ONLINE Taking it Further: Mindfulness, Compassion and Wellbeing Teacher Training: Advanced

Date: This event finished on 23 June 2020. Time: 9.15am - 12.15pm

Mindfulness, Compassion and Wellbeing: Advanced Course

Online – Mindfulness: Taking it Further – Part 1 – 6 week course with Jean Watson
Date: 19/05/2020 – 23/06/2020
Location: Online

This course covers the first 6 Modules of the 12 modular programme ‘Mindfulness: Taking it Further’ course. Jean Watson will be teaching Part 1 (the first 6 modules) over a 6-week period.
Part 2 (the remaining 6 modules) will be agreed between course participants and Jean Watson, during Part 1 of the course.


Contact:  Jean Watson
Email info@mindfulnessaustralia.net.au
Website www.mindfulnessaustralia.net.au
Mobile 07595549755

The new curriculum is intended for graduates of the 8-week programmes – MBCT, MBSR, Finding Peace in a Frantic World, Mindfulness, Compassion and Wellbeing:Introduction & Intermediate, . Begin and any other courses based on the foundational principles of MBCT/MBSR:

What is the aim of the course?

o The aim is to introduce a new curriculum that is intended for graduates of 8-
week Mindfulness and Compassion programmes to:
– Reinforce and deepen their mindfulness and compassion practice.
– Deepen and broaden the learning of the key themes from the 8-week curriculum
– Extend the learning to include:
The explicit cultivation of the attitudes of mindfulness and compassion, in both formal
           and  informal practice
– The development of the positive valence system to support well-being and flourishing.
– Support participants in applying all that is learned in their lives, in ways that are consonant with their values.
– Provide a shared community of practice.
– Develop participants’ capacity and confidence to deepen and extend learning independently.

The Textbook
The curriculum uses the theoretical maps outlined in the textbook for the course: Mindfulness: Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Psychology (Feldman & Kuyken, 2019).

Themes of the course
It starts from the premise that the themes within mindfulness-based programmes (MBPs) can be explored for a lifetime. The overarching route map for transformative change is of:
1. Stabilizing and anchoring attention
2. Opening to new ways of being and knowing
3. Learning to respond (rather than react)
The route map is infused with the attitudes of mindfulness and compassion, with a particular emphasis on appreciation, befriending, self-compassion and equanimity.
The curriculum comprises six themes, that are sequenced to create a structured program comprising 6 steps. Examples of the 6 stepping stones are: “Attention!”; “Inhabiting our bodies;’ “Appreciating the life you have;” and; “Our Reactivity to Stress and Difficulty.”

Learning and teaching methods
The ONLINE course will include teaching, teach-backs in pairs and small groups; opportunities for question and answer, small group work and mindfulness and compassion practice.

Regular Online Sitting Group
At the end of the course participants have an invitation to attend the online-live sitting group, once a month.

Course Teacher
Jean Watson BA, Dip Ed, Dip. Educ Man, MSc, MSt in MBCT (Oxon)
Jean has trained in the delivery of this brand new Mindfulness, Compassion & Wellbeing
Advanced – Part 1: Beyond 8 Weeks Course in February 2020 with Willem Kuyken who is the Ritblat Professor of Mindfulness and Psychological Science at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom, and Director of the Oxford Mindfulness Centre, and Alison Yiangou who is an experienced MBCT and MBSR teacher, with a background in psychology and over 40 years of experience of working internationally with mindfulness in non-clinical settings.

ONLINE COURSE: This course is being delivered live online through the Zoom https://zoom.us platform. With all our courses we work hard to provide a safe environment to enable participants to fully engage with the programme. To support us with this, when engaging online we ask that you consider your environment when participating in these sessions. Where possible please use a private space where you will not be disturbed so that you and the group can achieve the highest levels of participation and confidentiality. Where you are not in a private space, to support confidentiality we ask that you use a headset or earphones rather than the speakers on your device and as much as possible have your screen facing away from the others in the room.

References
1.Allen, M., Bromley, A., Kuyken, W., & Sonnenberg, S. J. (2009). Participants’ experiences of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy: “It changed me in just about every way possible”. Behav Cogn Psychother, 37(4), 413-430. doi:10.1017/S135246580999004X

2.Feldman, C., & Kuyken, W. (2019). Mindfulness: Ancient wisdom meets modern psychology. New York: Guilford.

3.Hopkins, V., & Kuyken, W. (2012). Benefits and Barriers to Attending MBCT Reunion Meetings: An Insider Perspective. Mindfulness, 3(2), 139-150. doi:10.1007/s12671-012-0088-3

This course has been added to the ‘OMC Covid-19 Bursary Scheme’ meaning if you have had a serious loss of financial income due to the current restrictions you can apply for a bursary place. Under this scheme we can offer a free place but ask where possible those that are able make a small donation to support the costs.

 

 

 

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