Mindfulness: We all need to look after our mental health and many of us pay less attention to our mental wellbeing than we do to our physical wellness. I work with people to learn techniques and skills that will reduce stress and deepen your sense of well-being. Mindfulness puts the management of our emotional health back in our own hands. I’ve been a mindfulness trainer for 10 years and run various mindfulness training courses and use mindfulness techniques in a one-to-one basis to help people learn effective ways of managing and maintaining resilience to life’s stressors. Mindfulness is like going to the gym for our mind, a type of mind training that gives us the power to change our mindset and get us off our autopilot to become more present. By using practices and techniques to slow our thoughts down which involve more presence we can change our mindset. It so easy to get lost in our thoughts, difficult thoughts about the past, or worries about the future and this can make our thoughts race more and bring in more stress. However, by learning mindfulness techniques we can stop our minds racing around at an incredible speed and jumping from thought to thought and give ourselves better wellbeing.
I offer courses for people who wish to learn more about the techniques involved in reducing stress and to learn skills which can deepen your sense of well-being within your everyday life. Many employees use it to manage work related stress or carers who have personal stress or students use it when studying and for exam stress. It’s also used in counselling to help with anxiety, depression, addiction and chronic pain, as studies show practicing mindfulness, even for a few weeks, brings a variety of physical and psychological benefits. I also run Everyday Mindfulness Scotland which is a local organisation offering various mindfulness courses to orgnaistaions. Please see the web site for more details. If you want to find out more about taster sessions and courses please get in touch directly contact [email protected] Everyday mindfulness
The power of the mind and links between counselling and mindfulness-https://youtu.be/qzR62JJCMBQ?t=18
Finding Peace In A Frantic World-http://franticworld.com -Website to accompany the acclaimed book by Mark Williams & Danny Penman.link to information
Yoga: I’m a trained yoga teacher and have been running classes for over 12 years for all ages and levels. In today’s fast moving environment we want to achieve the benefit of good physical and emotional health and yoga does this through a series of movements designed to increase strength, flexibility, concentration and breathing. It helps people increase thier overall health and fitness by integrating a workout for both the body and mind and so brings balance to both. It’s an ancient form of exercise which builds strength and flexibility uniting the mind, body and spirit. Poses work by using one part of the body to stretch your muscles in another part and regular practice helps you move better and feel less stiff or tired. By transferring focus and attention to the body and the breath, it can help to temper moods and anxiety while releasing physical tension and over time it can boost physical and mental wellbeing. I run various yoga classes in the local area and can also offer one-to-one session. Contact me for more information .