
- Introduction to Mindfulness: Understanding the concept, its roots in Buddhism, and the research supporting its benefits.
The Role of the Ego: Learn how the ego influences our thoughts and how mindfulness can help us see thoughts as projections of the ego, not our true self.
Key Concepts of Mindfulness: Awareness (internal and external), non-judgement (of others and ourselves), and living in the present moment.
The Mind-Body Connection: Understanding the influence of physical sensations on our emotions and vice versa.
Mindfulness and Stress: Learn how mindfulness can significantly reduce symptoms of stress, anxiety and other nervous disorders.
Tackling Negative Thoughts: How to notice and change negative thinking and embrace positive imagining.
Mindfulness and Mental Health Conditions: Explore the role of mindfulness in treating conditions like panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive disorder (ODC), depression, and addiction.
- Mindfulness Cycles: Explore the 10-second mindfulness cycles, which include noting, labelling, and savouring experiences.
Seeing, Hearing, and Feeling: Practice mindfulness through visual, auditory, and physical channels.
Body Scan Meditation: Learn this technique to connect with the body and the present moment.
- Cultivating Compassion, Kindness, and Gratitude: Learn to nurture these qualities through mindfulness
Setting Emotional Boundaries: Understand how to set boundaries and tackle situations where the ego comes into play or when someone crosses the line.
Mindful Communication: Learn to communicate mindfully by being present, listening deeply, and speaking authentically.
Mindfulness in Everyday Activities: Learn how to integrate mindfulness into your daily routine.
Mindfulness and Pain Management: Understand how mindfulness can help manage physical discomfort and pain.
Mindfulness in the Workplace: Explore mindfulness as a stress reduction and team-building tool in professional environments
Developing a Daily Practice: Strategies for making mindfulness a daily habit.
Most people quit meditation in the second week, when the novelty has gone and the benefits have not arrived yet.
Eighteen short lessons designed to get you past exactly that point.
What you will cover
Sit for five minutes without checking how long is left
Anchor on the breath when the mind will not settle
Build the habit into a day that is already full
Keep going through the fortnight where it feels pointless
Who this is for
This is for you if you have tried meditation before and stopped, or if you have never tried it because every version you have seen looked like it belonged to somebody with more time and a quieter life than yours.
It is not a retreat, it is not religious, and there is nothing you have to believe. Eighteen short lessons, most of them under six minutes, built to be done in the gaps of a normal week. If you can find five minutes and you are willing to be bored for the first fortnight, that is genuinely all this asks of you.
Grounded Living is the part of my work that has nothing to do with the spiritual side of what I teach. There is no belief required and no framework to buy into. It runs in six steps, and every course names the one that comes next, so you always know where you are and what follows.
Where this sits
The entry point to Grounded Living. No experience assumed.
What to take next
Mindfulness Meditation Certification for the full course.
If you get stuck, message me. I answer every question myself.
A note on promotion
This course contains a promotional element. At the end there is optional material about my other work, free resources and any current offers. It is separate from the teaching, nothing in it is required, and the course is complete without it.