Mindfulness: Finding Peace in a Frantic World - Online Course

Description

Mindfulness is increasingly recognised as a life-changing way to help us deal with the stress and pressure that we can experience from the fast pace of modern life. It can help us to embrace life and be kinder to ourselves, whatever comes our way. Start your weekend in the healthy way, with this morning 10 week saturday morning course. Mindfulness focuses on promoting joy and peace rather than banishing unhappiness. Through regular practice it can help you feel more at ease, reducing anxiety, stress and irritability, and nurturing you to flourish.

This can help you access more moments of calm and respond more positively to everyday challenges or difficult experiences, as well as boosting overall wellbeing. Through regular practice you can feel better, reduce stress and improve your resilience. The course is perfect for you if you sometimes feel overwhelmed or worn out by trying to keep up with the constant demands of the modern world and would like to try a different approach. Perhaps you're new to mindfulness and want to try it out for the first time. Or perhaps you have tried it in the past and would like some support to develop a regular practice.

Whatever your interest, this online course will enable you to explore mindfulness in the comfort of your own home, through weekly classes and discussion. You are encouraged to practice in between classes and resources and recordings to support you in this are provided free of charge. The course is suitable for most people aged 18 and above who are new to practising mindfulness or have some experience. Please ask to speak to the teacher in confidence before the course if you have any questions, or have mental health concerns or chronic health conditions, so that you can make sure it is the right time for you to take this course, contact the Folk House office if you would like to be put in touch with the tutor.

This is an online course, please check material lists section below for extra details. 

Materials List

You will receive an email directly from the tutor with a link to attend the meeting ahead of your class. Please ensure you book with your current email address. As this is online please ensure you have internet connection and Zoom uploaded on either a computer or tablet. Students will find it helpful to have a copy of the book Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Finding Peace in a Frantic World by Mark Williams and Danny Penman. This can be either a print copy or it available as an audio book. 

Fees & Further Information

Please note: All 10, and 12 week courses have a half term break in the middle. For term dates please visit our ‘Contact us’ page. We are not open on bank holiday Monday’s and any class that falls on these days will be made up at the end of term.

Fees

• You will need to have paid in full for your course or workshop to guarantee your place. We do not accept deposit or part payments. Course and workshops are becoming increasingly popular, so please book early in order to guarantee your place.
• We do offer concession rates for anyone over 65, NHS staff, Students ro claiming the benefits listed below, or NHS. As we are a self-funded organisation we receive no financial support, in order to offer these rates.
• The concessionary rate is for those whose sole source of income is from a state benefit. We accept Universal Credit, Income Support, Job Seeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance. Please show a recent letter or statement stating your benefit when enrolling.

Refunds

• In the event that we have to cancel a course, we aim to inform you 2 working days before the start date, or at least 24 hours before a day workshop. If we have to cancel a course, then you will receive a full credit note .
• If you wish to cancel your place you must inform us up to 14 days before the start date of your course or workshop. In this case you will receive a refund minus a 10% admin fee. (10% of the course fees or £5, whichever is greater).
• If you give us less than 14 days notice, or your course or workshop has already started a refund will be not given.

Please see full terms and conditions for more information. 

Latecomer

If a course has already started please call the office as it may be possible to join after the start date. This may only be possible if the course is not already full, if it is not disruptive for the other students and you are aware that you have missed a percentage of the course and the tutor will not have time to catch you up. This will be at discretion of the Folk House. We run our courses termly, so it might be best to start at the beginning of the course.  

Levels

• You must be over 18 years old to attend a course or workshop at the Bristol Folk House.
• All our courses and workshops are non-accredited and will not receive a certificate for attending.
• We offer a range of courses at all levels and our tutors make every effort to accommodate your individual needs. Before choosing you may want to speak to the tutor to make sure the course is right for you. Please contact the office.
• To join all of our courses you must be able to follow written and verbal instructions and you may be invited to take part in group discussions. Please look at the rest of the course outline carefully to decide if you may benefit from any additional support to help you to take part in this class. Please contact the office if you require any further information.
• If you have a disability, learning difficulty or mental health issue which may affect your participation in your chosen course please contact the office prior to enrolling. If you will need to bring a career or support worker with you to the class, please inform the office when enrolling so we can make arrangements.

Access/ Parking

• Much as we would like to provide access for all, the Folk House has no disabled access or facilities.
• We have no onsite car parking at the Bristol Folk House but there are many paid parking spots in the area. Please ask us for details on parking or see our website for more detail.
• We are on a busy bus route and have plenty of bike racks in our courtyard garden.