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Event Description
We are pleased to be offering a short version of the popular Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course over a period of 8 Tuesday morning sessions. These are led by Catherine Nasskau, a trained and experienced mindfulness teacher.
In the course you can learn skills to help reduce stress, anxiety and depression, improve sleep and your overall wellbeing.
Each session will have a different focus:
Session 1 – Exploring what mindfulness actually is, with a body scan meditation for relaxation and a mindful eating exercise to experience how being present can help us enjoy things more.
Sessions 2, 3 & 4 – Learning a range of breathing and other techniques to help reduce stress and cope with difficulties.
Session 5 – Understanding how to step back from our thoughts, reduce overthinking, and tame a busy mind.
Session 6 – Strategies to help manage strong emotions.
Session 7 – Developing self-compassion and finding ways to support ourselves during difficult times.
Session 8 – Bringing it all together with simple tips for incorporating mindfulness into daily life.
It is ideal if you can come each or most weeks as each session builds on the previous one, but it is fine if you need to miss a session as we will always start with a recap of the previous class.
We will also share links to free MP3s of meditations led by Catherine. These can let you practise between sessions and can help you get more from the course.
- Duration: 60 mins x 8
- Online Zoom event: Join from your computer, phone or tablet (a recording will be available)
Meet the Host, Catherine Nasskau
Catherine Nasskau is an experienced and qualified mindfulness teacher who's worked with adults and children for many years, online and in-person. She is committed to helping people of all ages with their mental health, and finds mindfulness an excellent way to do this. She runs the charity Mindful Surrey which offers a range of mindfulness and self-compassion classes. She trained to teach mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) with The Mindful Academy, Spain, and MiSP. She lives with her husband in Surrey and has two grown up sons. Besides meditation, Catherine enjoys theatre, singing, running and travelling.
Read more about Catherine and Mindful Surrey here.
More Information
What if I can’t make the event?
If a recording’s available for the event, you can still register for it and we will send you an email with a link to a recording shortly after it ends.
Will my camera be on and will I be visible to the other people?
Your camera and microphone does not need to be on for you to enjoy the event. The choice about whether to do this is completely yours.
How do I watch the live event?
Rest Less events are hosted on Zoom, a computer application that allows you to attend online events just by clicking a link. For detailed instructions, please go to our "FAQ" page, which you can find a link to in the nav bar at the top of the page.
How do I sign-up for and access the recording? (Recorded events only)
Book the event as normal (as if you are attending live). After the event ends you will automatically receive a post-event email with a link to the recording, as long as the event was recorded. You do not need to do anything else and there is no separate booking process for recordings only. Please note it can take up to 24 hours for Zoom to process recordings.
