Reduce stress and anxiety
Improve sleep
Reduce overthinking
Increase self-acceptance
Reduce anxiety, improve sleep and increase self-acceptance with mindfulness.
Mindfulness and Meditation courses in Dunedin with certified mindfulness teacher, Kovido Maddick. All courses and workshops include downloadable guided mindfulness meditations and a 46-page guidebook and a money back guarantee.
“Thank goodness I came across Mindfulness Works. I have learnt so much in a year and am the happiest, authentic and content I have ever been. Learning acceptance without judgement as been an eye opener for me. I’m continuing my journey of self compassion and feel excited and hopeful for my future, but am grateful of the now and who I am today…” — Rebecca Young
Mindfulness is an evidence based practice, with proven benefits for your wellbeing
“The research tells us that practising mindfulness does have some benefits for mental health wellbeing and for managing depression and anxiety.” — Dr Grant Blashki GP – Beyond Blue.
Reduced stress, anxiety and worry.
Evidence shows that mindfulness meditation reduces stress and anxiety.
Get better sleep.
Improve your sleep with mindfulness and meditation. The more relaxed you are, the easier it is to sleep well.
Feel better about yourself and your life.
Mindfulness increases your capacity to feel joy, contentment, self-love and self-acceptance.
Improve your relationships. Be less reactive.
Learn to respond, rather than react. Lessen tensions in all your relationships and increase your ability for calm and clear communication.
Grow your resilience. Bounce back quicker.
Increase the capacity of your emotional and mental tank. Be more flexible with life’s challenges and develop greater mental fitness, which allows you to bounce back quicker.
Increase your wisdom, insight and emotional intelligence
Reframe your life experience so you see opportunities for greater freedom, joy and meaning rather than a continual slog.
“I am so glad I did the course and would recommend it to everyone.” — Rosie Smith
Why choose this mindfulness and meditation course
“Mindfulness helps you to keep your thoughts in the present moment. As you practice, you tend to get better at calming the mind and keeping things in perspective.” — Dr Grant Blashki GP, Beyond Blue.
4 week in-person course.
Enough time to practise between classes and experience the benefits of mindfulness.
No risk money-back guarantee.
If you attend all classes and don’t feel you have received any benefit, you are entitled to a full 100% money-back refund.
Exclusive 46-page e-guidebook.
Receive our exclusive 46-page e-book with articles, inspiration and assignments.
Over 25 guided mindfulness meditations for you to keep.
You receive a selection of over 25 fully downloadable and streamable guided mindfulness meditations to keep for life.
No religion. No dogma. No funny positions.
This course is practical and fun with no religious elements. The language used is clear and modern. We sit in chairs.
Experienced and well-supported teachers.
Receive guidance from experienced mindfulness teachers who have received our teacher training and partake in ongoing professional development.
“Since doing this course, I have been sleeping much better, I feel much more in control of my emotions, I have enjoyed ‘noticing’ my own state, but also it has transferred to everything around. This means I am re-enjoying many things that I had been taking for granted.” — Sandy Good
Facilitated by Mindfulness Works certified teacher, Kovido Maddick
Kovido Maddick
Kovido has been teaching Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction programmes since 1996. He is a certified teacher and coach with Mindfulness Works whose courses he has taught for 10 years. He is co-facilitator of the Dunedin Men’s group and is a Hakomi Graduate.
Although his training is primarily Buddhist he is very eclectic, drawing on the wisdom of many different traditions and contemporary teachers including Rumi, Osho, Ajahn Chah, Ram Dass, Jeff Foster and Thich Naht Hanh. Probably his greatest teachers have been his two foster children, Mason and Savannah, who could take him from love, joy, delight to rage and frustration and despair on a daily basis.
For many, many years, Kovido tried to get enlightened, improve himself, get better at meditation but constantly failed. Gradually his focus has changed to more self-acceptance, trusting his own intuition and being with life as it is on this wonder-full and mysterious journey as a human being.
Recently he walked the Camino de Santiago, an ancient pilgrimage route in Northern Spain, which has greatly affected his attitude to meditation practice and life.
“That no matter what is going on in my life and I can come back to meditation and mindfulness and it will calm things down.”
“I learnt how important it is to take the time to practice Mindfulness and Meditation as a form of selfcare.”
“Daily meditation is very helpful.”
“Big concepts presented in small attainable ways.”
Thursday, 13 February – Thursday, 6 March
Four Thursday Evenings
7.00pm – 8.00pm
Facilitator: Kovido Maddick
Dunedin Community House
43 Princes Street
Dunedin
Money-Back Guarantee on this Course
“I feel calmer. I am able to use techniques when my triggers go off. Using the meditation at night has allowed me to get a better night’s sleep.” — Sue Mathew
Course outline
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.
“Using mindfulness to help me better manage unrelenting anxiety, obsessive worrying & sadness. I have found that using the apps is helpful when having a stressful day, & I intend to keep practicing daily. Thank you.” — Cecily Wilson
Over 40,000 people have completed the Mindfulness Works Introduction to Mindfulness and Meditation Course
“Huge reduction in anxiety, calmness of mind and body and empowerment over my symptoms.” — Jo Kirwan
Other mindfulness and meditation training offered by Kovido
“The course was very relaxed and friendly, and full of useful practical advice that recognised the limits to time that everyone faces. Also I liked the mix of people attending, with a range of different reasons for being there.” — Rosie Cree
“Since doing this course, I have been sleeping much better, I feel much more in control of my emotions, I have enjoyed ‘noticing’ my own state, but also it has transferred to everything around. This means I am re-enjoying many things that I had been taking for granted.” — Sandy Good
“The course guidebook was a useful guide and very informative. I also enjoyed the formal practice and the way different strategies were explained.” — Linda Daniell
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 one hour 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.
Who is it suitable for?
This course is suitable for any of the following:
- 18-year-olds and over
- Beginners
- People who have never meditated or practised mindfulness before
- People who have just started meditating or practising mindfulness.