Highland Mindfulness Group

8-week Compassion Course on Zoom

Would you like to develop more compassion in your life?
Compassion can be defined as the ability to recognise the suffering of ourselves and of others and take action to help. It is a tangible expression of love for those who are suffering that motivates people to go out of their way to relieve the physical, mental, or emotional pains of others and themselves. 

Join Rhona Mackenzie and Jan Grigg for this new course which is suitable for people who have undertaken an 8-week beginners course and/or have a regular meditation practice.
We’ll explore themes including self-criticism and self-compassion, as well as compassion and our common humanity with a programme of guided meditations, discussions in breakout rooms, poetry and mindful movement.

Dates
We ran this course August – October 2023. If you would like to be notified when we schedule the next course, please email us on highlandmindfulness@gmail.com.

Course Aims

1. To recognise suffering in ourselves as well as others.
2. To acknowledge uncomfortable feelings aroused (e.g. fear, distress) so that we remain open to and accepting of suffering.
3. To understanding the universality of suffering in human experience.
4. To develop the motivation to alleviate suffering and to take action.

Course Outline

• Session 1 – Connecting with our bodies and our innate sense of compassion
• Session 2 – Self compassion and the self-critic
• Session 3 – Appreciation
• Session 4 – The Antidote(s)
• Session 5 – Consolidation – what feels safe and secure
• Session 6 – Being with the inner critic
• Session 7 – Widening the circle of compassion
• Session 8 – Developing compassion in our lives

COST
£125 / Concessions / Payment by instalments.
Includes access to the meditation recordings from each session.

COURSE FACILITATORS

Jan Grigg is a fully qualified, experienced Mindfulness teacher having trained and then tutored with the Mindfulness Association. Having practiced meditation and yoga for over 30 years, she gained a Masters in Mindfulness studies from the University of Aberdeen in 2013. With over 20 years’ experience as a Biology/Science teacher, Jan has also researched, written and trialled mindfulness courses in a wide variety of settings from schools and businesses to NHS professionals and Armed Forces personnel, families and Veterans. She is a CEO of Mindful Forces which aims to bring mindfulness training to the Armed Forces community and Emergency Services personnel. She enjoys running mindfulness courses and retreats, as well as mentoring new teachers. Jan has been teaching Mindfulness courses since 2010 and joined the team at HMG in 2020.

Rhona Mackenzie is an NHS accredited Mindfulness teacher, clinical hypnotherapist, EMDR and Emotional Freedom Technique practitioner. Underpinned by 30 years’ experience within mental health nursing and health visiting in the NHS. She has been teaching with the Highland Mindfulness Group since 2018 including beginners, Insight and Compassion courses. Together with Jan Grigg, she developed the Kindfulness course in 2021.
She is also the owner of The Butterfly Effect EFT where she offers a blend of emotional wellbeing therapies to promote positive change and self-healing.