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Start the new academic year with a clear mind and new superpower with our six-week online mindfulness course.

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https://www.staffsunion.com/events/7810/19222/

Back by popular d emand. Start the new academic year with a clear mind and new superpower w ith our six-week online mindfulness course. \;

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Learn to dev elop inner resources that will help you navigate through difficult\, tryi ng and stressful situations with more ease with our six-week mindfulness course.

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Start Date: \;Monday 26 September 2022 to Monday 31 October 2022

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Course Duration: 6 weeks

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Course Costs: \;FREE

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< strong>Weekly Time Slot: \;4.30pm (Each session will run for 90 mins)

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How to register:

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To regist er your interest please contact Joanne Howe \;joanne.howe@staffs.ac.uk. If you r egister for the course\, you will be sent a short confidential orientatio n form to complete prior to attendance.

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Course Informat ion:

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The 6-Week &lsquo\;Finding Peace in a Frantic Wor ld&rsquo\; Course is a great introduction to mindfulness. The course is b ased on the traditional 8-Week Mindfulness Courses (MBSR and MBCT)\, but the key learning points and practices have been distilled into a slightly shorter format.

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The course consists of six\, 1.5-hour sessions and includes 20 minutes of home practice per day between sessions. Throu gh guided meditations\, group dialogue\, individually tailored instructio ns\, and home assignments (such as home meditation practice and exercises )\, you will learn the essential principles of mindfulness and techniques to build your personal home practice and access the wide-ranging benefit s well beyond the course.

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The key learning points include:

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A variety of formal and informal mindfulness meditation pra ctices\, which involve using the breath and body as a focus for being awa re of our experience in the present moment.
Understanding the physiology of stress and how to self-regulate our moods\, so that we are better able to pause in challenging situations and manage our responses m ore effectively.
Recognising the patterns of worrying and self -criticism that often generate more stress\; and how we can relate to our selves with a more accepting and kinder stance.
Learning to ha ve more mindful communication\, connections\, and relationships.

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The structure of the cou rse and home practice will follow the outline of the bestselling book: &l dquo\;Mindfulness: a guide to finding peace in a frantic world&rdquo\;\, co-authored by Mark Williams\, who is the leading mindfulness researcher in the UK and co-founder of the MBCT programme.

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Please note tha t this book follows an 8-session format\, and so sessions 5 \;and 6\, and 7 \;and 8 \;will be combined for this course.

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Notes:

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This class will be held on Microsof t Team.
The teacher and participants will be live and visible at various times. There will be group and one-to-one interaction as you w ould expect in a traditional classroom setting.
No prior mindf ulness experience is required.
There is up to 20 minutes per d ay of home practice during the course.
A copy of the course bo ok\, \;&ldquo\;Mindfulness: a guide to finding peace in a frantic wor ld&rdquo\;\, will need to be purchased prior to the course starting. It i s recommended to read the first four chapters before the first session.\n

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What previous participants said on completing th e course:

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&ldquo\;I attended the session more out of c uriosity than expectation as I was sceptical that mindfulness could make a difference especially as someone who is always busy and finds it very d ifficult to &lsquo\;switch off&rsquo\; and relax. \; How wrong I was! \; I was amazed that such a short intervention could impact so great ly. &ldquo\;

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&ldquo\;Do it and it will change your outlook on l ife and your wellbeing 100%. I am so happy I did the course as its change d my life&rdquo\;

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&ldquo\;This course creates such a haven. Fro m week one\, I felt hope for a more peaceful way of being\, and the skill s and insight that I learnt as the weeks passed pervaded into areas of my life that I didn'\;t even realise were causing discontent. The accomp anying book is such a great resource to keep. I am at the start of a long journey but I feel equipped with some kind of superpower.&rdquo\;

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&ldquo\;&ldquo\;It has huge potential to benefit you as a person and as a professional in terms of allowing you time to focus on yourself \; and by so doing\, allowing you to move towards developing self-awarene ss and inner calm as a default position&rdquo\;

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&ldquo\;Take ti me out for yourself and be amazed at the simplicity of the principals and the depth of the impact this can have on your health and wellbeing - sel f care is very down rated!&rdquo\;

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