It is okay to miss one session (other than the first session) but if you know in advance you will be missing more than one we would advise waiting until you can attend the whole course. We will always try our best to catch you up with a call if you miss one.

The course is suitable for total newbies to meditation and mindfulness but also to experienced practitioners looking to deepen their practice or have the support of group learning.

We understand speaking in front of a group can be some people’s worst nightmare. There will be no pressure to speak each week, however, as you get to know the group better you may begin to feel more comfortable. There will be opportunities to talk in smaller groups of one or two as well throughout the course.

All of the sessions will be held in the main hall of Crantock Village Hall. This space is wheelchair accessible and there is a accessible toilet close by the space.

The max number of participants will be 12 and minimum number 5.

The course is very experiential, which means we learn mainly through meditating together and sharing experiences of the practice in a particular way guided by the teacher, called enquiry. There will be opportunities to share with the whole group and in pairs and groups of three. There is no pressure to share every week, it is just as valuable to listen at times.

You can still take part in the course if you are on medication but please let us know about this. It may be wise to consult your doctor or therapist before taking part if you are concerned.

- To join the online course you will need a laptop, desktop computer or Ipad to join to sessions on Zoom from a quiet space where you can close the door or have headphones in so other people in the room can't hear what is being spoken into the group. This is to maintain a sense of confidentiality.

- You may want to invest in a yoga mat and meditation cushion or bench for the sessions at some point and to practice with at home. However, you can use ordinary household cushions or a chair to sit on too and do the yoga movements on a rug or carpeted floor. We will talk you through all this before and during the course.

- You will also need a device you can listen to the recorded meditations through such as a smartphone or music player or computer.

If you have any questions or need tech support to join please don't hesitate to ask.

Absolutely. The mindful movement can be done on a chair or on the floor. If you are unsure or have particular accessibility needs please get in touch and we will do our absolute best to support you.

There will be meditations where we lie down on the floor, sit on the floor or a chair and also mindful movement practices such as walking and mindful yoga (which can be done in a chair too).

The practices and methods taught in the program are deeply rooted in the ancient Buddhist practice of mindfulness meditation. However, the course itself is not religious as the course creators wanted to draw out the profound mental training methods from traditional mindfulness meditation and make them accessible to anyone, no matter what religious background or belief system. The Finding Peace Curriculum is also strongly influenced by modern psychology, neuroscience and pedagogy.

This course is based on the best-selling book Finding Peace in a Frantic World by Mark Williams and Danny Penman. Chris Cullen and Mark Williams from the University of Oxford developed a way of offering an 8-week mindfulness course in mainstream, everyday settings that uses the framework of this book.

It introduces mindfulness and provides teaching support for developing

a personal mindfulness practice, and invaluable resources. It is being taught in community settings, higher education settings, and in workplaces all over the world. Since January 2013 it has been taught to parliamentarians and their staff in the UK Houses of Parliament.

The 6 week Finding Peace in a Frantic world book is a lighter version of MBSR with shorter sessions and meditation home practice suggestions. This makes the Finding Peace Course ideal for beginners of those for whom the time commitment of the MBSR course makes it undoable.

Absolutely, mindfulness is a great support for pregnancy, birth and parenting. Katie is pregnancy yoga trained and found mindfulness invaluable during her own pregnancy and birth.