Mindfulness: Finding Peace in a Frantic World
About the course: This programme is based on the best-selling book, Mindfulness: Finding Peace in Frantic World (‘Finding Peace’ for short).
The course evolved out of Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), but designed for adults in a wide range of contexts, including the general public, workplaces, university students, and school teachers.
‘Finding Peace’ offers a highly accessible, engaging and practical introduction to mindfulness, developing mindfulness skills and how to use them to improve wellbeing and resilience to stress.
How are the sessions structured? The course is offered through eight 90-minutes sessions, taught live online by a highly experienced teacher. The course covers a number of themes, including:
- waking up to the life you have
- gathering the scattered mind
- relating differently to thoughts and worries
- practising kindness
- exploring what nourishes us
In addition to the weekly sessions, you will be set practices to do in your own time between the taught sessions. Practising what you have learned is a key part of the course.
Who is the course for? This course is appropriate for people new to mindfulness, anyone who has tried mindfulness apps or perhaps read a book and wants the structure of a course led by an experienced teacher.
Please note: If you are interested in training to teach mindfulness with the OMF, you must first attend an 8-week Mindfulness for Life course. The Finding Peace course does not meet entry criteria for our teacher training programmes.
Finding Peace in the workplace. We also offer Finding Peace for organisation who would like a shorter programme (compared to the 2.25-hour Mindfulness for Life sessions) as a structured introduction to mindfulness in their settings.
Testimonials
“The mindfulness course was really wonderful. It’s changed my attitude towards myself a lot and the regular practice has completely altered my relationship with my work. I feel a lot better about everything and a lot more able to manage things.”
“I have taken so much away from it both on a personal and professional level.”
“An exceptional programme!”
“This course had made such a difference for my (often very stressful) PhD life here at Oxford!”
“I learnt so much and have such a different perspective on my life and how I should live it now. I find joy in the little things and know I am prepared if things get tough.”
“It was inspirational. All I can say is thank you!”
“I was worried that the course would eat into the time for writing essays on that night of the week, but it let me focus on mindful choice about how to spend my time, which helped me write the essays!”
“This course is really useful for dealing with the cycle of stress and worries that students often experience.”
“Love it. It saved my sanity.”