ONLINE 8-WEEK COURSE TO IMPROVE YOUR LIFE
Learn how to incorporate mindfulness meditation into your everyday life to improve your well-being and happiness
Location:
Online
Date:
06/04/24- 25/03/2024
Every Saturday
Time:
11:00 – 13:00 GMT
DETAILS OF THE COURSE
Mindfulness Dhyana Academy Includes an online live course of 8 weekly sessions (2 hours long).
This course is designed to promote mental, physical and emotional well-being through the cultivation of mindful awareness. Through this course we want to train people how to meditate, how to deal with difficult emotions and thoughts that arise during meditation, and how to respond to life’s challenges with awareness and compassion.
This course is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment for any specific physical or psychological conditions. Hence that after sending your application, you will be contacted by your teacher and asked to fill up a healthy questionnaire. The last will help us to assess whether or not this course is suitable for you at this time. If we believe that this course is not appropriate for you to attend at this time, you will be refunded in full.
Dates of the course: 06/04, 13/04, 20/04, 27/04, 04/05, 11,05, 18/05, 25/05 Saturdays)
Time: 11:00 – 13:00 GMT
Each weekly session of the course builds up upon what has been taught the week before. Therefore, it is important that you attend all the sessions or at least 80% of the entire programme. Please note that 100% attendance is required to award the final certificate of attendance to the course. However, we understand unexpected events may happen. Therefore, if you will be unable to attend one of the sessions get in touch with your course teacher.
Mindfulness Dhyana Academy Includes an online live course of 8 weekly sessions (2 hours long).
Each weekly session will be held through the platform Google Meeting.
HOW THE COURSE IS STRUCTURED?
Each session will be starting with a discussion about the theoretical background of the main topic that will be practised on the day. Then, guided meditation practises, implementation of exercises, sharing circles and group discussions will follow.
At the end of each session, an email indicating which practises/exercises should be done within the next session will be sent to all the participants. Furthermore, before the start of the course you will receive a PDF-workbook covering all the details of each session. In addition, the physical Dhyana Gratitude Journal as well as the Notebook will be delivered to your house to encourage you to write down your notes as well feelings during this life changing programme.
Each week, excluding the first one, will include a review of the topic and practices released during the previous class.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
During the course you will learn the following skills:
- How and when practising mindfulness meditation
- How to cultivate attention to the present moment
- How to set an intention
- Understanding the relationship between mindfulness and automatic patterns or habits
- How to deal with judgement and cultivate open awareness
- How to stop fighting and avoiding difficult life experiences versus accepting them
- How to switch from the ‘mode of doing’ to the ‘mode of being’ to achieve your goals
- How to become acquainted with your inner critic and learn how to effectively cultivate a friendly and caring relationship with the self
- How to practice gratitude to reap the long-term benefits resulting from such practise
- How to deal with your Ego and take a step back from all kinds of thoughts, including identity-related thought
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
You are eligible to attend this course if you:
- Are over 18 years of age
- Are able to speak and understand English (both spoken and written)
- Have access to suitable technology, internet capacity, space, and privacy to join this online course
- Have the intention and the willingness of committing to attend all 8 weekly sessions
- Have the intention to train mindfulness on a daily basis for 30 minutes to an hour
THIS COURSE IS SUITABLE FOR YOU IF:
- You want to learn about, use mindfulness in your personal life
- You are new to mindfulness meditation or wish to deepen your current knowledge and experience about this powerful technique
- You want to enhance your well-being
- You want to deepen your happiness
- You want to minimise anxiety and stress
THIS COURSE IS NOT SUITABLE FOR YOU IF:
- If you have experienced a manic or hypo-manic episode in the past six months, if you are currently self-harming or if you are currently experiencing suicidal thoughts.
- If you are drinking a lot of alcohol or using other drugs to cope with current stress life events
- If you are currently depressed
- If you are recently bereave
ABOUT THE TEACHER
Olinda is a Mindfulness and Yoga teacher, founder of Dhyana Centre and Mindfulness Dhyana Academy.
Her heartfelt mission is to guide and support people while they achieve a state of inner well-being and happiness they deserve.
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Apply now or book a free information call!
Applications closing: 29/03/2024
The course is limited to only 15 students
Special bonuses included:
- Follow up mails with Science-based mindfulness exercises and worksheets
- Guided meditations in MP3
- A PDF Workbook
- A PDF instruction manual
- Dhyana Gratitude Journal and Notebook delivered to your house
- A certificate of attendance
- Recommended books, articles, videos and quotes
- Assistance via email
- 30-minute 1:1 support with the Lead course to book prior to the end of the 8-week course
