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Introducing Mindfulness | Part 1 Of 3 | Paying Attention With Curiosity And Care
With Patrick KozakiewiczThe Introducing Mindfulness course is built on the framework of the original Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) program. It is for use in everyday settings, offering a taste of 3 key MBCT themes and practices, and exploring how these can support us personally and more broadly in our life/work context. Part 1 focuses on the what and how of attention. “Attention is one of my most important resources, but I’ve never valued it before.” (Shannon Harvey from her film “My Year of Living Mindfully”). You can expect to learn: - Learn what mindfulness is and isn’t through an analogy of attention - Explore how we can train our attention to support us in everyday life - Try some short mindfulness practices (research-based) to train our attention and enhance our awareness
The short, practical and experientially-focused evidence-based mindfulness course for everyday life.
About this course
The Introducing Mindfulness course is built on the framework of the original Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) program. It is for use in everyday settings, offering a taste of 3 key MBCT themes and practices, and exploring how these can support us personally and more broadly in our life/work context. Part 1 focuses on the what and how of attention. “Attention is one of my most important resources, but I’ve never valued it before.” (Shannon Harvey from her film “My Year of Living Mindfully”). You can expect to learn: - Learn what mindfulness is and isn’t through an analogy of attention - Explore how we can train our attention to support us in everyday life - Try some short mindfulness practices (research-based) to train our attention and enhance our awareness
Meet your Teacher
Patrick Kozakiewicz is trained, certified, and supervised to teach this course alongside the family of other Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy courses. Over the years, he has taught this Introducing Mindfulness course over 120 times to a total audience of 3000+ while receiving very positive reviews and improvements in key areas around well-being as shown in his participants' pre/post assessments. He believes that by recording this course in this way, we can further the reach of evidence-based mindfulness curriculum and their benefits. He is confident that this course can increase awareness, reduce suffering and enable people to flourish and live more fully.