FOLLOW-UP COURSES, RETREATS AND WORKSHOPS FOR EXPERIENCED MINDFULNESS PRACTITIONERS OR THOSE WHO HAVE COMPLETED THE INTRODUCTION TO MINDFULNESS AND MEDITATION 4 WEEK COURSE
Auckland, Albany, Christchurch, Coromandel, Dunedin, Kerikeri, Northland, Rangiora, Wellington and Kapiti
MINDFULNESS 2.0 — OFFICIAL FOLLOW-UP COURSE (AUCKLAND AND TAURANGA ONLY AT THIS STAGE)
The Mindfulness Works exclusive MINDFULNESS 2.0 course provides you with further support for your ongoing journey. The focus of the course is on the deeper aspects of mindfulness and meditation, compassion for ourselves and others as well as encouraging and supporting you in a daily practice.
Enjoy 4 x 60-minute weekly classes to give you the opportunity explore the more profound aspects of mindfulness and meditation.
SITTING GROUPS – MINDFULNESS PRACTICE SESSIONS
OREWA AND MANUREWA
December 2018, Then from 13 February 2019
We are continuing to implement formal and informal mindfulness practice in Orewa and Manurewa. Please join us. Also, you are welcome to introduce others who have the understanding of the content that was delivered as an Introduction to Mindfulness course. These mindfulness practice sessions are ongoing exercises to deepen your understanding of awareness. Wimal will conduct some brief revision of the work that was covered in the Introduction to Mindfulness and Meditation programme and then conduct a formal practice within the hour. He will encourage you to participate regularly and gain traction in Mindfulness Awareness and Presence.
OREWA
When: Every Wednesday evening, 6.30pm – 7.30pm until 19 December 2018 and then from 13 February 2019.
Where: Hibiscus Coast Community House, 216 Hibiscus Coast Highway, Orewa
(Cnr Centreway Road and Hibiscus Coast Highway – entrance is at the
corner of Centreway Road)
Cost: Donation at this early stage
Facilitator: Wimal Wickramasuriya
For More Information and To Register: Contact Wimal at wimwin2@gmail.com or ph 022 012 8692.
MANUREWA
When: Every Monday evening, 6.50pm – 7.45pm — 17 December 2018 and then from 11 February 2019.
Where: The Nathan Homestead, 70 Hill Road, Manurewa
Cost: Donation at this early stage
Facilitator: Wimal Wickramasuriya
For More Information and To Register: Contact Wimal at wimwin2@gmail.com or ph 022 012 8692.
MINDFULNESS REVISION SESSIONS FOR PAST ATTENDEES
OF THE INTRODUCTION TO MINDFULNESS AND MEDITATION COURSE
OREWA
December 2018
Topics from the 4 week Intro Course will be summarised. We will explore the interplay between thoughts and emotions and how to use this information, so we connect with Mind and Body, consciously.
When: Wednesday, 12 December and Wednesday, 19 December (Last sessions for the year.)
Time: 5.30pm – 6.30pm
Where: Hibiscus Coast Community House, 216 Hibiscus Coast Highway, Orewa (Cnr Centreway Road and Hibiscus Coast Highway – entrance is at the corner of Centreway Road)
Cost: $25 per person (payment can be made online to Wimal’s business, Zeal Guard Ltd, Westpac Albany — 03-1322-0796974-000 [Please type your full name as reference.]
Facilitator: Wimal Wickramasuriya
For More Information and To Register: Email Wimal (Wim) at wimwin2@gmail.com or ph 022 012 8692.
ALBANY
CONTINUE YOUR MINDFULNESS JOURNEY
LEARN, GROW, GO DEEPER
ALBANY
January – February 2019
Deepen: Your mindfulness practice
- Reactivate: Your practice (for those who have let your practice slip)
- Establish: Daily practice
- Harmonise: Your relationship with yourself and others
- Manage: Stress, your thoughts and emotions
- Learn: How to use your mind as a powerful tool
- Understand: Yourself better
When: 4 Tuesday evenings, 22 January – 12 February
Time: 7.30pm – 8.45pm
Where: Kawai Purapura, 14 Mills Lane, Albany
Cost: $99
Facilitator: Teagan Fea
For More Information and to Register: Click here
CHRISTCHURCH
MINDFUL SPACE SITTING GROUP
Richmond
Thursday evenings — See dates for 2019
All welcome!
Everyone is welcome to join this ongoing mindfulness practice group.
This is a chance to strengthen and re-energize your mindfulness practices while connecting with like-minded others.
When: Thursday evenings, 10 January, 31 January, 21 February, 28 March, 18 April and 16 May
Time: 7.00pm – 8.30pm
Cost: Koha (suggestion $10)
Facilitators: Lin Ong and Lea Godfrey
Venue: Community Space @ Dudley Street, 34 Dudley Street, Richmond
To Register: Email info@livemindful.nz or just turn up!
HALF-DAY MINDFULNESS SILENT RETREAT
(with guidance and facilitation)
Christchurch Central
2 March 2019
This is an opportunity to drop deeper into mindfulness practice and be nourished. Set in the beautiful gardens at Mary Potter.
Join us for meditation practices, breath awareness, mindful movement and learning to work with thoughts and emotions.
When: Saturday, 2 March 2019
Time: 9.00am –1.00pm
Cost: $40
Facilitators: Lin Ong and Lea Godfrey
Venue: Mary Potter Community Centre, 442 Durham Street North, Christchurch
To Register: Email info@livemindful.nz
INTEGRATING MINDFULNESS:
PEACE IN A FRANTIC WORLD
Christchurch
20 February – 13 March 2019
Days can be relentless, frantic and exhausting – it doesn’t have to be this way.
This experiential workshop reveals a set of simple yet powerful practices that you can incorporate daily to help break the cycle of stress, anxiety, unhappiness and exhaustion; helping to promote a longer-lasting inner happiness and to live with more ease.
It is based on the clinically-researched Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy and made available for everyone. This unique program offers simple and straightforward forms of mindfulness meditation that can be easily integrated into your day.
When: Wednesday evenings
Time: 6.45pm – 9.00pm
Cost: $260 (includes textbook and audios)
Facilitator: Lin Ong
Venue: Avebury House, 9 Eveleyn Cousins Avenue, Richmond
To Register: Email info@livemindful.nz
MINDFULNESS-BASED COGNITIVE THERAPY
(MBCT 8-week Course)
20 June – 8 August 2019
MBCT is a powerful approach to reduce risk of relapse into depression, anxiety and stress — by learning new ways to respond to your own thoughts and feelings. This 8-week program is an evidence-based intervention treatment, based on rigorous clinical research and neuroscientific studies of the mind.
Learn to sidestep the mental habits that lead to the downward spiral in mood, so you can face life’s challenges with greater resilience.
Also, learn ways to enhance your own well being, take care of yourself and relate to your problems in a different way. By engaging in these mindfulness practices and cognitive interventions and integrating them into your life, you can learn to manage chronic pain, reduce anxiety and stress, and improve the overall quality of your life, relationships and social networks.
When: Eight Wednesday evenings with one full day retreat 27 June
Time: 6.45pm – 9.00pm
Cost: $480–$550 Sliding Scale (includes audio guided meditations and resource materials)
Facilitator: Lin Ong, MBCT certified trainer
Venue: Avebury House, 9 Eveleyn Cousins Avenue, Richmond
To Register: Email info@livemindful.nz
(Classes begin only if there are 10 or more participants)
NORTHLAND
MOVING INTO MINDFULNESS
A 3-day silent Mindfulness Retreat
Tushita Hermitage, Peria Valley
Friday, 8 February – Monday, 11 February 2019
Wisdom cultures have always understood the importance of taking time to go on retreat, in natural and harmonious environments, to replenish energy, calm and harmonise our minds and bodies, and listen to the wisdom of our own hearts. Join me in an unusually beautiful and supportive setting, for a blend of mindfulness meditation and qi gong mindfulness-in-movement practices, and start the new year feeling relaxed and renewed.
Qi gong is designed to improve the flow of energy in the body, create vitality and concentrate the mind. The qi gong practices we will learn include a lovely flowing moving form (from the Shibashi part i form). They are all practices you can take away and use at home to relax and revitalise your body and mind.
The retreat is suitable for those new to mindfulness and qi gong, and those with experience.
When: 8 – 11 February 2019
Where: Tushita Hermitage, Peria Valley, Northland (please note that we can arrange picks-ups from and to Kerikeri airport)
Cost: $320 PLUS dana for the teaching. The set fee includes fabulous vegetarian meals, simple shared accommodation and tuition, guidance and input from an experienced facilitator. (There are limited numbers of single rooms – $380)
Facilitator: Rachel Tobin
For More Information and to Make a Booking:
http://www.theartofmindfulness.co.nz/tushita-hermitage/
COROMANDEL
BEING PRESENT –
THE PRACTICE OF MINDFULNESS
A 7-day Silent Retreat led by Stephen Archer
Te Moata Retreat Centre, Tairua
January 2019
Mindfulness is an orientation to life through feeling-awareness of our natural state, moment by moment. It is developed through simple meditation practices which involve stilling the restless mind, relaxing the body and softening into the feeling of being. Mindfulness invites us to deepen self-awareness and liberate our attention to be more fully and joyfully in the present moment. The process of mindful awareness makes use of the inherent ability of our mind and body to re-balance and sustain well-being, and discover positive new perspectives, solutions and responses to the challenges of life.
This retreat is held in the beautiful and tranquil environment of a Coromandel nature sanctuary and meditation centre (see www.temoata.org). It consists of group sessions along with free time for retreatants to move with their own rhythm. Daily sessions include instruction in the practice of mindfulness and sitting and walking mindfulness meditations. This retreat is suitable for people who are new to the practice as well as those with previous experience of mindfulness.
Dates: The seven-day fully-residential retreat will begin with a meal at 6.00pm on Friday, 4 January 2019 and finish in the early afternoon of Friday, 11 January 2019.
Cost: Registration $550 (covers food and accommodation only) plus dana/koha payment for Stephen (please offer your koha payment at end of retreat).
To register: Go to http://temoata.org/events/nyanaviros-summer-meditation-retreat/ or contact Stephen at stephenarcher@mindfulness-training.co.nz or ph. 027 435 6352.
DUNEDIN
MONDAY MEDITATIONS
TO BRING PEACE AND COMPASSION TO OURSELVES,
OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR WORLD
Every other Monday
We will have a guided meditation, reading, cuppa and discussion.
When: Every other Monday from 7.00pm – 8.30pm. Next one 19 November.
Where: Alexander McMillan Room, Dunedin Community House, 283–301 Moray Place, Dunedin
Facilitators: This group operates as a Sangha (group/community) supporting each other. Current co-leaders are Ngaire, Rob, Kovido and Suraya
Suggested Koha: $5 to cover room rental, tea, etc
Contacts: Please email Kovido at kovidomaddick@gmail.com or ph 027 357 2884 or Rob Tiger at robtiger@gmail.com or ph 021 248 2183 or join our mailing list at mindfulnessdunedin.co.nz
KERIKERI
MONTHLY WALK-IN SITTING GROUP
Wednesday Evenings
Dates: Wednesday evenings, 30 January and 27 February 2019
Time: 5.30pm – 6.15pm
Where: Baha’i Centre, 480 Kerikeri Road, Kerikeri
Facilitator: Sitara Morgenster
Suggested Koha: $5
No booking required.
For Further Information: See Sitara’s website at https://www.preciousattention.com/events/
RANGIORA
NORTH CANTERBURY MINDFULNESS PRACTICE GROUP
RANGIORA
• This will be an opportunity to join with others and practise mindfulness together; to be part of a mindfulness community.
• It is often a struggle to stay motivated to practise on your own, so coming along regularly to a practice group can support your ongoing practice of mindfulness.
• It will provide a forum to ask questions related to your practice and deepen your experience.
• There will be a format that will involve a guided practice and some time to share and enquire into our practice in a safe and supportive environment.
Where: Rangiora
When: For current dates: See https://mindfulnessnorthcanterbury.wordpress.com/upcoming-courses-and-events/
Cost: TBA
Facilitator: Kate Brandram-Adams RN(MH) Registered Mindfulness Teacher at Mindfulness North Canterbury.
For More Information: Visit website at https://mindfulnessnorthcanterbury.wordpress.com/offerings/ or email Kate on kate@mindfulnessnc.nz
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MINDFULNESS-BASED STRESS REDUCTION (MBSR)
8-WEEK COURSE
RANGIORA
Starts April 2019
- This follow-up to the introduction course takes you deeper. It is for anyone who wants more immersion and aspires to making mindfulness an ongoing part of their life.
- MBSR is the research-based course that has been taught around the world for over 30 years.
- This course is specifically designed for anyone who wants to reduce work, family or health-related stress, bring a greater sense of balance and meaning to their lives and manage challenges more skilfully.
- Mindfulness of the body, mind and emotions will be expanded on. The eight weeks will allow practice to become part of your life and for the practices to make changes to the brain.
Where: Rangiora
When: Starts 2 April, 2019 for 8 consecutive Tuesday evenings and a day retreat on a Sunday (TBA).
Cost: $550 (includes 27 hrs of mindfulness teaching with a Registered Mindfulness Teacher, course book and meditation recordings to keep).
Facilitator: Kate Brandram-Adams RN(MH) Registered Mindfulness Teacher at Mindfulness North Canterbury
To Find Out More: Visit the Mindfulness North Canterbury website https://mindfulnessnorthcanterbury.wordpress.com/mbsr-2/
To Register: Email Kate on kate@mindfulnessnc.nz
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SUMMER MINI MINDFULNESS RETREAT
RANGIORA
3 February, 2019
This mini retreat is for everyone! It is also a great way to reconnect with your practice after the holidays…
- No experience of mindfulness training and want to get a taster of what a retreat can offer?
- Have an ongoing practice and want to experience the benefits of practising with other like-minded people, be guided and supported with silence?
The mini retreat is a gentle way of experiencing retreat work. An opportunity to take some time away from technology and the “To do list”, slow down, listen deeply, nourish yourself and inquire into your experience with fresh eyes.
You will be guided through a variety of mindfulness practices, supported with silence in a beautiful setting.
It will be about experiencing and practising mindfulness in different ways rather than learning about the theory.
Where: Rangiora
When: Sunday, 3 February (2.00pm – 5.00pm)
Cost: $45
Facilitator: Kate Brandram-Adams RN(MH) Registered Mindfulness Teacher at Mindfulness North Canterbury
To Find Out More: Visit the Mindfulness North Canterbury website https://mindfulnessnorthcanterbury.wordpress.com/upcoming-courses-and-events/
To Register: Email Kate kate@mindfulnessnc.nz
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MINDFUL SELF-COMPASSION WORKSHOP
RANGIORA
February – March, 2019
Being more compassionate to ourselves has been found to:
- Increase our resilience to and cope with stress, difficult emotions and life circumstances.
- Prevent burnout and compassion/carer fatigue.
- Increase wellbeing.
This workshop is based on the cutting-edge work by Dr. Kristin Neff who has pioneered research into the benefits of living with more self-compassion and developed with Chris Germer the programme Mindful Self-Compassion. It will cover the following:
- Why we need more self compassion
- What it is and what it isn’t!
- How to practise and cultivate self-compassion in your life.
- Benefits and research.
Where: Rangiora
When: Feb/March 2019 (Dates and time to be confirmed)
Cost: $75
Facilitator: Kate Brandram-Adams RN(MH) Mindfulness North Canterbury
For Details: https://mindfulnessnorthcanterbury.wordpress.com/offerings/intro-mindful-self-compassion/
To Register and Find Out More: Email Kate on kate@mindfulnessnc.nz
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WELLINGTON AND KAPITI
THE ART OF MINDFULNESS
KAPITI
A 1-day Silent Mindfulness and Qi Gong Retreat
Saturday, 23 February 2019
Take a day out in a lovely garden setting in Thorndon, to tap into the power of the now and rediscover your inherent OK-ness. In this silent retreat we use sitting/walking mindfulness practices and simple movements from qi gong (chi kung) to explore the experience of being present and to open to a still place of moving and being.
Benefits
- Sitting and walking mindfulness meditation practice
- Qi gong warm-ups to stretch and energise your body
- A guided qi gong self-compassion meditation
- Some qi gong sequences that you can practise at home.
Who is this retreat for?
- All levels – suitable for both beginners, and
- For those with experience in mindfulness meditation and qi gong (chi kung).
When: Saturday, 23 February (10.00am – 4.30pm)
Where: Lotus Centre, Paraparaumu
Facilitator: Rachel Tobin
Cost: $95. Please bring food to share for lunch. Teas and coffee, and morning and afternoon teas are provided.
For More Information and to Make a Booking:
http://www.theartofmindfulness.co.nz/retreats/
NOW, In this MOMENT
Paraparaumu, Kapiti
A 7-week Mindfulness Course for Children
Wednesdays, 27 February – 10 April
Mindfulness practice has helped millions of adults learn a more resourceful response to the stresses inherent in being human.. Children too, who are under great pressure from peers, social conditioning, media and the internet, can learn to protect themselves by using these well-researched tools, when those mindfulness tools are adapted to younger age groups.
Benefits for your child
- Reduced stress and anxiety
- An increased sense of calm and wellbeing
- Improved attention span, and focus
- Greater understanding of the relationship between thinking and feelings in the body
- Higher degree of self-management and self-responsibility
The course fee includes access to short mindfulness recordings. It is essential that parents have a commitment to doing practice with their child during the weeks between lessons. Each week an e-mail will be sent to you with the activities for the week and an explanation of what we covered in the lesson, so your child can be supported daily in what they are learning.
There is no dogma or belief system to adopt in mindfulness meditation.
Who is this retreat for?
- 8 – 11 year old children
When: 27 February – 10 April
Where: Lotus Centre, Paraparaumu
Facilitator: Rachel Tobin
Cost: $120 per child. (Parents encouraged to attend at least some sessions.)
For More Information and to Make a Booking:
http://www.theartofmindfulness.co.nz/children/
NATURAL EASE
Thorndon
A 1-day Mindfulness and Movement Retreat
Saturday, 6 April 2019
Experience more ease and vitality in your day-to-day life! Join me for a day to explore and practise a more natural state of being. During the day, much of which will be in silence for participants, we will alternate mindfulness meditation with awareness through movement work (from the Feldenkrais method), to access the benefits of being fully present. This also benefits posture and ease of movement. We will also include some simple stretches and movements to warm and energise the body.
Benefits
- Replenish your energy and vitality
- Nourish your wellbeing and mental health
- Enjoy the benefits of giving your mind a rest from over-thinking
- Wake up your awareness and tap into the power of NOW.
Who is this retreat for?
- All levels – suitable for both beginners, and experienced practitioners
- Anyone who wants to experience more ease and vitality in their day-to-day life.
When: Saturday, 6 April (10.00am – 4.30pm)
Where: 31 Hobson Crescent, Thorndon
Facilitator: Rachel Tobin
Cost: $100. Please bring food to share for lunch. Morning and afternoon teas and snacks will be provided.
For More Information and to Make a Booking:
http://www.theartofmindfulness.co.nz/retreats/
