Meditation & Mindfulness

Mindfulness is essentially the awareness that arises through paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment, and in non-judgement ways. It is a form of meditative practice that can bring awareness to the direct experience of your life and in so doing can help you reflect on those ways that are skilful (helpful) and unskilful (less helpful) in our day to day lives. As a practice, it can help us become aware of our automatic thought and behavioural patterns and in so doing can create a space, a moment, where we can consider if what we are thinking or doing serves us in positive ways. It can help to create a buffer to allow us the opportunity to make a choice of how we want to respond to a particular scenario that can be empowering.

> Natalija Stevens:

Sometimes, when mindfulness arises it can feel as if we are seeing things for the first time with a freshness that can take us by surprise. This quality of mind has been referred to as “beginner’s mind”, and has some of the qualities of wonder and appreciation that a happy child can have in experiencing new things.

Group sessions currently running on Tuesdays at 2pm, twice a month.

> Kate Russell

Mindfulness can be practised through a range of practices that can focus on: Body scans, breathing, sitting, sounds, thoughts, eating and mindful movement. Each of the practices encourages an awareness of direct experience (physical sensations, hearing, thoughts etc) and to use this to help respond to discomfort in more positive ways. Kate is running Mindfulness Classes via zoom, and full and half-day Retreats and 8-week Mindfulness Courses at The Space.

Please click here for Kate's most up-to-date workshops / classes info www.katermindfulness.com

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