Introducing Mindfulness

3 Week Course 

Next start date: TBC

Cost: £50pp

About the course

The course consists of 3 weekly sessions of 1hr each. Sessions are online and taught in a group. You'll be learning with other visually impaired people in a safe and welcoming setting.  

The course has been designed and developed by the Oxford Mindfulness Foundation in partnership with the University of Oxford and has been made accessible for people with sight loss.

If you’re new to mindfulness, or you’d like to come back to it after some time out, this 3 week Introducing Mindfulness course gives you a brief taste of mindfulness practice and theory.

In this course you’ll explore three core mindfulness themes, each designed to support you in your daily life:

• How to train your attention and how this can fundamentally shape your experiences.

• Learning new ways of being and how this can help support you in any moment.

• Recognising the difference between responding and reacting and exploring how this understanding can shape the quality of your life.

These group sessions combine learning, experiential mindfulness practices, trying out what’s learned in your daily life, and group discussions.

This is a structured course, with the theme of each session building on the learning and experience from the previous week. You’ll also be invited to continue to practise the sessions’ themes through some ‘home practice’.

What to expect on this course

In this course, you’ll be with a group of participants.

Each of the sessions will include guided mindfulness practices and exercises. These are followed by a discussion about any learning that can be drawn from the experience.

Between each session, you’ll be invited to continue to do some ‘personal practice’ each day – usually for a total of 15-20 minutes. This includes following recordings of guided mindfulness practices and bringing mindfulness into your everyday experiences.

Sessions 2 and 3 include a review of the previous week’s personal practice.

You’ll have access to guided practices and written material to support your learning from each session.

Entry criteria: who can apply for this course?

You can apply for this course if you:

• Have a visual impairment.

• Are able to speak and understand the English language (both spoken and written) to a level where you can fully take part in the course without the need for additional translation support. 

• Can attend all 3 sessions.

• Have the time and motivation to practise mindfulness each day.

• Are over 18 years of age.

• Have access to suitable technology (laptop/PC), a strong and stable internet connection, a private space and the technical ability to join an online training programme via Zoom, with your camera on.