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Take refuge from the storm: try mindfulness
Mindfulness can help us find balance through life’s ups and downs. It helps us learn to respond more skilfully when difficulties arise. Mindfulness training can help us to learn to pay attention in the present moment, and therefore spend less time dwelling on the past or worrying about the future. We can begin to notice…
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Equity, diversity and inclusion teacher training
Calling all mindfulness teachers For the first time we’re running a mindfulness based equity, diversity and inclusion masterclass to help mindfulness teachers make their courses more inclusive. The session, run in the centre of Brighton, will show how differences can unify, rather than separate us. It will show how mindfulness can be adapted to serve…
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Can mindfulness contribute to a more inclusive culture?
If culture is made up of the values, beliefs, attitudes and behaviours shared by a group of people – then how can mindfulness and a greater awareness of social inequalities transform the status quo? The Sussex Mindfulness & Compassion rescheduled conference 2023, sets out to explore this question. Our keynote speakers will share their research…
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Professorship for co-lead at Sussex Mindfulness & Compassion
Clara Strauss, co-lead of Sussex Mindfulness & Compassion, has been appointed to a professorship, as a result of her research into mental health and wellbeing at Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Clara Strauss, Deputy Director of Research at Sussex Partnership and Professor of Clinical Psychology in the University of Sussex School of Psychology, co-leads the…
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Train to teach Mindful Self-Compassion
Are you interested in teaching mindful self-compassion? Why not join our six-day foundation course, and learn in the beautiful surroundings of the Ammerdown Retreat Centre, near Bath. Based on pioneering research by Kristin Neff and integrated with the clinical perspective of Christopher Germer, mindful self compassion teaches the core principles and practices that enable participants…
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Pioneers in mindful self-compassion bring their special magic to Brighton
The founders of the mindful self-compassion programme, Kristin Neff and Chris Germer, ran a hugely successful and very nourishing two-day wokshop in Brighton, earlier this month. The workshop was supported by mindful self-compassion teachers and mentors from around the UK. Over 100 participants, including people who travelled from beyond the UK, joined the special event.…




