Mindfulmedicine | Nottingham

We provide talks and courses for private groups or in the workplace including: 8 week mindfulness courses Distance learning Introductory sessions Refresher sessions Mindfulness Days Talks focussed on your specific requirements

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Mindfulness? Mindfulness is a way of connecting with our experience in an open and non- judgemental way. Mindfulness allows us to deal more effectively with stress and live with more ease and balance. While it has its roots in Buddhist meditation, Mindfulness is now also taught in a secular way that is open to everyone. The courses are run by Dr Karen Neil MRPharmS who has practised meditation since 2000 and taught mindfulness courses since 2008

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Given the way we use our brains in modern life, it is my strong belief that daily mindfulness has become as important as a healthy diet and regular exercise for maintaining good health. Reactions to adverse situations, previously essential to our survival, now contribute to significant internal stress which is detrimental to health. Our bodies’ reaction to perceived threat has evolved to allow us to fight or run from danger, which is not appropriate in an office situation! Mindfulness helps us to develop considered responses rather than automatic reactions to stressful situations, reducing the damaging effects on the body. Mindfulness is central to Buddhist practise and has been used for centuries. Science is increasingly confirming the benefit of this ancient skill, now taught in a secular manner, which involves learning to be aware of our experience by engaging the senses and focusing the mind. This increases activity in the left pre-frontal cortex of the brain which dampens down threat signals produced by the more primitive amygdala, allowing clearer thinking and improved decision making. Reducing constant thinking, planning and worrying also enables us to access the calm space beneath all this mental activity.

Mindfulness is a simple skill to learn, though requires regular practice. It is a way of being more present, now, reducing our constant thinking about the past or the future, recognising and reducing destructive and repetitive thought patterns and emotional reactions. The brain and subsequently body have more time to rest and we appreciate and enjoy what is happening in front of our noses.