We offer daytime and evening Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) courses in Cuckfield, near Haywards Heath, West Sussex. We also offer 'tasters', one-to-one classes and mindfulness training for organisations.
We are currently taking bookings for the following 8-week courses in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). These will be held at The Old School, Cuckfield, near Haywards Heath, West Sussex.
Morning Courses
- For 8 weeks, from Friday 11th May 2012, 9.45am-12.00pm (day retreat Sunday 24th June). NB No class on 8th June, course finishes 6th July. Find out more.
- For 8 weeks, from Wednesday 19th September 2012, 9.45am-12.00pm (day retreat Sunday 28th October). Find out more.
Evening Courses
- For 8 weeks, from Wednesday 19th September 2012, 7.30-9.45pm (day retreat Sunday 28th October). Find out more.
Mindfulness Retreats
We also offer residential mindfulness retreats, suitable for those coming to mindfulness for the first time as well as for those wishing to deepen their practice. Find out more.
Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is a programme for reducing stress that has been widely approved by the international healthcare community. The course we teach is based on the MBSR course developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in the USA, as well as the Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) course developed by Zindel Segal, Mark Williams and John Teasdale at the Universities of Cambridge and Toronto. The two approaches are very closely related.
Rooted in ancient traditions of meditation, MBSR teaches simple ways to cultivate awareness and relate to thoughts and feelings more effectively, and has been used for over thirty years to help with stress and anxiety, chronic health problems, and general well-being. Clinical research has consistently shown that mindfulness is helpful for working with a wide range of conditions, as well as for optimising well-being. The MBCT course is recommended by the National Institute For Clinical Excellence for use in the NHS.
Our MBSR courses are taught by Ed Halliwell. Ed is co-author of The Mindful Manifesto: How Doing Less and Noticing More Can Help Us Thrive In A Stressed Out World and author of the Mental Health Foundation's Be Mindful Report. Ed also writes regularly for The Guardian on meditation and well-being, and blogs for mindful.org. Find out more about Ed.
Watch Ed Halliwell from Mindfulness Sussex talking about mindfulness for the Mental Health Foundation's 'Be Mindful' campaign.
Watch Professor Mark Williams from the University of Oxford talk about mindfulness and stress reduction.To keep in touch with our courses and events, you can sign up to our newsletter here.
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