An 8 Week Course written by The Minded Institute
- Do you suffer with stress, anxiety or depression & want some tools to regulate your nervous system & emotions?
- Do you want to feel more connected to yourself and to life?
- Do you find movement empowering and satisfying?
This could be the course for you
In Person - Mind & Sole, Alnwick
Wednesdays 6 - 8 pm
4, 11, 18, 25 October, 8, 15, 22, 29 November 2023
Investment in You - The standard price for this course is £200 (as recommended by it's creators The Minded Institute), but I'm offering a big discount for early birds before 20 September 2023
Early Bird standard £160
Early Bird concessions £100 (for low household income)
Venue: Mind & Sole, Wagonway, Alnwick, NE66 1QQ
More About the Course
This crazy world is placing increasing challenges in our way and it’s even more important to look after our mental as well as our physical health. This is an evidence-based course drawing on solid research in neuroscience and psychotherapy and lovingly compiled by Heather Mason - The Minded Institute. It has been taught and evaluated many times. I have received specific training in teaching this course as part of my Yoga Therapy Diploma.
Crafted with tools and knowledge to support you in being your own best teacher and life-long supporter. It offers a holding space for you to explore Yoga Therapy tools that can open doors to more resilient ways of being.
We will practice yoga-based movements, breath, sound, mindfulness & relaxation. Practice is the key word. It’s the practice that creates and anchors changes in our nervous system and in our view of ourselves in the world.
Each week has a theme taking us on a rich journey which layers the learning about how to shift our nervous system from overload back into balance.
Including, regulating our breath, mindfulness of the body, understanding our emotional well-being through listening to our body, reducing rumination and adapting to the patterns of our mind to awaken more helpful ways of thinking and being.
It empowers us with psychoeducation. So we understand the 'why' behind what we are doing.
Each session will include:
- A short introduction to the weeks theme which is woven through each session
- Yoga postures & sequences (with variations to suit different bodies) – 1 hr 10 mins
- Breathing techniques
- Relaxation
- An activity exploring different Yoga or Mindfulness techniques
- Time for sharing
- Psychoeducation - the 'why'
The course is accompanied by a comprehensive manual with explanations of the practices and the underlying science for those who want more detail. There are also weekly reflections and ideas for home practice. Weekly audios are provided to support you on this journey.
The 8 week course is suitable for people experiencing stress, anxiety and depression. You don’t need any prior Yoga experience.
Once you have expressed an interest, I will arrange an initial phone call with you, so I can check that the course will meet your needs and give you a chance to ask any questions. If you decide to go ahead, I will ask you to fill out an intake form. This is essential to ensure I can look after and support you during the 8 weeks.
The Benefits of a Mind-Body Approach
Research, as well as centuries of anecdotal evidence, point to the benefits of mindfulness and therapeutic yoga for helping stress, anxiety and depression.
We need an approach that invites wholeness, not separation. If we fixate on just the mind, the body is constantly hijacking the progress we make with the mind. If we focus on just the body and breath, we miss out on the minds ability to understand and appraise situations. Working with both together and indeed our whole person, we create a natural synergy that can bring long-lasting transformation.
Sally is a Yoga Therapist trained with The Minded Institute who created the course. She is currently continuing her training with The Minded Institute in Yoga Psychotherapy.
She draws on over 22 years experience of teaching Yoga, Mindfulness & Compassion, her personal journey of healing her own trauma, anxiety and depression and her study into science and practice of Yoga as a healing modality.
She regularly offers specialist mental well-being courses (including chair based ones) in organisations in the North East of England: Sunderland Recovery College, Amble Women's Workshop, Northumberland Recovery College, Tyneside Women’s Health, NIWE, Cygnus Support & Mentoring, the Road to Recovery Trust and Mind & Sole Alnwick.
Her career began as an Information Scientist and then a Community Education Worker/Women’s Support Worker, before finding her vocation as a Yoga and Meditation teacher in 2001. She has done full training courses in Hatha Yoga, Anahata Yoga (500 hr), Scaraveilli-Yoga and Lakshmi Voelker Chair Yoga.
Sally runs regular Mindfulness and Compassion courses and weaves its insights and practices through her Yoga. She has completed 4 years of training with the Mindfulness Association as well as International Compassion teachers, Paul Gilbert, Kristin Neff and Chris Germer. She adheres to the Good Practice Guidelines.
For more information about Sally's training and qualifications read more …
