Online Mindfulness Taster Session, November 2024

About the session

These sessions are run in a friendly online group setting, guided by one of our wonderful and highly experienced teachers. You will be given an introduction to what mindfulness is, how it is practiced, and guided through some short practices and a meditation. You will come away with some simple practices to help you incorporate mindfulness into your daily life, as well as some suggestions for the next steps to take on your journey with mindfulness.

This taster session will now be held online via Zoom - an easy to use online webinar/conference call programme. We'll email you the details about how to join a week before the event. If you have any questions feel free to email [email protected].

Suitable for

Anyone experiencing stress associated with work, relationships, loss and other factors outside your control, including dealing with the general complexity and pace of modern life. Anyone with a long term health condition, illness or chronic pain. Those with a general interest in mindfulness are also very welcome. 

What you will need 

To join the online taster session you will need WiFi connection, a microphone and camera. It is very accessible so for this session you can use either laptop, phone or tablet. The call will have its unique link which will be shared with you about a week before the session starts. It will be very easy to access the call.

EVENT DETAILS

WHERE

Online Session.

The session will be held via Zoom - an easy-to-use online webinar/conference call programme. 

WHEN

Tuesday, 12 November from 11:00 to 12:00 (UK time)

The time 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.

Your Taster Session Leader This session will be led by Breathworks teacher Laura Tivendale. Laura has lived with chronic illness and disability since her early teens and when she found herself desperately unwell at the age of thirty, she realised how habitual and automatic her life had become. She was introduced to mindfulness whilst in hospital, which sparked a curiosity and eagerness to learn more. That led her to participate in a Mindfulness for Health online course, and to later became a Breathworks accredited teacher, drawing upon her continued personal practice and previous experience in education. Laura is delighted to be part of the Breathworks Associate Online Teaching Team. She has first-hand experience of the isolation, difficulties and layers of stress caused by chronic illness and disability, and is passionate about making mindfulness available to those most in need and who find it hardest to access.

On Completion

As well as giving you an introduction to mindfulness and the Breathworks approach, this taster will also allow you to understand which of the 8-week courses will be the most suitable for you, either Mindfulness for Health or Mindfulness for Stress.