Eight Week Course at Dragonfly Yoga Studio
Being mindful entails just recognising what arises and, as much as possible, letting it be.
Mindfulness training teaches us how to be happier and calmer in the ups and downs of life, as well as how to minimise stress and manage panic attacks. When we get caught up in thoughts about the past or the future, we can miss out on present pleasures or make our problems worse. We can notice things if we are mindful.
Mindfulness Meditation
Meditation is a practise that involves focusing our minds on a certain object, topic, or activity in order to be present with our current experience. Many people want to know what mindfulness is, what meditation is, and what the difference between mindfulness and meditation is. Simply said, we meditate to assist us develop a state of attentive awareness.
Learning different styles of meditation as well as mindfulness skills is part of Mindfulness- Based Stress Reduction training. Meditation is a type of mind training, and there are numerous reasons why it is beneficial to your health.
This October Dragonfly Yoga Studio is coming up with eight week course on, “Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction”
The 8 week course in Mindfulness based stress reduction is a well-researched program developed to alleviate a wide range of health needs, including chronic pain, anxiety and depression as well as enhancing general wellbeing and engagement. The course involves training in a variety of mindfulness meditations and techniques, including gentle physical exercises, all designed to bring about awareness of habitual thought patterns that lead to stress, anxiety or depression, as well as how to transform these into positive states.
The course will be held on a weekly basis on Tuesday evenings. The course includes daily meditation and activities that can be incorporated into daily life as part of the home practise. A practise day will be held near the end of the course to help students integrate the course’s primary practises.
It’s a rich, dynamic course that has proven to be quite beneficial to a large number of people.
Meet Your Team for Mindulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR):
1) Erick Rinner: Erick has had a daily mindfulness practice for 11 years and is regularly in silent retreat. He trained at Bangor University and is delivers the MBSR program in English and in French. Erick is also a mindfulness and life coach, training leaders and executives in global companies for corporate mindfulness techniques.
2) Cynthia Bonell:
Cynthia had been meditating for 35-40 years and have studied the Vedic, Buddhist, and Christian traditions, as well as Christianity. She began teaching mindfulness 5 years ago. She completed her 8-week MBSR course and then moved on to Bangor University to complete a week-long intensive level 1 teaching course. She continues to meditate and attend retreats on a regular basis.
3) Ros Boughflower :
Ros has been meditating and practising mindfulness for a long time and attends retreats on a regular basis. She is a certified coach and MBSR teacher who received her training at Bangor University. She employs mindfulness with her coaching clients to help them become more aware of themselves.
She has a pleasant and sympathetic demeanour and draws on her Buddhist background to provide a secular approach that is both accessible and current.
4) James Milford:
James is a mindfulness teacher who received his MSc in Mindfulness Studies from the University of Aberdeen, where he improved his personal practise and theoretical understanding. The training includes mindfulness, compassion, insight, and wisdom. James used his education and research to create a unique method to mindfulness that is deeply rooted in the traditions and teachings of mindfulness.
5) Jane Sill:
Jane is UK Mindfulness Network listed instructor and have been associated with the London Centre of Mindfulness since 2012, assisting in the coordination of its activities, particularly the administration of the 8-week MBSR courses both in and out of house.
6) John Bonell:
Since he was a teenager, John has been interested in meditation. John began his meditation studies in London and has since studied under a variety of instructors and traditions in the Burmese, Indian, Sri Lankan, and Tibetan traditions. His main focus is on mental stability as a way to delve deeper into the nature of the mind.
7) William Walker
William completed his mindfulness training in 2018 and is listed as a Mindfulness Teacher in the United Kingdom. For the London Centre of Mindfulness, he has led and co-directed a number of 8-week Mindfulness for Stress Reduction courses. MBSR Application Form
Please ensure you have read the course content and are aware of the amount of commitment required to participate. Please think about whether you'll be able to devote enough time to the programme and whether now is the ideal moment to start. You’ll need to practise at home to get the most out of it.
So, are you up for it?
Here is the link for the application form:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fnWwtWI4VfX_0z6M9SM4TbY9NLPjWCb5CzGB0JR2 RlQ/edit
If you have any doubt or any question regarding the course please feel free to contact us.
We are always happy to help.
Nida Zakaria