Welcome to this week’s update: a summary of everything we’ve shared on social media throughout the week.

DAILY SIT SCHEDULE

Week commencing 24 April 2023

Ahead of Monday’s reminder, here is the daily sit schedule for the week commencing 24 April 2023. To register, click on the image. If you have already signed up to our daily sits, keynotes, or social evenings, there is no need to register again, we use the same zoom link for all these sessions (please do check your spam folder if you have recently registered and not received the link). Please reuse the link given to you on your first registration for each future session.

NEWS

One month to go! We are delighted to host Mark Williams and Danny Penman as they introduce their new book – Deeper Mindfulness: The New Way to Rediscover Calm in a Chaotic World.

Mark and Danny will offer a talk for an hour to introduce their new book and programme, afterwards there will be light refreshments and both Mark and Danny will be available to sign a copy of the new book which will be provided as part of the attendance fee.

Due to the venue – places on this event are limited, this event will be in-person only. To book your place, please click on the image below.

KEYNOTE & SOCIAL EVENING

On Friday 28 April 2023, we have our next social evening. Join Bernat as he discusses how his experiences of live jazz improvisation have informed his mindfulness practice. Attendees will be invited to participate in some mindful listening.

Bernat is a meditation teacher and a postgraduate researcher at the University of Bristol. His dissertation explores the nature of feeling tone (vedanā) and, more specifically, the role of pleasant feeling tones and positive affect in early Buddhist literature.

To register to attend, click on the image.  If you have already signed up to our daily sits,  keynotes, or social evenings, there is no need to register again, we use the same zoom link for all these sessions (please do check your spam folder if you have recently registered and not received the link). Please reuse the link given to you on your first registration for each future session.

On Wednesday 03 May 2023, we have our next keynote:

“It’s natural to have preferences -whether it is preferring vanilla over chocolate, or one political party over another.  When you live on auto-pilot, without awareness of how controlled you are by what you like and dislike, you can become a prisoner of your preferences. This could cause you to lose sight of where your preferences are taking you, your relationships and how your choices affect your well-being.”

Join psychotherapist, teacher and comedian Elaine Smookler in a lively discussion where we’ll explore practical antidotes to help you live the full adventure of life instead of being a prisoner of your preferences.

To register to attend, click on the image.  If you have already signed up to our daily sits,  keynotes, or social evenings, there is no need to register again, we use the same zoom link for all these sessions (please do check your spam folder if you have recently registered and not received the link). Please reuse the link given to you on your first registration for each future session.

SHARING FROM THE OMF

With thanks to academics in the field, we are sharing research with the OMF community.  You can read more from a 2023 paper – Preliminary Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Perinatal Mindfulness-Based Well-Being and Parenting Programs for Low-Income New Mothers by clicking on the image below. The research and reporting in this article are independent of the OMF.

This week’s quote comes from Amit Ray. Amit is an Indian author known for his teachings on meditation, yoga, peace and compassion.

This week’s book reading is The How of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky. Read by Sally Bolton.

LEARN MINDFULNESS

There are plenty of opportunities to discover Mindfulness for Life with us in May 2023. We have a course with Gill Johnson starting on Thursday 04 May 2023. For more information, please click on the image below.

In May 2023, there will be another opportunity to attend a frame by frame course. Linn Brynildsen will be leading a course starting on Thursday 25 May 2023. For more information and to apply, please click on the image below.

Are you interested to learn more about what mindfulness is and what a course with us would involve? Join Per Norrgren for a free session on 04 May 2023. For more info and to book, please click on the image below.

TEACH MINDFULNESS

Interested in finding out more about our teacher training programme? Join Claire Kelly and Sharon Hadley for a free information session. For more info and to book, please click on the image below.

Are you a trained Mindfulness for Life teacher interested in learning how to teach the Finding Peace in a Frantic World curriculum? This course may be for you. For more information and to apply, please click on the image below.

We also have a course for trained Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy or Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction teachers who wish to train to teach the Introducing Mindfulness Curriculum. For more information, and to apply, please click on the image:

Ofrecemos una formación para profesores de MBCT que quieren aprender el currículo de Mindfulness for Life (MBCT-L). Haz clic en el imagen para más información.

RETREATS & PRACTICE DAYS

We are offering several practice days throughout May, June, and July. These offer an opportunity deepen your mindfulness practice in a supportive online group setting. They are designed for those with an existing practice and teachers (or trainee teachers) of mindfulness-based programmes. For more info and to apply, please click on the image below.

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