All too often we spend time in our head dwelling on the past or worrying about the future. This way of thinking often causes anxiety and/or depression.  

'Mindfulness is awareness that arises through paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment, non-judgementally,” - Jon Kabat-Zinn. 

Mindfulness is a way of life that begins with the cultivation of mindfulness meditation. This helps you to learn to pay attention, moment by moment, with kindness and curiosity to what is happening (or not) in your body, mind and environment so you can begin to make choices about whether or not to respond to these. Thereby, stepping out of 'automatic pilot'. Meditation practice allows you to see how certain patterns of thinking can lead to escalation of emotions and mindfulness provides tools to help step off this cycle and to develop different ways of coping. 

Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Course

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is a meditation based program, though originally designed for stress management, it is being used to help a variety of issues such as stress, anxiety, pain, menopause and long term conditions. The MBSR course takes the form of 8 weekly 2.5 hour sessions plus one introductory session. These can be offered in a group or individually. A set of Guided Meditations accompany the course, so that participants can practice at home once a day, six days a week, throughout the course.

Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy Course

Based on MBSR, MBCT was developed specifically to help people who experience episodes of depression. The Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) course takes the form of 8 weekly 2 hour sessions and an introductory session. These can be offered in a group or individually. A set of Guided Meditations accompany the course, so that participants can practice at home once a day, six days a week, throughout the course.