Online courses

'Mindfulness Daily @ Work is a 40-day online guided training led by Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield. This in-depth training teaches key mindfulness practices specifically targeted for the workplace and takes only 10-15 minutes a day.'

Tiny Habits, B.J Fogg

A link that takes you to the website of B.J. Fogg. B.J Fogg is the behaviour scientist who developed The Tiny Habits model.

The website contains free resources and information about the model.

A link to a 5 day free tiny habit programme. : Let Tiny Habits change your lifeMind Control: Managing your mind health during Covid-19

We are aware that a change in the rate of people becoming infected with Covid 19 is triggering a change in what is considered safe to do locally here in Glasgow at the moment, and for some people increasing anxiety. We thought it might be useful to share this link to a course offered by the University of Toronto, Professor Steve Joordens. The course is free if you opt to not request a certificate of completion.

This is not a course to deepen mindfulness, but we thought that combining the information offered by this course with a mindfulness practice could be particularly helpful to support mental health at the current time.

Here is a message for Professor Joordens about this course:

' Never in the history of humanity have so many people been feeling intense anxiety related to COVID-19 and the world it will leave in its wake. The intent of this course is to give you a deeper understanding of the anxiety reaction as it relates to various aspects of our current life, ranging from our consumption of news to the way we talk to our children about this. I will also give you clear strategies for managing and, in fact, turning off the anxiety response at least for short periods. My sincere hope is that you will leave this course with a better understanding of how your brain reacts to crises, along with some powerful tools for managing it before it manages you.’

Mindfulness Daily with Tara Brach & Jack Kornfield

A daily 10 minute resource supporting mindfulness practice developed by Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield.

We are aware with the turn of a new year that the internet is awash with good resources and courses to support us moving in to 2021. This is great if you can commit your time and energy to engage with them. We wanted to offer a link to a practical, easily accessible resource to get started with a meditation practice, or support an ongoing practice habit.

We enjoyed participating in this course and would also recommend it if you are more experienced, and curious about how mindfulness can be developed in sequential 10 minute sessions.

‘This 40-day online program (also available as an APP) offers a short daily session in mindfulness and compassion that includes both a guided meditation and a teaching on a key point of practice.

In each lesson, there is guidance on integrating mindfulness into all facets of your day. You’ll move through a progression of topics – including opening to the body and breath, working with physical pain and emotional challenges, and bringing mindfulness into relationships. Each time you sit to meditate you give yourself the gift of awareness and presence. And by the end of 40 days, you will have the grounds for a practice that can bring increasing clarity and wisdom, resilience and love to your life’

You can repeat each practice session as many times as you like, and move through the course at your own pace. For example, staying with the same 10 minute session for a period of time If that feels more appropriate for you.

The course is developed and taught by Dr Tara Brach, Jack Kornfield who are internationally well recognised, experienced mindfulness teachers and clinical psychologists. It is a testament to the skill and expertise of these teachers that they have been able to distill little nuggets of their experience and guidance in to 10 minute sessions so well. The course usually costs $97 (approx. £72) but is being offered for free this year.  

Oxford Mindfulness Centre

The Oxford Mindfulness Centre is offering the following short introductory course free of charge: Introduction to Mindfulness for Life

'This course is to help people make sense of and navigate these challenging times by learning some practical skills. The course is made up of three one-hour sessions, which like building blocks build on one another. Participants will be supported with written materials, brief mindfulness practices and ways to integrate what is learned into everyday life. It can start to help people answer such questions as:

• How can I integrate mindfulness into my life and live well?
• What changes do I hope to see in the world? How can I create the kind of life and world I aspire to?

The dates for this course are Mondays 7pm-8pm, 7th, 14th and 21st September 2020.

Taught by Willem Kuyken and Claire Kelly.

The classes will be online delivered via ZOOM, and you do not need to pre-register to join the course.'

Simply click this link at the start time: We have just found out this has been postponed- we will update as soon as we have more information.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87176658664.

Updated 23/07/2024 (review date due in 6 months)