If you’re new to mindfulness, or you’d like to come back to it after some time out, our 3-week Introducing Mindfulness course gives you a brief taste of mindfulness practice and theory.
Delivered weekly, in this course you’ll explore three core mindfulness themes, each designed to support you in your daily life:
- How to train your attention and how this can fundamentally shape your experiences.
- Learning new ways of being and how this can help support you in any moment
- Recognising the difference between responding and reacting and exploring how this understanding can shape the quality of your life
The group sessions are led by an experienced Oxford Mindfulness teacher and combine learning, experiential mindfulness practices, trying out what’s learned in your daily life, and group discussions.
This is a structured course, with the theme of each session building on the learning and experience from the previous week. You’ll also be invited to continue to practise the sessions’ themes through some ‘home practice’.
“This course was an enriching experience and has given me inspiration I’ve been experimenting with ever since. As a newcomer to the ideas, I arrived feeling a bit intimidated but was instantly put at ease by the tutor’s approach. On signing-up I was mostly looking at starting points for dealing with the challenge, but I was pleasantly surprised by how much I gained around embracing the positive.”
Course participant
Introducing Mindfulness
What to expect on this course
In this course, you’ll be with a group of participants from around the world.
Each of the sessions will include guided mindfulness practices and exercises. These are followed by a discussion about any learning that can be drawn from the experience.
Between each session, you’ll be invited to continue to do some ‘personal practice’ each day – usually for a total of 15-20 minutes. This includes following recordings of guided mindfulness practices and bringing mindfulness into your everyday experiences.
Sessions 2 and 3 include a review of the previous week’s personal practice.
You’ll have access to guided practices and written material to support your learning from each session.
Full course dates
The dates sessions are running for this course are:
Session 1: 30 November 2024
Session 2: 07 December 2024
Session 3: 14 December 2024
What you can do after this course
Once you’ve completed the Introducing Mindfulness course, you might choose to explore mindfulness further through one our 8-week courses: Mindfulness for Life or Finding Peace in a Frantic World.
If you’d like to continue to develop your mindfulness practice, you’re welcome to join our live online meditation sessions with our friendly and supportive global community.
Entry criteria: who can apply for this course?
You can apply for this course if you:
- Are able to speak and understand the English language (both spoken and written) to a level where you can fully take part in the course without the need for additional translation support
- Can attend all 3 sessions
- Have the time and motivation to practise mindfulness each day
- Are over 18 years of age
- Have access to suitable technology (laptop/PC), a strong and stable internet connection, a private space and the technical ability to join an online training programme via Zoom, with your camera on