Course Overview: (Part 1): What is Mindfulness
1 Session lasting 2 hours, including breaks
• Understand the course overview, layout and timings
• Understand and identify own expectations/fears/hopes of the mindfulness course
• General knowledge of mindfulness and how this might help with caring role
• How to check in with self
• Understand the 4 steps of mindfulness
• Know what a 5-minute guided meditation feels like
Course Overview: (Part 2): Minding My Thoughts
1 Session lasting 2 hours, including breaks
• Begin to build an awareness around thoughts
• Learn more about the brain and thoughts
• Recognise some unhelpful thinking styles
• Join the dots between thoughts and emotions
• Understand what happens to the brain with strong emotions
• How to use a thought journal
Course Overview: (Part 3): Minding My Body
1 Session lasting 2 hours, including breaks
• Begin to build an awareness around bodily sensation
• Understand about the brain and body responses vs reactions
• More knowledge around how emotions effect the body
• Know tools for mindfully managing our body
• Know what a body meditation feels like
• Know how to mindfully practice everyday tasks
• How to use a body & emotion journal
Course Overview: (Part 4): Loving Kindness
1 Session lasting 2 hours, including breaks
• Describe what loving kindness is
• Mindfully participate in tasks and activities using the 5 senses
• Reflect on what you have learnt over the past 4 weeks
• Describe what it is like to meditate in different ways and environments
• Describe what a loving kindness meditation feels like
• Know how mindfulness has helped so far and what I would like to do next
