COURSE

Learn How To Practise Mindfulness

Practicing mindfulness can benefit us in many ways. Numerous studies show that mindfulness helps to reduce stress, anxiety, and rumination, increase positive states of mind, and improve quality of life. The objective of this course is to inspire, educate, and empower you to deepen your understanding of the how and why of evidence-based mindfulness. These seven lessons will teach you the core mindfulness practices that you can plant in your heart and seamlessly bring into the ordinary routines of your daily living. Simple, empowering, and sustainable. The seven lessons will give you: An understanding of what mindfulness is (and is not) and how it works with: • Clear guidance and instructions on how to practice mindfulness through meditation, and informally in your day-to-day life. • Practical techniques you can use at home on a regular basis. • Opportunities to explore how you can enhance your own self-care and resilience. This course is suitable for absolute beginners as well as those familiar with mindfulness and meditation. Students can also connect with others doing the course and ask questions in our dedicated Insight Timer classroom.

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Meet your Teacher

Dee Hennessy

Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Dee is a master Mindfulness Teacher and Burnout Coach. She loves teaching often over stretched 21st century human beings simple, evidence based ways to better manage stress and to stay away from burnout. It is her joy to be part of a person's journey away from stress and overwhelm towards more clarity, focus and joy in all areas of life Dee likes to describe her work as walking people home to calm. Dee has oodles of qualifications, professional memberships and client endorsements. But Dee's real qualification to develop and teach this course is her own experience of not recognising stress, not knowing what to do, being so stuck that even when she did know she somehow could not be as kind to herself as she more naturally and easily was to others. Dee was a hot mess for a long time. She took the long route back to health and happiness. She is so thrilled that because she has done the heavy lifting her students in this simple introduction to mindfulness course don't have to.

7 Days

522 students

4.9 stars

8 min / day

Presence

English

Lesson 1

The Simple Art Of Mindful Living

Mindfulness is a kind of energy that we generate when we bring our mind back to our body and get in touch with what is going on in the present moment, within us and around us. We become aware of our breathing and come home to our body, fully present for ourselves and whatever we are doing. Ancient practise, modern evidence-based brain training, mirrored beautifully in the natural worlds around us. Balancing being with doing by learning to pause and notice.

Lesson 2

Mindfulness Of Breath

Mindfulness is always mindfulness of something. A great way to being the energy of mindfulness, into our everyday experience is to begin with mindfulness of our breath. It is very simple, but very deep.

Lesson 3

Connecting With The Energy Of Mindfulness With Mindful Walking

Walking in meditation means to walk in such a way that we know we are walking. We become aware of the contact of our feet with the ground, and the flow of our breathing. We set ourselves free from our thinking—our regrets about the past, our fears and anxieties about the future, or our preoccupations in the present. We become 100% present with every step.

Lesson 4

Sitting Meditation

There’s an art to sitting in such a way that we can feel relaxed, at peace and at ease. Sitting meditation is not hard labor. We don’t need to struggle or strive as we sit. We allow ourself to be completely at ease. Our daily life is so busy, and we need time to stop, sit down, and restore ourselves and the quality of our presence.

Lesson 5

Eating Meditation

With the energy of mindfulness, even eating can become sacred. We have a chance to get into deep contact with the miracle of food, and the people surrounding us. Mindfulness allows us to look deeply to see the wonders of earth and sky in what we are eating and drinking. We can see the hard work and all the causes and conditions that have brought it to us in this moment, and gratitude and wonder naturally arise.

Lesson 6

Resting

Many of us are over-scheduled. In 21st century living we re often unwittingly drawn into the cult of 'busy', which raises our stress levels and takes us away from our natural balance between being and doing. of When we can allow ourselves to rest and relax, healing becomes possible. There is no healing without relaxation.

Lesson 7

Balancing Being With Doing

A big challenge for us over busy 21st century human beings is noticing and unhooking from hustle culture. To do this we bring the energy of mindfulness into our ever day by balancing doing with times of being.

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Recent Reviews

Hana

January 7, 2026

I so appreciate your approach to mindfulness Dee - warm, relaxed, gentle and approachable. I feel like I have finished the course with many a wee mindful gems to practice throughout the day too! Thank you kindly 💕

Sherry

October 3, 2025

Wonderful course. So many excellent suggestions and tips. Dee has a way of presenting her guidance and knowledge that brings calming as well as inspiring energy

Hector

June 2, 2025

What I needed. Thank you Hector

Annemiek

March 7, 2025

Thank you Dee for sharing your course 🙏

Sara

December 28, 2024

Helpful and I hoped for a summary at the end. I like your soothing voice and content. Namastai!

Katy

June 17, 2024

This mindful course was beautiful and so inspiring. Ilearned a great deal and have really talents heart the lessons I've learned about incorporating mindfulness into almost anything. The peaceful Irish lilt of the voice was soothing and comforting which helped so much in creating the space to be mindful.

Peter

June 7, 2024

Great short course. Day 6 and 7 were really helpful conclusions, summary and suggestions for new actions that will help build practice. Thanks for your guidance.

Marianne

September 30, 2023

I love the simplicity of this course. Previously, I had myself convinced that sitting still and focusing on my breathing was very difficult for me. Dee has a way of encouraging and promoting calm that changed all that for me. I’m grateful that I found her.

Kaeli

September 21, 2023

Dee is a very calming virtual presence and helped open my eyes to an intro to mindfulness. I will definitely be repeating this course to continue to create these mindful habits, and she has provided lots of helpful tracks on her channel.

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