{"id":8724,"date":"2022-01-28T16:19:18","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T16:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8724"},"modified":"2022-01-28T16:57:45","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T16:57:45","slug":"mindfulness-for-parents-carers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/2022\/01\/mindfulness-for-parents-carers\/","title":{"rendered":"Mindfulness for Parents & Carers"},"content":{"rendered":"

SIX WEEK ON-LINE COURSE<\/strong><\/h3>\n

A practical Guide to looking after yourself in the midst of parenting<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday evenings from 3rd<\/sup> March 2022 to 7th<\/sup> April, running from 7.45pm to 9.15pm<\/p>\n

What is Mindfulness?<\/h4>\n

Mindfulness, is a meditation-based practice, backed by neuroscience, which has helped countless people learn the skills they need either to find a clearer focus and stillness in the midst of a busy, high-pressure life or to cope creatively with anxiety, stress and depression. The heart of the programme is based around learning some simple but formal meditation practices. However, mindfulness is really an attitude to the whole of life which, when we have caught it, has the ability to change everything for us. It can be practised by people of any philosophy or faith and all are welcome, whatever their background.<\/p>\n

What happens in the Course<\/h4>\n

\"\"The course takes the form of 6 weekly group sessions where we practice the various types of meditation and reflect on our experience of them together. Meditations can be done sitting in a chair or on a cushion, standing, lying down, or walking. If you have particular physical concerns please get in touch. There will be opportunities to meet in break-out rooms as well as being in the \u2018main\u2019 room. During the week, you will be invited to practice the meditations via short audio recordings. I will also offer some informal meditations that you can share with your child\/children. These won\u2019t involve sitting still for a long time! For instance, they maybe something you can do when out for a walk or when eating. The mindfulness course is adapted from the book \u201cMindfulness \u2013 A practical Guide to Finding Peace in a Frantic World<\/a>\u201d by Mark Williams and Danny Penman. It is a skills-based 6-week course, consisting of a combination of mindfulness meditation practices with discussion and simple cognitive exercises. This course is rooted in the evidence-based clinical course, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy developed by Mark Williams and others, and recommended by NICE (the National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence)<\/p>\n

This course is about discovering the difference Mindfulness can make to our everyday experience. The group may be large (up to 24) and this is partly because the approach is not \u2018group therapy\u2019 but learning a new skill in a group setting. For some this will come as a relief!<\/p>\n

<\/b>Download the course & taster information<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

COURSE STARTS MARCH 3rd 2022<\/b><\/p>\n

Subsidised Cost: \u00a350<\/p>\n

Not sure if you want to commit?<\/h4>\n

Find out more about what to expect <\/em><\/strong>attend one of our FREE TASTER SESSIONS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday 10th<\/sup> Feb – 8-9pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday 17th<\/sup> Feb – 8-9pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

For an application form or further information, please contact: Chris Smith Community Centre @ Christ Church, Development Manager<\/p>\n

Mob: 07582 305760 or Email: chris@christchurchswindon.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,5,4,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cc-home-page","category-events","category-news","category-site-features"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8724"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8737,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8724\/revisions\/8737"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}