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Choosing Calm From Dawn Till Sleep
With Derek HillOver the next 4 days, you'll bring a fresh perspective to 4 key moments in your day. Moments which have the power to determine your mood, emotional stability and your levels of stress. It won't require any significant life changes, or an overhaul of your routine. But it will have an immediate impact on your sense of calm, stability and focus. And a lasting impact on your health, stress levels and emotional wellbeing. It only requires you to use one special power: “Your conscious choice” In the actions or activities you invest your attention in. The choice you make when you: 1) Identify ‘your’ morning routine and make it more supportive 2) Intentionally pause to break cycles of stress and seed healthier habits 3) Allow the voice of self-compassion to rise above the inner critic 4) Reflect on reasons to be grateful, rewiring your brain for positivity And through practical examples, we’ll explore how our neurobiology and hard-wired habits and behaviours condition us to react, instead of responding more self-supportively. Each day we'll share short but powerful practices to transform these habits. And we'll embed them more deeply through Mindfulness meditations, in the body and breath. We’ll cultivate self-compassion and gratitude too. This course is ideal if you: - Want to refresh your daily routine and ‘choose’ more moments of calm, stability and focus - Need to know why we struggle with stress and emotional reactivity, even on our ‘good days” - Would like a spark of inspiration for your practice and a mindful nudge towards lasting wellbeing, It’s ideal, if you wish to "choose calm, from dawn till sleep"
Turning daily routines into crucial moments of choice - to bring calm, reduce stress reactivity and rewire your brain for healthier habits.
About this course
Over the next 4 days, you'll bring a fresh perspective to 4 key moments in your day. Moments which have the power to determine your mood, emotional stability and your levels of stress. It won't require any significant life changes, or an overhaul of your routine. But it will have an immediate impact on your sense of calm, stability and focus. And a lasting impact on your health, stress levels and emotional wellbeing. It only requires you to use one special power: “Your conscious choice” In the actions or activities you invest your attention in. The choice you make when you: 1) Identify ‘your’ morning routine and make it more supportive 2) Intentionally pause to break cycles of stress and seed healthier habits 3) Allow the voice of self-compassion to rise above the inner critic 4) Reflect on reasons to be grateful, rewiring your brain for positivity And through practical examples, we’ll explore how our neurobiology and hard-wired habits and behaviours condition us to react, instead of responding more self-supportively. Each day we'll share short but powerful practices to transform these habits. And we'll embed them more deeply through Mindfulness meditations, in the body and breath. We’ll cultivate self-compassion and gratitude too. This course is ideal if you: - Want to refresh your daily routine and ‘choose’ more moments of calm, stability and focus - Need to know why we struggle with stress and emotional reactivity, even on our ‘good days” - Would like a spark of inspiration for your practice and a mindful nudge towards lasting wellbeing, It’s ideal, if you wish to "choose calm, from dawn till sleep"
Meet your Teacher
Derek Hill believes in creating opportunities for genuine connection, with ourselves, nature, and each other. Supporting people to look inwardly, with self-compassion - helping them uncover their inner resources for self-support and purposeful direction in life. He is a mindfulness and compassion teacher, speaker, and coach, accredited by Counselling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body (CPCAB). He teaches 4 to 8-week courses, including Jon Kabat-Zinn's gold standard "Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction." He works with individuals, groups, and organizations to inspire greater happiness, health, and human connection in life and work. Derek's course ‘Waves of Wellbeing and Resilience’ was drawn from both his teaching qualifications, as well his own personal life and professional experiences. He has coached and mentored people for 20 years in high-stress corporate environments, as well as purpose-driven ‘technology for good’ organizations like JustGiving and Farewill, where he spent many wonderful years working with not-for-profit organizations. Derek is sincerely committed to helping others realize their potential, creativity, and fundamental connection to self, others, and the universe. Derek moved to London from his hometown in Dublin. His early life in Ireland colored so much of what he has learned throughout life. Having graduated in creative writing, he always found great inspiration in the books of others, whether fictional, philosophical, or those challenging conventions. Throughout his professional career, where he enjoyed the highs and lows of working abroad, growing businesses, and making a purposeful impact, there was always a pull towards the traditions and philosophies, which inspire his work today. A few life-changing events and an ever-growing personal commitment to meditation practice, finally nudged him to retrain as a mindfulness and compassion teacher, picking up a CPCAB accredited Level 4 qualification, as well as training to teach Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. Derek then redesigned his life around a passion and purpose, so he could sustainably support his health and well-being and that of his family. He founded his company Waking Waves to make this possible and is now on his own mindful mission to share the benefits of mindfulness and compassion with others, so they can too!