Mindful Living
The Mindful Living Course
Mindful Living is a course for those who would like to bring mindfulness into their daily lives. It's a self-directed programme that you can do from the comfort of your own home. The course is split into 4 chapters covering the themes of; present moment awareness, mindfulness of the breath, connecting to the body, and compassionate responding.
Each chapter includes a video tutorial and an accompanying booklet. Chapters 2 to 4 also include audio files of guided meditations that you are encouraged to practice regularly as you work your way through the course. Please note: you will need access to broadband internet to view the course materials.
Is Mindfulness right for me?
The best time to learn meditation is when you are feeling fairly settled, and have the time and energy to commit yourself to the practice. As such, if you are experiencing high levels of emotional distress or overwhelming practical problems; we would recommend you seek other forms of support before commencing this course.
Your feedback is important to us!
Mindful Living is a new course for the Norfolk and Waveney Talking Therapies and we are requesting feedback to find out what people's experience of undertaking the programme is like. As such, when you have completed the training, we would be grateful if you could kindly provide your feedback via our online survey. The survey is confidential and should not take any longer than 10 minutes to complete.
Click here to access the survey.
Course Content (Start Here)
Please scroll down for the course content. We recommend that you view each video and read each booklet in turn; getting familiar with any meditations for that chapter before moving on to the next one.
Please remember to read the course introduction before getting started. This can be found at the beginning of booklet 1 and will give you a sense of what it will be like to undertake this programme.
Chapter 1: What is Mindfulness
Booklet for chapter 1
Chapter 2: The Breath
Booklet for chapter 2
Guided Meditations for Chapter 2
Mindful Moment (9 mins)
A brief 3 stage practice to help settle breath, body and mind.
Befriending the Breath (8 mins)
Following the breath with awareness; connecting to it as a lifelong friend
The Breathing Body (17 mins)
Becoming familiar with the breath in different parts of the body
Breath Meditation - Minimum Guidance (9 mins)
Following the breath with mindful awareness
Chapter 3: The Body and Its Mind
Booklet for chapter 3
Body Scan (20 mins)
Scanning the whole body with mindfulness
Brief Body Scan (13 mins)
Scanning the whole body with mindfulness
Breathing Hands (4 mins)
Focusing on the breath in the hands, moving fingers in time to our breathing
Chapter 4: The 3 Cs
Booklet for chapter 4
Compassion Generator (14 mins)
A self-compassion meditation
Soothing Space (13 mins)
Meditating with strong emotions
3 Cs Meditation (23 mins)
Meditating on curiosity, compassion and calm centre
For more information on Mindfulness and how it can help with our wellbeing please view our Mindfulness page