About Mindfulness
Mindfulness is often defined as ‘paying attention on purpose moment by moment without judging, (Full CatastropheLiving, – Jon Kabat-Zinn).This means that learning to be more mindful can help us to pay more and better attention to our experiences moment by moment. People practicing mindfulness often find therefore they become calmer, more reasoned and creative when facing the the normal ups and downs of life.
Being mindful brings out the innate skill to notice what is going on in our mind and body day to day without judging it. This is created by the ability to step out of our normal autopilot mode and pause, instead of blindly reacting to situations we can learn to respond more wisely.
This pausing can also help us to slow down, appreciate and savour the good in our lives. Mindfulness can help us live more fully to “be alive and know it.”
You can read more about mindfulness here:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mindfulness/
https://www.bangor.ac.uk/mindfulness/what-is-mindfulness.php.en
About Philip
I have been practicing mindfulness and meditation since 1990 and have been teaching it for 10 years. I have specialist qualifications for teaching mindfulness: 1/ to adults from Bangor University and the Mindfulness Network and 2/ to children & teenagers (dot b and paws b – the two most popular and well recognised courses for under 18s in the U.K.)
I have been teaching the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course since 2016. I have taught and guided hundreds of people to practice mindfulness in their lives.
I started to learn about meditation and mindfulness whilst travelling in India and continued this in monasteries and centres across the UK. I have trained with different Buddhist and secular teachers and attended retreats and courses all over the country.
I was a secondary school teacher for 30 years and so has a clear idea of modern teaching methods with which to help deliver mindfulness courses and can fit any lessons to fit all individuals and groups of whatever age.
I have been working supporting people with their mental health since the summer of 2023. I am a well being practitioner for Access Community Mental Health.
In 2015 Philip qualified as a dot b mindfulness teacher. Due to the successful and positive impact this had for the children, mindfulness has been on the school curriculum for the last 3 years; an almost unique achievement in state secondary schools in the UK.
Outside of education Philip has been leading mindfulness courses to adults in both a secular and Buddhist context. He is now pleased to be able to offer people the full 8 week NHS recognised MBSR course.
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