Mindfulness Based Living Course for people with long term health conditions with Catherine Lavelle and Val Gale from March – May 2025.
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)
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Settling the mind practice (20 minutes) by Catherine (volume is a bit low – sorry)
Settling the mind (first 10 minutes) and then memories of kindness (total length 19 minutes) by Val
Week 2
Click here to listen to Chapter 2 from the course handbook (20 minutes)
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Body scan by Catherine (24 minutes)
Memories of kindness by Val (21 minutes)
Week 3
Click here to listen to Chapter 3 from the course handbook (15 minutes)
Read Chapter 3 (PDF)
Settling, ground, resting with sound by Val (20 minutes)
Week 4
Click here to listen to Chapter 4 from the course handbook (30 minutes)
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Settling with the breath by Val (17 minutes)
Dissolving tension associated with a tension headache by Catherine (30 minutes)
Mindful movement – please have a look at the videos by Jacky Seery at the Mindfulness Association:
Stillness through movement (27 minutes) and Selection of short videos (5 – 11 minutes each)
We will add the meditation recordings and links to the course handbook each week as the course progresses.
Week 5
Click here to listen to Chapter 5 from the course handbook (10 minutes)
Click here to read Chapter 5 (PDF)
Loving kindness for others by Val (20 minutes)
Introduction to the undercurrent and observer model (short talk by Catherine – 9 minutes)
Observing the undercurrent meditation (thoughts, feelings, emotions) by Catherine (30 minutes)
Week 6
Click here to listen to Chapter 6 from the course handbook (17 minutes)
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Short talk (10 minutes) then meditation on noticing the observer by Catherine (22 minutes)
The undercurrent and noticing the attitude of the observer by Val (20 minutes)
Loving kindness for self and others by Val (25 minutes)
Week 7
Click here to listen to Chapter 7 from the course handbook (34 minutes)
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Self-compassion break by Val (7 minutes)
RAIN practice for pain by Catherine (22 minutes)
Week 8
Click here to listen to Chapter 8 from the course handbook (13 minutes)
Click here to read Chapter 8 (PDF)
Sunshine of compassion by Val (20 minutes)
Compassionate body scan by Catherine (20 minutes)
Follow up sessions
Click here to listen to the follow up session on Mindfulness skills for times of difficulty (18 minutes)
Click here to read Mindfulness skills for times of difficulty (PDF)
Living with ease by Val (24 minutes)
Taking in the good by Val (17 minutes)
Highland Mindfulness Group 