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My Mindfulness Experience

Mindfulness Training

I offer Meditation and Mindfulness Training in the following forms:

  • TME workplace training (6 weeks)
  • MBSR (8 week) to groups or individuals
  • MEQ®
  • Taster sessions
  • Introduction to Mindfulness Courses
  • Mindfulness Practice Day
  • Mindfulness, Meditation, Movement and Posture workshop (co-taught with an Alexander Teacher, Grant Ragsdale)
  • Bespoke courses
  • Individual training and advice
  • Mindful Movement with Five Elements Yoga

I have taken courses and retreats in

  • Transcendental Meditation (1995)
  • Buddhist Meditation (2000 onwards)
  • ACEM meditation (2009)
  • MBSR (2013)
  • Breath and Compassion (2013, 2014)
  • Vipassana (2015, 2016)
  • Mindful Self Compassion (2018)
  • Mindfulness retreats (2017, 2018)

My regular practice is a breath meditation, and I regularly use other mindfulness practices. I have a regular yoga practice, which I increasingly see as a mindfulness practice as well as a form of exercise.

My professional development as a mindfulness teacher includes

  • Masters in Mindfulness Based Approaches at Bangor University(2013 – 2016) with distinction, including:
    • Foundation module (2013, passed)
    • Buddhist Background module (2013, passed)
    • Teaching 1 module (2014, passed)
    • Research module (2014, passed)
    • Dissertation (2015, passed)
  • Teacher Training Retreat 1 (Bangor, 2014)
  • TME Trainer (Mindfulness Exchange, 2015)
  • CMRP Conference on Mindfulness in Society (Chester, 2015)
  • CMRP Conference (Bangor, 2016)
  • Teacher Training Retreat 2 (Bangor, 2016).
  • Inquiry Workshop (Bangor, 2017)
  • MBCL teacher training (Mindfulness Network, 2018)
  • Five Elements Yoga Teacher Training (Anahata Yoga, 2018)

My client list includes

My research into mindfulness-based approaches is documented at www.informingmindfulness.co.uk.

I am currently trustee and the business development manager for The Mindfulness Network.