How meditation (even just a little bit) can improve your mind, brain and body: Part 1 in the science series.

24/5/2018

Is mindfulness a cure all?

Are you a ‘cure all’ sceptic?
Do you feel scepticism or even a sense of outrage, when something is presented as a cure for everything? If so you are a bit like me. I’m not so good at taking things at face value. I like them to make sense.

I first dabbled with a mindfulness practice 30 years ago. I attended long meditation retreats and loved them but often switched off when it came to the “dharma talk”, the talk that engaged with the psychology

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Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction: 8 stand out qualities in a HeadRest MBSR course.

16/5/2018

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My first experience of guiding meditation
I discovered MBSR in an unusual way. It all began 6 years ago, when my work place, the counselling unit in a Sydney university, asked me to run some lunchtime meditations for students.

There was one hitch. I was to guide the meditation in a public space where students slept, hung out, and studied.

Weird heh? I knew that my voice would be needed to keep the space quiet, so I started looking for guided meditation practices.

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5 reasons to treat yourself to a Mindfulness- Based Stress Reduction Course this winter.

10/5/2018

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It’s winter, it’s cold. It’s time for all things nurturing. Attending an MBSR class is a treat, an exercise in self-care. We turn the heaters on, wrap blankets around ourselves and plunge in. Here are a few composite anecdotes showing what MBSR can offer you.

1. Show up fully for life.
Gary led a busy life. He spent hours planning and ticking things off his to-do list. At the end of the day, he was exhausted and still ...

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Why do an 8-week mindfulness course?

2/5/2018

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Fun Fact
Did you know that 140 UK parliamentarians practice mindfulness meditation together on a weekly basis? And that a 2015 cross parlaimentary report recommended introducing mindfulness programs into schools, health, education and prisons. You could ask why?

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Tienne Simons is a therapist and the founder of HeadRest Mindfulness training. She did her training in MBSR when she became convinced that the program was not only a useful add on to therapy for many but sometimes a more appropriate way to support people than counselling. She has had a mindfulness practice for about 30 years- well nearly!

How meditation (even just a little bit) can improve your mind, brain and body: Part 1 in the science series.

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction: 8 stand out qualities in a HeadRest MBSR course.

5 reasons to treat yourself to a Mindfulness- Based Stress Reduction Course this winter.

Why do an 8-week mindfulness course?

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