MBSR/MBCT Mindfulness Course Cardiff May 2012

8 Thursday Evenings  May 17– July 5, 7.00-9.00
& Practice morning Sunday 24 June, 9.30-1.00

Places are available on this course

Venue: Cardiff Buddhist Centre, St Peters St, Roath, Cardiff CF24 3BA

Course Fee: £180 (waged); £140 (low waged); £100 (concs)

The fee covers the course sessions, a workbook and 2 audio CDs to support home practice. If needed there will be a telephone orientation interview. We’re happy for you to decide which ticket category is right for you: concessions include students, pensioners, unemployed etc.

If you’d like to discuss whether the course is for you, please call on 07910 829084 or Email Us.

What happens on an MBSR course?

Mindfulness is a path to a more spacious and appreciative way of living – even when things are difficult.

On the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course you’ll learn several meditation practices and explore new ways of responding to difficult experiences. ‘Mindfulness’ is a way of paying attention, on purpose and non-judgmentally, to what’s happening in the present moment in your body and mind and in the world around you. That can help you break habitual patterns and respond more creatively to challenges ranging from stress at work, physical pain and day-to-day challenges to anxiety, depression and other conditions.

In each session we’ll practice meditation and explore our experience of putting mindfulness into practice through discussion and dialogue. Home practice is an important part of the course and to get the most from it you need a strong commitment to working on yourself through a gentle but rigorous daily discipline of mindfulness exercises taking 30-50 minutes a day. Learn more about what happens on an MBSR Course

Who is the course for?

The course is useful for anyone who is ready to look directly into themselves and learn new ways of responding to what life brings. It’s known to help with a wide range of problems, both physical and psychological, and greatly enhance your capacity to cope. It’s entirely secular and suitable for those of any religion or none.

Sometimes people come because they want to work with a particular issue: depression or anxiety, for example (the course includes the material from Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, or MBCT, which is approved within the National Health Service as a method for avoiding relapse into depression). Some people want to learn better how to cope with stress in their work or family life; and some people simply want to learn to appreciate their lives more fully, letting go of preoccupations. The principles and practices we learn on the MBSR course are relevant in each case, and through dialogue we will explore how they can apply in your life.

The Trainer

Vishvapani Blomfield, the trainer, has taught mindfulness and meditation for 19 years. He trained with Breathworks, one of the leading UK mindfulness organisations, and teaches Breathworks courses in pain and stress management and also trained in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction with Michael Chaskalson and the University of Bangor’s Centre for Mindfulness. He is also known for his broadcasts from a Buddhist perspective on BBC Radio 4’s Thought for the Day. His biography of the Buddha: ‘Gautama Buddha: the Life and Teachings of the Awakened One’ was published this year.