Working Mindfully With Habits

An Eight-Week Graduate Course

Tuesdays 9.45am-11.45am, from September 22nd 2026-November 27th 2026, with a retreat day on Friday November 13th.

Venue: Via Zoom

One definition of addiction is the continuation of a harmful behaviour despite negative consequences. Mindfulness, on the other hand, is the practice of freedom – the ability to make more conscious. skilful choices. In this graduate course, we’ll look closely at how and why habits form, grow and play out in our lives, how we can become more aware of their patterns, and how we can develop our capacity for agency and choice. Whatever your habitual tendencies – from over-eating to over-thinking, self-criticism to blaming others, over-controlling to excessive passivity, drinking, smoking, rage, zoning out, procrastination – all are welcomed to be worked with on this programme. We’ll explore a range of meditation and everyday life practices that help us stay present when the impulse to react habitually arises, as well as strategies for working with habit-inducing thoughts, body sensations, emotions and impulses. We'll also explore creating environments and structures around us that support moving in the direction we really want to go. By learning to pause at moments of high risk for habitual behaviour, connecting with our deepest values and being nurturing, kind and supportive to ourselves, we will train in stepping out of reactivity and into mindful responding.

Cost £295. Book your place on the Graduate Home page

Taught by: Ed Halliwell