Mindfulness courses
In this section:
A New Mindful Self Care 6 Week Course
Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT-D)
Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for Life (MBCT-L)
Deeper Mindfulness: Exploring feeling tone frame by frame - 8 Week Course
Living Mindfully in Later Life
A New Mindful Self Care 6 Week Course
This new 6 week course has been specifically developed for staff in healthcare settings. The course aims to teach self-care through mindfulness based strategies that have been proven to increase self-compassion, reduce stress and optimise our wellbeing both at home and at work.
Each session is 1.25 hours with a focus on education regarding self-care and mindful practice. To get the most out of the course, you are encouraged to practise the exercises between sessions.
- Tuesday 11 November 2025, 9:30 to 10:45 am- MS Teams (Concludes Tuesday 16 December 2025)
Email us for an application form at HUBMindfulness@nottshc.nhs.uk
Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT-D) - For anyone who has experience of low mood or depression
The 8 week course of 2 hour sessions is for anyone who is experiencing depression and wishes to enhance their general wellbeing through a greater awareness of automatic patterns of thinking. The course combines mindfulness meditation with cognitive - behavioural therapy exercises which enable us to become more aware of our mind and body and begin to dissolve some of our unhelpful habits of thinking such as critical thinking, worry and rumination.
- Please re-visit this page for a new start date for this course.
Email us for an application form at HUBMindfulness@nottshc.nhs.uk
Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for Life (MBCT-L)
This 8 week evidence-based course, also known as 'Mindfulness for Life' is suitable for anyone interested in learning how mindfulness can improve their wellbeing and resilience through life's difficulties - as well increase their appreciation of what is pleasant and enjoyable.
During the 8 weekly sessions, each lasting 2 hours, you will learn simple but powerful techniques from mindfulness traditions and cognitive therapy. Personal outcomes differ from person to person; however, participants report that the course helps with reducing feelings of stress, anxiety and low mood, improving overall wellbeing, living life with a stronger sense of purpose and ability to cope with difficulty and savouring the positive aspects of life.
The course is taught in a supportive online group.
- Wednesday 30 April 2025, 10am to 12:15pm -MS Teams (Concludes Wednesday 18 June 2025)
Email us for an application form at HUBMindfulness@nottshc.nhs.uk
Deeper Mindfulness: Exploring feeling tone frame by frame - 8 Week Course
This is a new eight-week course of two hour weekly sessions is developed by Mark Williams and colleagues, designed for those who have already completed a mindfulness-based programme and want to explore mindfulness more deeply.
It is informed by recent psychological findings revealing that our understanding of the world is dominated by imagining how we can take action within it, coloured by what is called 'feeling tone'; the sense of how pleasant or unpleasant each moment is for us. Greater awareness of the 'feeling tone' of each moment can support us in getting the most out of our experiences.
During the eight weekly sessions, you will learn meditations that prepare you for, then help you tune in to feeling tone, frame by frame. This provides an opportunity to see more clearly both the tipping points for distress and exhaustion, and also how to flourish by freeing yourself to appreciate life again, even in the midst of difficulty.
- Thursday 9 October 2025, 10am to 12pm - MS Teams (Concludes 27 November 2025)
Email us for an application form at HUBMindfulness@nottshc.nhs.uk
Living Mindfully in Later Life
Later life is a time of many changes, and with them may come feelings of loss, uncertainty and fear. Meditation can offer us opportunities to discover new ways of responding. We can learn to stay steady in the presence of difficulty, to remain open to the opportunities and possibilities of inherent change, and to treat ourselves kindly and with compassion.
During this 7 week course we will learn how to cultivate an appreciation of the richness of life, moment-by-moment, allowing ourselves to live with awareness, joyfully and to the full.
- Tuesday 20 May 2025, 10am to 12pm - MS Teams (Concludes Tuesday 1 July 2025)
Email us for an application form at HUBMindfulness@nottshc.nhs.uk
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