The 6 week Foundation course
Course content
Introduction
- about this course
- what is mindfulness?
- how it works / brain science
Week 1 - mindful breathing
- how to practice
- mindful breathing
- sleep
Week 2 – mindfulness in the body
- body scan
- mindful walking
- exercise & yoga
Week 3 – interconnection & gratitude
- gratitude
- diet
- the 10 second re-boot
Week 4 - managing interactions
- kindness & compassion
- emotional intelligence
- mindful communication
- mindful hearing
Week 5 - managing difficulties
- leaning-in with curiosity
- reframing & LALA
- mind the gap
Week 6 - developing your practice
- review your practice
- habits & pro-active positivity
- keeping it going and next steps
- longer guided meditations
Week 2 - Mindfulness in the body
Movement and body awareness is at the heart of mindfulness practice. The core exercise to develop this awareness is the body scan.
It's also a good idea to start any meditation session with some stretching or yoga, so there are some stretching exercises and a simple yoga practice included.
When you have developed some body awareness, you then take this into movement, which begins with mindful walking.