IN THE ZONE MINDFULNESS COURSE FOR MEN
Feel Better. Perform Better. Live More.
4-Week Mindfulness Course By Men For Men |$95
FEEL BETTER. PERFORM BETTER. LIVE MORE WITH MINDFULNESS
This practical 4-week mindfulness course was designed by men for men. Most men know the feeling of “hitting the wall” at some stage in life. This course is for anyone who has experienced that and would like to learn effective ways of moving through this. It is also for men just generally looking to improve their focus, clarity and work or sports performance.
Most people find that over time, mindfulness can help to:
- Improve sleeping patterns
- Reduce stress, anxiety and depression
- Improve concentration and focus on areas of life such as work and sports
- Increase feelings of self-acceptance and meaning in life
- Increase mental clarity
“Mental Health Foundation mental health promoter, Grant Rix, says mindfulness has been shown to benefit our brains to such an extent that we can feel calmer, more aware, have an increased ability to focus and concentrate, remember things better and feel happier.”
Mindfulness for Mental Health
- Over time, mindfulness can help to reduce stress, anxiety and depression
- Mindfulness can help with improving sleeping patterns
- Mindfulness can assist with feeling better about ourselves with greater self-acceptance
Mindfulness for Performance
- Mindfulness can assist with sports and athletic performance by making it easier to concentrate and be present
- Mindfulness can help with work performance by reducing distractions, fatigue and stress
- Mindfulness can help with innovative and creative thinking
No religion, no new-age nonsense and no funny positions…
- This course is practical with down-to-earth advice, techniques and explanations
- There is no religion, dogma or belief systems to adopt in mindfulness-based meditation and methods
- The instructions and explorations throughout the course have a focus on practical, everyday life
- We sit on chairs and there are no strange positions at all (cushions are available if you prefer)
US TV Anchor Dan Harris. Author of “10% Happier” on Mindfulness
“Neuroscientists have found that meditators shift their brain activity to different areas of the cortex… This mental shift decreases the negative effects of stress, mild depression and anxiety. …The researchers found that the meditators showed a pronounced shift in activity to the left frontal lobe. In other words, they were calmer and happier than before.” – Psychology Today
Course Contents
This particular course emphasises your own natural wisdom, your own innate OKness, right here and now. The instructions and guidance will be explicitly inviting you to embrace your whole human experience as it happens, moment by moment, with a radical acceptance.
Mindfulness means “paying attention in a particular way; On purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgementally.” – Jon Kabat Zinn (Professor of Medicine Emeritus Stress Reduction Clinic and the Centre for Mindfulness in Medicine).
Mindfulness and meditation are both gaining in popularity as more and more people discover how this simple skill can have a profoundly positive impact on your life. Organisations such as Google, Apple, Nike and Yahoo! now run mindfulness programmes and sessions for staff during work hours. Modern research about mindfulness and meditation shows measurable and significant benefits to people including less stress, less anxiety, greater focus, calm and happiness.
Week 1: What is Mindfulness?
- What mindfulness is
- The benefits of mindfulness and meditation
- How to get the most from the course
- Guided body scan mindfulness meditation
- Questions and answers / discussion.
Week 2: Working with the Mind
- Why thinking can be problematical
- Practical ways to work with difficult thoughts
- Self-judgement and how to intervene
- Guided mindfulness meditation – counting the breath
- Questions and answers / discussion.
Week 3: Working with Emotions
- What are emotions?
- Learning to feel emotions
- The RAIN method
- Non-judgement and acceptance
- Guided mindfulness meditation on feelings
- Questions and answers / discussion.
Week 4: Radical Acceptance
- What it means to be present
- How wanting causes stress
- Developing wisdom and insight
- Authentic self–compassion
- Open awareness guided mindfulness meditation
- Questions and answers / discussion
- Next steps.
“If you just sit and observe, you will see how restless your mind is. If you try to calm it, it only makes it worse, but over time it does calm, and when it does, there’s room to hear more subtle things – that’s when your intuition starts to blossom and you start to see things more clearly and be in the present more. Your mind just slows down, and you see a tremendous expanse in the moment. You see so much more than you could see before. It’s a discipline; you have to practice it.” – Steve Jobs
What do Bruce Lee, Jedi Knights and Po all have in common? They all understood that nature of their minds and the power of concentration. With mindfulness, so can you.
YOUR MINDFULNESS TOOLKIT – FREE WITH THE COURSE
Free access to over 15 guided mindfulness meditations that you can download/stream
Professionally designed, 45-page course guidebook
Weekly emails with extra information and instructions for the length of the course
BOOK HERE | Course Locations and Timetables
| Course Dates and Times | Course Daye | Venue | Price | Trainer | Register Now |
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| New course to start in the New Year | 4 x Tue Evenings. 7.15pm – 8.15pm | Mt Eden War Memorial Hall 489 Dominion Rd Mt Eden | $95 | Chris Irwin |
| Course Dates | Time | Venue | Price | Register Now | |
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| Tues 25 Oct – 15 Nov 6.45pm – 7.45pm | 4 x Tues evenings 6.45pm – 7.45pm | The Link (St Andrew's Church Community Centre) Cnr Te Aroha St and River Road Hamilton | $95 | Blair Bowker | Course has already started |
| Tues 17 Jan – 07 Feb 6.45pm – 7.45pm | 4 x Tues evenings 6.45pm – 7.45pm | The Link (St Andrew's Church Community Centre) Cnr Te Aroha St and River Road Hamilton | $95 | Blair Bowker | 19 Tickets Left REGISTER |
| Course Dates and Times | Course Daye | Venue | Price | Trainer | Register Now |
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| New course to start in the New Year | 4 x Tue Evenings. 5.30pm – 6.30pm | Fairfield House 48 Van Diemen St. Nelson South | $95 | David Wakeling |
Refund and Transfer Policy
- Full refunds are available up to one week before a course starts.
- Free transfers to other courses are available up to one week before a course starts.
- Once a course has started, full refunds are only available if you attend every class of the course and feel you have not got value. In this case you are entitled to and will be given a full refund.
- Refunds are not given if you do not attend every class of the course and if you simply ‘do not like’ the course or decide it ‘is not for you’.
- For more details about our refund and transfer policy, please read our FAQ.
How long is each weekly class and what happens?
Each class is 60 minutes long. There will be a guided meditation for a period. This will include meditation instruction. After the meditation and instruction, there will be a talk or discussion. This includes a question and answer time.
Blair Bowker – Hamilton facilitator
For the last 25 years my passion for kayaking and exploring has taken me around the world. It was during these travels, 20 years ago, that I first came into contact with meditation and mindfulness in Kathmandu, Nepal, where I attended my first 30 day meditation retreat. The first of many. Hooked, I spent the next several years in India learning the art of meditation under various teachers.
My deep interest in how meditation could be more fully integrated into my daily life took me around the world practising meditation and living in retreat centres. Whilst living at the Insight Meditation Society in Massachusetts, USA, set up by Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein, I learned to face one of my biggest challenges in life; being with chronic pain.
I practised mindfulness for 10 years, yet something was still missing, somehow deep patterns remained unmoved. This drew me to Psychosynthesis, a holistic therapy with mindfulness at its heart. Working with a Psychosynthesis therapist, I started to uncover these patterns and drives and integrate what I had learnt through meditation. Profound transformation took place.
Some of my other working background includes setting up and running projects for isolated and homeless youth, training organisations in social networks and communication, life coaching and working within the mental health sector.
I am a qualified counsellor working in private practice and training as an Psychosynthesis psychotherapist. I work in a way to help people transform and deeply accept themselves. I am interested in how we can be fully alive and present to all of life, even its challenges, while staying connected to a sense of ease.
My website is at Mindfully Alive.
Chris Irwin – Auckland facilitator
Chris is a New Zealander. He ordained as a Buddhist monk for over 10 years, practising meditation with teachers in Thailand and Europe. On returning to New Zealand, he trained in Gestalt psychotherapy and post-graduate psychology. He has been in counselling, psychotherapy practice for the last 15 years seeing individuals and couples.
Chris blends an in-depth knowledge of mindfulness meditation practices and approaches of psychotherapy and psychology to help people manage and resolve personal issues — ultimately, to create wellness in people’s lives. It is from this experience that Chris has evolved his approach to mindfulness meditation that is both accessible and compassionate.
As well, he has worked extensively in the corporate world supporting culture and organisational change.
Chris has also run a number of businesses and in so doing, understands that we all face the task of balancing demands of work, family life and getting some ‘me’ time.
David Wakeling – Nelson facilitator
David Wakeling has practised and taught mindfulness for 29 years. He lived as a Theravadin Buddhist Monk for 18 years in Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand leaving the monastic order 11 years ago to pursue a secular approach.
David now teaches mindfulness for Mindfulness Works, The Cancer Society and privately, runs regular practice groups and workshops. He also focuses on meditation, daily life practice, yoga, stress reduction, trauma recovery, interactive mindful enquiry and residential courses.
Questions or More Information:
Please review the Mindfulness Works Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ). If you have any further questions or require more information, please contact us.
