Mindfulness Introduction

A One Day Course

Stress is a leading cause of sickness absence across all workplaces in the UK. Against this background many organisations are seeking to introduce mindfulness programmes.

There is a wealth of research evidence emerging to indicate that mindfulness can reduce stress and anxiety and can reduce the incidence of recurrent depression. In addition, mindfulness can improve attention and decision making.

This course provides an introduction to mindfulness in the workplace. The aim is to explore the meaning and potential applications of mindfulness across a variety of roles and workplace settings and to provide participants with the opportunity to explore how it might enhance their lives, personally and professionally.

By the end of this introductory day participants will:

• Be able to describe what mindfulness is

• Have experienced some brief mindfulness meditation practices

• Have discussed the potential role for mindfulness in their work context

• Have explored some mindfulness based approaches which could be applied in their role

• The trainer, Deryl Dix is on the UK mindfulness network register of mindfulness teachers and adheres to their good practice guidelines.