break Free from Chronic Worry and Reclaim Your Life You can't just "get over" anxiety. In fact, the very things most people do to try to feel better--avoiding feared situations, pushing worry out of mind--only make the problem worse. Leading psychologists Susan M. Orsillo and Lizabeth Roemer present a powerful new alternative that can help you break free of anxiety by fundamentally changing how you relate to it. Buy on Amazon UK

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	Mindfulness: A practical guide to finding peace in a frantic world MINDFULNESS reveals a set of simple yet powerful practices that can be incorporated into daily life to help break the cycle of unhappiness, stress, anxiety and mental exhaustion and promote genuine joie de vivre. It's the kind of happiness that gets into your bones. It seeps into everything you do and helps you meet the worst that life can throw at you with new courage. The book is based on Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). Buy on Amazon UK
	Full Catastrophe Living, Revised Edition: How to cope with stress, pain and illness using mindfulness meditation Full Catastrophe Living is a manual for developing your own personal meditation practice and learning how to use mindfulness to promote improved health and healing in your own life. It is based on Jon Kabat-Zinn's highly acclaimed stress reduction programme at the University of Massachusetts Medical Centre, where he uses mindfulness to help thousands of people cope with stress, anxiety, pain and illness. Buy on Amazon UK
	The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness (includes Guided Meditation Practices CD) If you've ever struggled with depression, take heart. Mindfulness, a simple yet powerful way of paying attention to your most difficult emotions and life experiences, can help you break the cycle of chronic unhappiness once and for all. In The Mindful Way through Depression, four uniquely qualified experts explain why our usual attempts to ""think"" our way out of a bad mood or just ""snap out of it"" lead us deeper into the downward spiral. Buy on Amazon UK