Wellbeing Atelier Groups
Currently there are three online live groups and one self-study atelier available.
The Weekly Meditation Atelier
Mindful Compassion based online meditation atelier offering an opportunity to pause, recentre and fall awake.
We begin the practice stepping out of the habitual doing mode by paying attention, intentionally, mindfully, compassionately, to sensations of the body and to aspects of everyday experiences. Moving towards knowing ourselves and accepting what we find with compassion, opening up to the potential healing that this can bring us.
Each week we will build on the practices and committing to a weekly session allows you to maximise the benefits of the techniques, and allows for consistency of social contact and support in our different corners of the world.
The atelier follows the following format:
Meditation
Poem (included in the handout)
Tea meditation
Reflective pause
A closing Meditation and invitation for home practice
What do I need to prepare?
Wear loose comfortable clothing
A yoga mat
A blanket in cooler weather
A chair for the sitting practice but please have any props to hand for your own comfort such as a meditation stool, cushions etc
You are welcome to prepare a non alcoholic drink to have for the tea meditation, this part of the atelier acts as a transition from the quiet of the formal meditation and models how activities of daily living can be a meditation.
Each session includes access to recordings and a weekly home practice.
8-9am UK (9-10am mainland Europe)
£12 drop in
£100 per term (12 sessions) ( start dates 10th September, 7th January and 6th May)
The Lunchtime Drop-in
11th January 12-12:30pm UK am (1-1.30pm mainland Europe)
A 30 minute Mindful Compassion based online meditation atelier. A short and sweet version of Friday’s atelier, offering an opportunity to pause, recentre and fall awake, an ideal accompaniment to the longer Friday atelier.
The atelier follows the following format:
Meditation
Poem (included in the handout)
What do I need to prepare?
Wear loose comfortable clothing
A yoga mat
A blanket in cooler weather
A chair for the sitting practice but please have any props to hand for your own comfort such as a meditation stool, cushions etc
Each session is available as a recording.
£6 drop in
£50 per term (12 sessions)
Cultivating Compassion Atelier
Date to be confirmed
Mindful Compassion based online meditation and teaching atelier offering an introduction to Compassion Focused Therapy techniques and the intricacies of implementing these skills into our daily lives. An opportunity to fall awake to the lives we have now and the freedom that acceptance of the difficulties of being human.
We begin with a mindful compassion practice, stepping out of the habitual doing mode by paying attention, intentionally, mindfully, compassionately, to sensations of the body and to aspects of everyday experiences. Moving into a teaching session and discussion space, an opportunity to explore together how to know ourselves and accept what we find with compassion, opening up to the potential healing that this can bring us.
The atelier follows the following format:
Arrival
Meditation
Teaching
Reflective discussion
A closing Meditation and invitation for home practice
12 sessions
Thursdays, 9-10am (10-11am France)
£200 (£15 concession)
limited to 6 spaces
Mindfulness for Wellbeing Self Study
An online, self-study mindfulness course.
You are invited to explore the practices of being mindful and learn skills of translating this into our daily lives through some simple occupational therapy tools.
6 ateliers of one hour with handouts and journal prompts. This atelier is for those looking to begin, refresh or recentre their practice at their own pace.
Each atelier explores a different practice and you are encouraged through the materials to integrate these skills into your daily life. Home practice forms an important part of the teaching and it is advised to set aside 40 minutes each day.
Includes online access to recording, handouts and materials.
£100 (Concession £75)
Mindfulness for Teens
A six week online introduction to mindfulness specifically aimed at 13-17 year olds.
Includes online access to live recording, handouts and materials.
£150
