Introduction to Mindfulness

Course begins again Sunday 20th October

09:30 am

 

Dr Siobhan Graham in Costa Rica 2018

Course Content

  • Introduction to the history of mindfulness

  • Benefits to your health

  • Establishing a meditation practice

  • Mindfulness of breath

  • Mindfulness of thoughts and beliefs

  • Developing compassion

Classes

Classes are on Sunday 09:30 from 20th October

  • Classes last 60 minutes

  • Herbal tea on arrival.

  • Cushions and mats provided

  • Please let me know if you have any specific requirements

Where?

Classes will be held in our new yoga studio, level 3 of the Merrion business Centre, 58 Howard street. There are seats and cushions.

I will meet you at the front door to the business centre.

There is a lift and ramp if needed to access the front door.

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4 week Mindfulness Course
£40.00

This course is held in person in the our clinic on level 3 of the Merrion Business centre in Belfast.

It is a 4 week course with one class per week lasting 60 minutes.

The class is limited to 8 people.

This is a great introduction to mindfulness and its benefits for you and your health.

It is aimed at beginners to mindfulness but open to anyone.

Classes begin at 09:30 sharp.

I will greet you at the front door of the Business centre.

Purchase 4 week course £40
 
 

Mindfulness mediation is a way of maintaining a happier life within a busy, often stressful life.

If you are new to meditation then I invite you join my four-week programme that will begin in October 2024 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Why meditate?

  • Reduced stress

  • Understanding your emotions

  • Increased happiness

  • Improving your immune system

  • Understanding suffering

  • Increased wisdom about oneself

As a young women I had never heard of meditation nor meet anyone who meditated. It was in 2002, at the age of 25, that I had my first experience of yogic meditation at the end of a practice in Byron Bay, Australia. I was amazed at how relaxed I felt and yet how slightly awkward it was to close my eyes and do nothing!- I fidgeted and wondered was I doing it right?

In a world where being ‘busy’ is the norm and often a good thing to tell our friends and colleagues, we forget that our life hinges on our health and wellbeing.

As society speeds up, our genetic make-up is still pulling the cart and requires time to recharge from the daily bumps in the road.

What is Mindfulness?

Mindfulness is the awareness that arises when we pay attention moment to moment - accepting what comes along just as it is. This paying attention or acknowledging is with out judgement, and allows us to recognise how we may react normally and how that feels within our body.

Complicated I hear you say. Interestingly, it becomes easier with each meditation, and as we soften to this idea of acceptance, real insight is possible.


Mindfulness Reading list

  1. The miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh

  2. The Wise Heart by Jack Kornfield

  3. Diamond mind by Rob Nairn

  4. Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn

  5. Full catastrophe living by Jon Kabat-Zinn

    The following books are insightful and provide a ‘new’ perspective on life:

  6. The glass bead game by Herman Hesse ( included as text to tell the story of the game of life that we don’t have to play!)

  7. Siddartha by Herman Hesse

  8. Waldon by Henry David Thoreau