Weekly Update 24th December 2022

Weekly Update 24th December 2022

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

DAILY SIT SCHEDULE

Week commencing 26th December

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 just use the link given to you on your first registration. Please note, we will be continuing the daily sit over the festive period with one session a day at 11am UK Time.

KEYNOTE AND SOCIAL EVENING JANUARY 2023

We look forward to welcoming you to our first keynote and social evening of the year in January 2023.

Our next keynote is on Wednesday 4th January 2023 19:00 – 20:00 UK time.

Nick Hammond, wellbeing teacher and speaker will come and talk about building compassion and inspiration through the simple act of noticing. To read more about Nick and the keynote topic, please click on the image below.

Our next Social Evening is on 27th January 2023.

Susanne Olbrich, Pianist & Mindfulness Facilitator will join us and lead a session entitled New Year, New Inspiration. To read more about Susanne and the social evening, please click on the image below.

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 – Mindful feeding: Associations with COVID-19 related parent stress and child eating behavior by clicking on the image.

This week’s quote comes from Joseph Goldstein. Taken from his book, A Practical Guide to Awakening.

This week’s book reading is the poem I go among trees by Wendell Berry. Kindly read by Jo Edwards, OMF Programme Administrator.


LEARN MINDFULNESS

Would you like to introduce mindfulness to your friends and loved ones in the New Year? Here are the courses we highlighted this week. Click on the image for more information and to apply.

We have a 3-week Introducing Mindfulness course starting Sunday 08 January 2023. For more info and to apply, please click on the image.

Through January 2023, we have lots of Mindfulness for Life courses starting on different days, and at different times to support attendance across various time zones. For more info and to apply, please click on the image.

We have two Frame by Frame courses starting in January 2023. For more info and to apply, please click on the image.

We have a Taking it Further course with Andrew Waterhouse starting 16th January 2023. For more info and to apply, please click on the image.


TEACH MINDFULNESS

Are you a MBSR teacher interested in training in Mindfulness for Life (MBCT-L)? We have a teacher training commecing in January 2023. For more information and to apply, please click on the image.

We are also offering an opportunity for MBCT teachers to train to deliver the Mindfulness for Life curriculum. For more info and to apply, please click on the image.

Are you an Mindfulness for Life Teacher interested in teaching the Finding Peace in a Frantic World curriculum? We have a one-day workshop focussing on the Finding Peace Curriculum. For more info and to apply, please click on the image.

New workshop: Mindfulness-informed Cancer Care. This experiential training is for those currently working with people with cancer, who have some experience / interest in mindfulness, and would like to explore what this might offer them and their work.

We have several CPD workshops for mindfulness teachers available in Jan / Feb March 2023. For more info and to apply, please click on the image below.


NEWS UPDATES

Our offices will be closed with limited staff availability from 5pm Friday 23rd December 2022 until 3rd January 2023. If you have a time-sensitive query, please send an email to admin@oxfordmindfulness.org and mark it as urgent. Many thanks.


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