Practical Mindfulness for Well-Being

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Overview

Focused on practical applications, this half-day workshop will demystify Mindfulness and explain the physiology underpinning its effectiveness in promoting well-being.

No single technique fits all so participants will have the opportunity to experiment with a range of mindfulness-based techniques to find out which are the most effective for them.

Who Will Benefit From This Course?

• Anyone at any level in the workplace

Learning Outcomes:

• Achieve higher levels of well-being
• Improve concentration and reduce levels of stress
• Increase self-awareness and awareness of others

Content

Introduction

• What mindfulness is and what it is not
• Practical applications of mindfulness
• Mindfulness and the Five Ways to Wellbeing

Theme One: Switching Off the Auto-Pilot

• The daily challenges of the job
• Going through our busy schedules (without noticing)
• The neuroscience of habits and changing them
• Techniques Practice 1

Theme Two: Finding the Time and Space

• The Stimulus – Response Model
• Responding rather than reacting to situations
• Neural networks and experiencing the present
• Techniques Practice 2

Theme Three: Using Stress Effectively

• The physiology of stress: How it works.
• The impact of perception, beliefs and Expectation Bias
• Cognitive Restructuring: thinking differently
• Techniques Practice 3

Theme Four: Paying Attention

• Developing Non-Judgemental Awareness
• Giving others time in our interactions (colleagues and clients)
• Unconscious Bias and The Adaptive Unconscious
• Techniques Practice 4

Going Forward

• Signposts for further development
• Help with the hard part: making it happen (some tips)