Mindfulness Drop-In Group

Crawley Down Health Centre
Wednesdays, 12-1pm
FREE 3 Session Evaluation (Pre-registration required)

Give yourself permission to escape the 'doing' and busyness in your day, and join us for an hour of learning how to better manage the stress in your life through connecting with your sense of 'being' and living your life more fully in the present moment.

Our ability to connect with our sense of 'being' is, for many of us, an alien experience. Modern life has encouraged us to disengage from the grounded stillness of the present moment and inclines us to operate mostly from our heads. This heady place, creates a sense of urgency, pre-occupation, distraction, rumination and disconnection from ourselves, others and the world around us. No wonder so many of us feel stressed
and anxious for so much of our lives.

As a participant of our Mindfulness drop-in group, we will explore the ways in which you can learn how to disconnect from your judging and thinking mind with choiceful and compassionate awareness.

You will be guided through principal mindfulness meditation practices, followed by an opportunity to share experiences and explore how the learning can be applied
to everyday life. Participants are not required to talk in the group if they prefer to be silent.

The experiential focus of the group offers each of us the chance to learn from direct and shared experience. One of the greatest benefits of being in a group in this way is
the realisation that we are not alone in our struggle; that our way of experiencing is common to us all.  This can offer a sense of relief and self acceptance - a place from
which change and healing can take place.

Mindfulness helps us to develop the skill to become more present in our lives and to choose our responses to challenges instead of being hijacked by our reactions. 
When we learn to let go & accept what we cannot change, with compassion and kindness, we can experience relief, clarity & well-being.