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1 to 1 Online & In Person

One to one mindfulness training with Louise will empower you with fundamental mindfulness skills to help bring increased emotional and physical wellbeing so you can lead a more positive and mindful life.

Personal mindfulness training can be adapted to suit your own individual circumstances or interests. It is a great introduction allowing you to experience mindfulness first hand. If you have previous mindfulness experience or feel you have neglected your mindfulness practice this will support you to deepen and revitalise your practice.

Our one-to-one sessions will focus on not only formal mindfulness meditation but on simple mindfulness approaches that you can practice anytime during the day and still reap the benefits of this truly beneficial practice.

You will learn ways to incorporate micro does of mindfulness into your busy schedule so that it becomes a part of your life while supporting you and building resilience to the pressures of daily life.

All our courses, workshops, one to ones include a mixture of tools from MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) , MBCT (Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy) along with scientific mindfulness based neuroscientific  research.

The training will generally last for approximately 6 to 8 sessions, depending on your own circumstances.

You will receive audio practices and notes each week to practice yourself at home outside of the one to one training.

One to one Mindfulness sessions are available both online and in person. This is to ensure that all those interested can safely participate in a way that best suits their own personal circumstances.

Children & Adolescent Mindfulness

Children and adolescents are experiencing stress at unprecedented levels these days especially with the additional barrage of social media in a technologically focused world. Other stressors can be breakdown of relationships with friends and/or family, education, parental separation, death of a loved one. Increasing stress may show up through anger, anxiety, depression, and externalising behaviours as well as lowered self-esteem and self-confidence.

Research suggests that mindfulness-based training may improve students’ ability to tolerate stress and can be incredibly beneficial for children and adolescents for several reasons:

Mindfulness-based practices appeal to children and young people because they are self-management techniques that can be done anywhere at any time and therefore allow them to play a key role in their own growth and self-development.

By integrating Mindfulness into a childs/teenager daily life, the children will develop skills that extend far beyond the classroom, setting a stage for a future filled with confidence and compassion.

Through mindfulness and positive psychology, Louise adapts her lessons plans to suit each age group – see mindfulness for schools below and how mindfulness works for different age ranges.

In summary, Mindfulness is found to be acceptable and well‐liked by both children and teenagers. Mindfulness is likely to have beneficial effects on the emotional wellbeing, mental health, ability to learn and the physical health. Once these methods are learnt and practice, they have an impact fairly quickly, and can fit into and adapt a young person daily life quite easily.

Mindfulness For Schools

Mindfulness for Schools

Louise works with children in school and after school settings from preschool age right up to adolescents as well as working with and coaching primary and secondary school teachers how to practice and teach mindfulness to their students.

By integrating Mindfulness into students daily life, the children will develop skills that extend far beyond the class room, setting a stage for a future filled with confidence and compassion.

Through mindfulness and positive psychology, Louise adapts her lessons plans to suit each age group,

For younger, 4-5-6 years olds we make the lessons short & fun because their attention span can’t engage for too long because their little brains are learning so much.

Older Kids, 7,8,9 years olds. This is a great age for mindfulness and they are very open to it.

Pre-teens, 10,11,12 years olds. Once they get over the giggling, and a little bit of resistance. This age really responds to it.

Secondary school students, many changes are happening for teenagers, hormonally and within their brain development. Mindfulness can help manage the stress of school, peer pressure, exam anxiety, relationships with peers and family members, and other life stressors. 

Working with Teachers, The only way we can teach mindfulness to children is to embody these practices ourselves.  Eg. ‘oxygen mask’ analogy – put on our own oxygen mask first before attending to the child.  As they learn how to practice and self-regulate their own emotions, they can teach mindfulness to children by embodying these practices themselves.

It is not necessary for a schoolteacher to be an expert meditator in order to begin teaching mindfulness to their students. However, their own practice of mindfulness will be invaluable to them, in helping understand and empathise with their pupils’ experiences during mindfulness practice.

Mindfulness is found to be acceptable and well‐liked by both children and teenagers.

Here are some of the many benefits of mindfulness in young people:

• Focus improved.
• Attention levels increased.
• Increase in kindness.
• Patience improved.
• Compassion grew.
• Young people experience more awareness of their body, thoughts and emotions.
• Young people experience less test anxiety.
• Impulse control and interpersonal skills improved.
• Sense of Wellbeing increased.
• Tendency towards worrying decreased.
• Anxiety and stress reduced.
• Reactivity and bad behaviour declined.
• Improvement in sleep quality.
• Enhanced self-esteem.
• Increased calmness and sense of relaxation.
• Greater levels of self-regulation and awareness.
• Enhanced cognitive development and performance skills.
• Greater levels of attention and focus.
• Reduced levels of ADHD behaviour.
• Enhanced sense of connection with nature.
• Improved resilience, confidence, and motivation.
• Increased levels of optimism and positive emotions.
• Decrease in aggression and oppositional behaviour.
• Enhanced social skills.
• Improved academic performance.
• Reduction in negative self-belief.
• Improvements in Executive Function, which is a key predictor of academic success.
• Increases in personal goal achievement.
• Greater trust in friends.
• Reduction in depression and anxiety.
• Improved self-care.
• Decreased substance abuse (in adolescents in clinical setting).

In summary, Mindfulness is likely to have beneficial effects on the emotional wellbeing, mental health, ability to learn and the physical health of school students. Such interventions are relatively cost-effective to introduce, have an impact fairly quickly, and can fit into a wide range of contexts and are enjoyable for pupils and staff.

Family Mindfulness

Louise knows being a parent is the best gift in the world but as a mom of 3, she understands it is one of the hardest things in the world to manage. We are so busy trying to make sure everyone else around us is free from stress and worry.

We forget to manage our own and put ourselves at the bottom of our to do list. We need to step back and look at what are we teaching our kids….is it to put themselves last?

Louise knows all too well about putting herself at the bottom of the list, she reached burn out, exhaustion, stress and daily anxiety until it became too much, and she had to stop and ask herself is this the way I should be feeling? Through methods of mindfulness and positive psychology she realised no it shouldn’t be this hard all the time.

It starts with us if we can’t breathe, how can we help others?  Eg. ‘oxygen mask’ analogy – put on our own oxygen mask first before attending to the child.

We need to be able to self-regulate, manage our own stress, anxiety, and worries. Our kids look up to us, they copy us, the adore us, if they see us practice self-care, self-compassion and kindness through methods of mindfulness and positive psychology, it becomes the norm to them as much as it does to us. As we begin to practice healthy habits ourselves and make then part of our daily lives, we  are also teaching our kids to same.

I seen this quote recently

“just a little reminder that it’s your parents first time living too”

Remember we are doing the best we can, we don’t need to be perfect, we will have good days, we will have awful days but it’s what we learn from them that helps us be the best we can be.

We need to look within ourselves , what are our values and how do we want to be as a parent and not looking at everyone else thinking how I  “should” be as a parent.

By integrating Mindfulness your daily life, you and your children will develop skills that extend far beyond their childhood, you are setting a stage for a future filled with confidence and compassion.

Wellbeing talks, workshops

Wellbeing talks, workshops are tailored to meet the needs of the client whether they are for a corporate client, sports club, community centre, school etc. They are aimed to empower your people with the insights and tools to make positive changes, build healthier habits to enhance their mental health and over all wellbeing.

Just like going to the gym for physical fitness to improve your health and wellbeing we need to take our mind to the gym.

The brain is like a muscle and with continuous mindfulness practice the mindfulness muscle strengthens in the same way as you build any muscle through exercise in the gym.

All our courses, workshops, one to ones include a mixture of tools from MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) , MBCT (Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy) along with scientific mindfulness based neuroscientific research.

Benefits of Mindfulness at Work

Mindfulness at work improves:

• Well-being (stress, burnout, etc. decrease.)
• Focus
• Attention
• Creativity
• Listening
• Single-tasking
• Leadership
• Productivity
• Communication
• Teamwork
• Adaptability
• Stress Reduction
• Vitality
• Health
• Increased empathy for others
• Emotional Intelligence
• Listening
• Relationships
• Problem solving
• Stress levels
• Sleep
• Relationships
• Decision Making
• Emotional Intelligence

Breathwork

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