Instructor

Chris Barker

Mindfulness Teacher

Chris is a registered Mindfulness Teacher and Supervisor who graduated from The University of Exeter in 2020. He leads on Mindfulness at the National Centre for Integrative Medicine (NCIM). He also provides a BAMBA national support group for Mindfulness for Cancer teachers. Chris’s specialism is sharing mindfulness with those living with and beyond a cancer diagnosis or other life-threatening condition. This work extends to family, friends and carers also impacted by the diagnosis. Originally a PE teacher, Chris discovered in 2012 how transformative mindfulness can be when he was a stressed Head of Department in a large secondary school. Seeing how much it had changed his life; he now teaches mindfulness in schools as well as leading international training courses for other teachers to do likewise, via the UK-based Mindfulness in Schools Project.

About this course

  • Target group

    → General Public
    → Therapists
    → Health Care Professionals

  • Learning outcomes

    → Understand how mindfulness principles and practices can change our lives
    → Learn how to respond to thoughts using breathing and grounding techniques to feel more settled
    → Learn to use mindfulness skills to better support yourself

  • Accreditation

    You will receive a Certificate of Completion from the National Centre for Integrative Medicine

Course curriculum

    1. A Welcome from Chris

    2. How to use the e-learning platform

    3. Learning Objectives

    4. Before you start...

    1. Learning Outcomes

    2. Mechanisms of Mindfulness

    3. Paddling or Swimming?

    4. Knocked Off Balance

    5. The Search Engine of our Mind

    6. One Size Doesn't Fit All

    7. Grounding in the Feet

    1. Laying the foundations for the next 8 weeks

    2. Identifying our Intentions

    3. My Journal Through the 8 Weeks

    1. Week 1: Learning Outcomes

    2. Automatic Pilot - Main Session

    3. Sensory Awareness - Tasting Practice

    4. Body Connection

    5. I never promised you a rose garden - Naomi Remen

    6. What is The Habit Breaker exercise?

    1. Week 2: Learning Outcomes

    2. Keeping the Body in Mind - Main Session

    3. Body Scan

    4. Jigsaw Puzzle - Naomi Remen

    5. Pleasant Events Calendar

    6. Poem - A Summer's Day by Mary Oliver

    1. Week 3: Learning Outcomes

    2. Gathering the Scattered Mind - Main Session

    3. Mindful Movement - Connection, Edges, Flow

    4. 3-Step Breathing Space

    5. Unpleasant Events Calendar

About this course

  • £87.50
  • 10h total course length
  • Certificate of completion

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