4 WEEK IN-DEPTH COURSE DELIVERED FOR THOSE WITH SOME MINDFULNESS AND MEDITATION EXPERIENCE DELIVERED LIVE VIA ZOOM

COURSE LIMITED TO 20 PEOPLE

• Learn how to create and sustain a daily meditation practice
• Receive an email copy of a guidebook with articles, exercises and a reading list to keep (PDF)
• Discover and practice the 3 critical components of human well being – Safety, Security and Connection
• Learn how the brain can rewire itself and how you can use this to experience greater levels of relaxation and self-acceptance
• Get guided meditations and informal mindfulness practices aimed at reducing striving, relating to others and accessing inner calm

A UNIQUE APPROACH — SAFETY, SATISFACTION AND CONNECTION

The Mindfulness 2.0 course is an innovative approach to mindfulness and meditation. The course is based on your own experiential learning, core formal meditation, personal development practising with others, and the core components of well-being, safety, satisfaction and connection.

SAFETY — Understand and feel what it is like to be OK with your experience, even in difficult times. Learn to rely more and more on your own presence for your own well-being.

SATISFACTION — Realise you are OK – just as you are, even if your mind is saying something different. Discover the real benefits and joys of a regular formal meditation practice.

CONNECTION — Feel connected to something bigger than yourself and feel greater intimacy with yourself, life and with other people.

LEARN TOOLS TO DEVELOP A REGULAR MEDITATION PRACTICE: Support your intention for a regular meditation practice with practical suggestions and with a group of like-minded individuals.

4 x 60 MINUTE CLASSES: Enjoy a full hour of class time, including more guided meditations.

EXCLUSIVE GUIDEBOOK PDF: Receive an emailed PDF our exclusive mindfulness guidebook to keep. This includes weekly assignments, lots of articles and a reading list.

A UNIQUE AND INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO MINDFULNESS: Learn practical and effective ways to promote feelings of safety, satisfaction and connection in your life.

EXCLUSIVE COURSE DESIGNED BY GLENDA IRWIN FOR MINDFULNESS WORKS: Mindfulness 2.0 has been designed by senior Mindfulness Works facilitator, Glenda Irwin. Glenda has brought her experience, qualifications and passion as a mindfulness educator, business woman, coach and parent to create this powerful and unique course. In particular, Glenda has created the course to:

• Support you in developing a regular formal meditation practice
• Learn and practise practical ways of increasing well-being and feelings of self-acceptance
• Understand the psychology and neuroscience behind mindfulness and its effectiveness
• Create a sense of support with an experienced teacher and like-minded practitioners in the course.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND MINDFULNESS 2.0?

Mindfulness 2.0 has been specifically designed for those with some mindfulness and meditation experience. This means it suits anyone who has any of the following experience…

• Has attended one of our Intro to Mindfulness Courses (not a compulsory requirement)
• Learned to meditate previously (even if it was many years ago)
• Has taught themselves to meditate through books or videos
• Has attended a beginners or introductory mindfulness course
• Knows how to meditate, but struggles with a daily practice.

YOUR COURSE FACILITATOR IS JOHN FLETCHER

“I help people to reduce levels of stress and anxiety by using practical tools of mindfulness. These simple no-nonsense techniques can transform our lives; leading to more balance, growth and inner calm”.

John has been practising and teaching mindfulness for 18 years. He first experienced the benefits of mindfulness when he attended a mindfulness-based pain management programme in Manchester (UK) for his chronic back pain. Inspired by the immediate and longer term benefits he experienced, he trained and became accredited to provide the Breathworks mindfulness programme.

John is a trainer for Mindfulness Works in Tauranga, providing the ‘Introduction to Mindfulness and Meditation’ and ‘Mindfulness 2.0’ courses. Since 2014 he has taught mindfulness in primary and intermediate schools across the Bay of Plenty and Waikato regions. John is an experienced clinical supervisor, coach and speaker, working with individuals, groups and organisations using a mindfulness-based health and wellbeing approach to the areas of community development, disability, education, chronic pain, children and families.

John lives in Tauranga. He enjoys tramping in the wilderness (the wilder the better), reading books and practising Taoist Tai Chi – a moving meditation. He is an instructor for the Taoist Tai Chi Society of NZ.