Online Mindfulness for Stress Course - 27 June 2022

On this eight-week Online Mindfulness for Stress course you will learn mindfulness skills to cope with stress, depression, fear, and anxiety, within a supportive and friendly group setting and an expert teacher.

The course will also teach you how to boost your happiness and well-being, and find new sources of resilience, joy, and calm in your life.

Find out more about The Mindfulness for Stress Course here.

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ABOUT THE COURSE

• An 8-week Course delivered in eight, weekly online sessions by an experienced Breathworks teacher (in 2-hour live sessions using easy-to-use webinar software, same time, same day each week)
  
  
• All the content of the 8-Week Mindfulness for Stress course on our virtual learning platform, so you can also access learning resources and practice guidance at any time, from any time zone
  
  
• Group discussion forums where you can share reflections and questions with your teacher and course supporters between the live sessions (or if you’re unable to make any of the live sessions)
  
  
• A group of fellow course participants from around the UK and the world 
  
  
• Unlimited access to the course materials after your course has ended - you can revisit the course content and practices as often as you want!

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HOW DO I TAKE PART?

• Join a weekly live online learning session (recommended but not compulsory)
  
  
• Watch, listen to and read learning materials for each week - at a time that suits you
  
  
• Practise with the meditations - 10 minutes twice a day, for six out of seven days, over the eight weeks of the course
  
  
• Talk to your classmates and teacher online about how you’re finding the course and how the meditations, mindfulness, and compassion practices are affecting your health and general well-being
  
  
• The first week includes some time for orientation – we’ll provide guidance for you on how to use our simple e-learning platform. You will need access to the internet via a computer, smartphone or tablet.
  
  

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WHAT I WILL LEARN?

• The skill of meditation
• Mindfulness and self-compassion skills in your daily life
• Greater concentration and focus
• How breath and body awareness can transform stress
• Supportive mindful movement practices
• The art of taking joy in simple pleasures
• How to overcome your ‘negativity bias’
• The many health benefits of mindfulness.

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Event details

Where

Online 

The course will be held on our easy to use virtual learning platform (Moodle), and the sessions will be held via Zoom - an easy-to-use online webinar/conference call programme. 

The practices and guided meditations will be available online anytime, and you will be able to share reflections and questions with your teacher and group via an online discussion forum.

When

Start: Monday, 27 June 2022

End: Monday, 15 August 2022

Live session times:

The times given are those in the United Kingdom.  If you are joining from elsewhere in the world you can use this Time Zone Converter to work out the times for you in our own country.

Monday, 15.00 to 17.00pm UK time*

	Live session date	Live session time (UK time)
Session 1	27 June 2022	3pm-5.30pm
Session 2	04 July 2022	3pm-5pm
Session 3	11 July 2022	3pm-5pm
Session 4	18 July 2022	3pm-5pm
Session 5	25 July 2022	3pm-5pm
Session 6	01 August 2022	3pm-5pm
Session 7	08 August 2022	3pm-5pm
Session 8	15 August 2022	3pm-5pm

*the first live session will be 2 ½ hours long to allow time for orientation & introductions, other sessions will all be 2 hours long

Your Teachers This course will be led by experienced Breathworks teacher Mj Stephens. Mj is a Buddhist and have worked at the Manchester Buddhist centre since 1997. During that time he has enjoyed teaching many meditation and Buddhism classes. Hence he has been practicing Mindfulness for over 20 years, as he has very regular meditation practice. He particularly enjoy teaching in group situations and since qualifying with Breathworks as an accredited Mindfulness teacher he has taught many of the Mindfulness for Stress courses. Over the last 18 months he has seen many people benefit from these course and now have resources to work with their anxiety and stress. As well as being a Mindfulness teacher he is also an Alexander Technique Teacher. He trained in Kendal for 3 years and qualified in 2010. The Alexander Technique, known mostly as a technique to improve posture, is really all about mindfulness and becoming aware of our helpful and unhelpful postural habits. If we can use ourselves well we will function better, so mindfulness of our bodies as well as our minds will lead towards greater well being. So he enjoys using his AT skills combined with the Breathworks material. Its a recipe for success and offers very practical ways forward.

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This course will be co-led by Emma Tian Williamson Emma is a qualified mindfulness, meditation and yoga teacher with a fascination for how we can transform the way we respond to life’s experiences through awareness. She was drawn to mindfulness after experiencing burnout when living and working in Hong Kong; this became the catalyst for a two-year solo trip around the world which took her to silent meditation retreats in India, Buddhist monasteries in Thailand and plant medicine centres in the Amazon. Her mindfulness teaching journey began in lockdown of 2020, and she has since taught individuals in corporate, workplace, educational and (soon) festival settings. Her style of teaching infuses her interests and background in somatic experience, music, compassion practice, yoga and traditional Chinese movement exercises. For her, mindfulness is an ‘antidote for modern life’. What she loves most about teaching is passing on the tools that have helped her to live a more balanced, resilient and happy life. She enjoys keeping herself sustained by travel, books, podcasts and getting out into nature.

Cost

Course fee	Concession	Organisation rate
£275	£195	£375

Pricing Guidelines

Breathworks is a charitable organisation with a mission to make the benefits of mindfulness accessible to everyone. To help remove barriers for people in financial hardship, we offer a limited number of concessionary and bursary places on events and courses. We operate our booking system on the basis of self-assessment and trust. Please have a careful read of our eligibility guide below, and contact us if you have any further questions.

Concessionary Rate

Applies to individuals with an income of less than £18,500 a year (or less than £24,000 if you live in London). If your annual income is higher than this and would like to discuss your eligibility for a concessionary place for other reasons, please contact us.

Bursary Places

A limited number of bursary places are reserved for individuals with significant barriers that limit them from affording the Concessionary Rate. As we want as many people as possible to benefit from Breathworks courses, we ask you to consider how much you are able to fund yourself. Subject to available funds, our charitable fund will cover the remainder of the course fee. To apply, please complete this form and click submit.

Organisation Rate

For organisations booking on behalf of their employees (cost is for one place).

Please note: to participate on this course we require you to submit the registration form that will be provided after payment.