You may be interested in any of our Mindfulness Courses for your own personal development. Perhaps you wish to use the MBSR Certificate towards a training pathway, to become a teacher of Mindfulness.

However, we ask that you explore this training with your primary focus as Wellbeing.

The Taster sessions are for those wishing to establish a personal practice of daily Mindfulness and meditation to help and support good Mental Health.

We will explain how, over eight consecutive weeks, different types of classes are offered as a progression from Beginner to Advanced Student of Mindfulness and having the opportunity to meet in small groups, other, likeminded people. We deliver the curriculum and body of evidence-based research that underpins the benefits to be gained from Mindfulness known as MBCT and

MBSR as recommended by N.I.C.E

We will cover the following types of lessons in Mindfulness, Meditation and Attitudes:

1) What is Mindfulness? There is more right with us than wrong with us.

2) Perceptions: How we perceive the world and ourselves.

3) Mindfulness of the breath and the body in movement: Pleasure and power in being present.

4) Learning about our patterns of stress reactivity: Wherever you go, there you are.

5) Working with Stress: Mindful responding rather than reacting.

6) Stressful Communications: Interpersonal Mindfulness.

7) Lifestyle Choices: How can I best take care of myself?

8) A Mindful Life: Keeping your Mindfulness alive.

The course includes training with the comprehensive MBSR handbook written by Bodhin Philip Woodward of Mindful Academy and includes references, diary and journal suggestions.

We will provide the attitude cards and meditation recordings to accompany each week of training are sent via WhatsApp or email.

People often say ‘you wouldn’t do a first aid course and call yourself a doctor,’ so Gloucestershire Mindfulness ensures that the training adheres to the sector Good Practice Guidelines (GPG’s) with integrity and professionalism.

A deeper level of understanding of Mindfulness as recommended by health professionals.

This can be used in clinical settings, the workplace and to those wishing to improve their wellbeing.

Certificates are issued to those who enrol and complete any of the 8 week courses and is the gateway to the Teacher Training Programme. (The 8 week course does not qualify you to teach)

We encourage you to read the NICE Guidelines and Mindful Initiative for further information about the efficacy of Mindful Interventions.

If you have further interest after completing the 8 week Foundation certificate, (any of the MBSR or MBCT courses offered) you can apply, at a later date, to embark on the TT1 non-academic teacher training training. Visit our teacher training page for more information.

Please download our application form below.

Applications for this course are followed up with a phone call with Lynsey as part of the assessment process.

You will receive terms and conditions prior to the commencement of the course and an invoice for payment.