CADENCE COACHING & CONSULTING

Mindfulness for Life or the Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Life (MBCT-L) curriculum is a new course developed to make the mindfulness practices and cognitive-behavioural techniques of the traditional MBCT course more accessible to all of us. It uses the same evidence-based teaching principles and practices that have been shown to promote the progressive development of mindfulness skills and bring about lasting changes in well-being. This course has been found to be effective with adults in workplaces and school teachers and has been shown to create large changes in well-being. 

The learning is largely experiential and is based on learning mindfulness both in ‘formal’ practices and in everyday life. The course offers a new way to work with difficulties that we encounter in our lives but also a different way of relating to ourselves and others – a way that includes more appreciation, wisdom and compassion. It also holds tremendous potential to help us to thrive and experience a deeper sense of joy, contentment and resilience.

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What will you learn?​​

• Mindfulness starts when we recognize the tendency to be on automatic pilot, which can rob us of our potential for living life more fully. We begin to practice stepping out of automatic pilot by bringing mindfulness to aspects of everyday present-moment experience that we might normally overlook.

• With greater awareness, we begin to notice how often we are lost in our thoughts and feelings. Mindfulness of the body and breathing helps us learn to recognize our thoughts, emotions, sensations, and impulses, gather the scattered mind, and return with appreciation to the here and now.

• We learn that when our attention is caught up in the past or the future, we can get trapped in unhelpful patterns of thinking, feeling, and acting. Mindfulness helps us recognize these automatic reactions, understand them as normal human experiences, and bring kindness and compassion to them.

• As we cultivate attitudes of interest and friendliness toward all of our experiences, whether pleasant or unpleasant, we learn skills for keeping our balance through life’s ups and downs, responding skilfully when difficulties arise, engaging with what is most important to us, and opening up to moments of joy, contentment, and gratitude.

• We learn to have more mindful communication, connections and relationships.

• We learn to live with greater awareness, kindness and compassion. We learn to flourish.

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How does the course support learning?

The course consists of eight 2-hour sessions, plus a 4-hour session held in between Session 6 and 7. The sessions will cover a combination of guided mindfulness practices (including gentle mindful movements), cognitive exercises, inquiry and group sharing. The course is designed for systematic teaching through building blocks to support participants' learning. In addition to attending the weekly sessions regularly, participants are encouraged to engage in regular formal and informal home practices of about 45 to 60 minutes daily. ​This course is for anyone who wants a structured, practical way to learn mindfulness. It asks more from participants, but potentially also offers more change. Mindfulness practice is like physical exercise, if we do more we tend to get more benefit. 

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The facilitator is committed to creating an inviting and safe space for participants to show up as they are and to practice together. Everyone is warmly welcomed, regardless of where and how you are in your life journey. This is for you!

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Note: The course is not being offered as a treatment for any specific physical or psychological conditions and is not suitable for people who are currently experiencing severe issues in these areas.