Mindfulness Based Living Course for people with long term health conditions with facilitators Catherine Lavelle, Val Gale and Meg Somerville.
Course dates: Fridays from 11am – 12.30pm
1st then 15th, 22nd, 29th May and 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th June 2026
If you have any problems, please contact Daniel (admin) on highlandmindfulness@gmail.com
Introduction
Click here to listen to the Introduction from the course handbook (24 minutes)
Read the Introduction (PDF)
Week 1
Click here to listen to Chapter 1 from the course handbook (16 minutes)
Read Chapter 1 (PDF)
Settling the mind practice by Val (13 minutes)
Week 2
Click here to listen to Chapter 2 from the course handbook (20 minutes)
Read Chapter 2 (PDF)
Body scan by Meg (18 minutes)
Memories of kindness by Catherine (16 minutes)
Week 3
Click here to listen to Chapter 3 from the course handbook (15 minutes)
Read Chapter 3 (PDF)
Settling the mind and body with sound as an anchor by Catherine (23 minutes)
Breathing space by Catherine (12 minutes)
Week 4
Click here to listen to Chapter 4 from the course handbook (30 minutes)
Click here to read Chapter 4 (PDF)
Settling with the breath as an anchor by Val (21 minutes)
Audio recording of mindful movement session by Jan (17 minutes)
You can watch videos by Jacky Seery at the Mindfulness Association:
Stillness through movement (27 minutes) and Selection of short mindful movement videos (5 – 11 minutes each)
Week 5
Click here to listen to Chapter 5 from the course handbook (10 minutes)
Click here to read Chapter 5 (PDF)
Noticing the undercurrent by Val (17 minutes)
Loving kindness for other by Catherine (23 minutes)
Session 6 will be on Friday 12th June
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