Two-day Event for Health Professionals: Wedneday 6th and Thursday 7th October 2010, at Ely Cathedral

• Get a taste of mindfulness that will nourish and replenish you
• Learn how to bring that experience into your daily life

Prices

• £250 (if paid for by institution) incl VAT
• £220 (if paid for by individual) incl VAT

Learning Objectives

Over the two days of the workshop you will be introduced to:

• The theory of mindfulness: what it is; definitions; historical context; applications in health-care; the Breathworks approach
• The practice of mindfulness: body scan meditation; mindfulness of breathing; kindly awareness meditation; three minute breathing space; gentle mindful movement
• Research outcomes of the Breathworks Programme - qualitative and quantitative
• Ways you can establish a personal mindfulness practice of your own
• Ways you can begin to introduce mindfulness into your work with patients*

* Please note that mindfulness is less a theory than a practice, and in order to effectively teach it to others you need to have a firm foundation of practice yourself. For this reason we will be specific about which aspects of mindfulness you may start passing onto patients, though be assured that you will learn some techniques that will be immediately applicable in your work.

Materials included
The course fee includes three CD sets of led mindfulness meditations (Body Scan, Mindfulness of Breathing and Kindly Awareness)

Booking

• Booking form

Workshop Leaders

The workshop will be led by Breathworks trainers Gary Hennessey,  Isobel Dixon and Sunetri