An Introduction to Mindfulness and Meditation 4-week Course — Darwin

Wed Nov 06 2024 at 07:00 pm to Wed Nov 27 2024 at 08:00 pm UTC+09:30

Nightcliff Community Centre (Pandanus Room) | Darwin

MINDFULNESS WORKS AUSTRALIA
Publisher/HostMINDFULNESS WORKS AUSTRALIA
An Introduction to Mindfulness and Meditation 4-week Course \u2014 Darwin
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4 Wednesday evenings. Facilitated by Gail Power
About this Event

An Introduction to Mindfulness and Meditation 4-week course. Each class is one hour, once per week. This course is practical, non-religious and designed for beginners. The course includes

  • 4 classes with an experienced mindfulness trainer
  • 4-week subscription to the full version of the CALM app
  • Downloadable guided mindfulness meditations for you to keep
  • A 45-page guidebook

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“Using mindfulness to help me better manage unrelenting anxiety, obsessive worrying & sadness. I have found that using the apps is helpful when having a stressful day, & I intend to keep practicing daily. Thank you.” — Cecily Wilson


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Mindfulness means “paying attention in a particular way; On purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.” — Jon Kabat Zinn (Professor of Medicine Emeritus Stress Reduction Clinic and the Centre for Mindfulness in Medicine).

The benefits of regular mindfulness are…

✔ Reduced stress and anxiety

✔ Improved sleeping patterns

✔ Less self-judgement and more self-acceptance

✔ Greater feelings of joy and freedom

✔ Improved mental health

✔ Effective ways to work with difficult thoughts and emotions

“Mindfulness helps you to keep your thoughts in the present moment. As you practice, you tend to get better at calming the mind and keeping things in perspective. ” — Dr Grant Blashki is a practising GP and Beyond Blue’s lead Clinical Advisor


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✔ Full length 4-week course so you can practise and report back.

✔ No risk money-back guarantee; if you attend all the classes and don’t feel you have received any benefit get your money back.

✔ Includes 4-week subscription to the premium version of the CALM mindfulness and meditation app.

✔ Australia’s number one 'in-person' mindfulness course.

✔ Exclusive 45-page guidebook including weekly assignments, indepth articles and a reading list.

✔ Over 15 guided downloadable guided meditations for you to keep.

✔ No religion. No dogma. No funny positions. Practical and non-religious course.

✔ Designed for absolute beginners.


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Week 1: What is Mindfulness?

  • What mindfulness is
  • The benefits of mindfulness and meditation
  • Guided body scan mindfulness meditation.

Week 2: Working with the Mind

  • Why thinking can be problematical
  • Practical ways to work with difficult thoughts
  • Self-judgement and how to intervene
  • Guided mindfulness meditation — counting the breath.

Week 3: Working with Emotions

  • What are emotions?
  • Learning to feel emotions
  • The RAIN method
  • Non-judgement and acceptance
  • Guided mindfulness meditation on feelings.

Week 4: Radical Acceptance

  • What it means to be present
  • How "wanting things to be different" causes stress
  • Developing wisdom and insight
  • Authentic self-compassion
  • Open awareness guided mindfulness meditation
  • Next steps.

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YOUR FACILITATOR IS GAIL POWER

Gail is a researcher, writer, consultant and Founder of Mindful Territory with the mission of bringing mindfulness to remote regions of Northern Australia. She is passionate and curious about what helps us become well functioning individuals, businesses and communities — as well as what trips us up in life.

She is an internationally certified mindfulness teacher, one of 700 trainers of a program born at Google for organisations and communities. Some of her lecturers have included Jon Kabat-Zinn (considered the godfather of mindfulness), Dan Siegel, Director UCLA Mindsight Insitute and Daniel Goldman, NY Times Bestseller of the book, Emotional Intelligence — and why it may matter more than IQ. Gail has been an internationally certified Kundalini Yoga/Meditation teacher for over 15 years and has trained in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR).

Known for her petite size but big laugh and fun sense of humour, Gail was born in the USA, but has resided in Australia for the past 20 years; living in Sydney as well as remote Australia. She currently lives in Darwin, Northern Territory but travels the world to share her passion and frankness about her failures and successes when dealing with anxiety and emotional regulation through mindfulness and meditation, in hopes of helping others to feel less alone in their own challenges and provide hope and a path forward.


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Mindfulness Works is the largest mindfulness training organisation in Australia. Over 10,000 people have completed the Mindfulness Works Introduction to Mindfulness and Meditation 4-week course

Mindfulness Works is committed to:

  • Providing accessible and affordable mindfulness courses.
  • Offering a diverse range of experienced and skilled mindfulness trainers.
  • Providing courses in a practical format with exceptional supporting resources.
  • Improving the mental health of all of us and fostering self-love in all.
  • Supporting our facilitators with options for further professional development.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Nightcliff Community Centre (Pandanus Room), 18 Bauhinia Street, Darwin, Australia

Tickets

AUD 145.00

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