COURSES & SESSIONS
Drama2Calmer Mindfulness offers 8-week MBSR (Mindfulness-based stress reduction) courses and mindfulness and meditation workshops online and in West Hampstead, North West London.
***Currently all workshops and courses are offered live online via Zoom***
FREE TASTERÂ SESSIONS
Free taster
This workshop is an introduction to mindfulness. It includes some practices and information on the benefits and history of mindfulness and MBSR.
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is an eight-week evidence-based program that offers secular, intensive mindfulness training to assist people with stress, anxiety, depression and pain. It is a practical approach which trains attention, allowing people to cultivate awareness and therefore enabling them to have more choice and take wise action in their lives. It was developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn and his colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Medical Centre in 1979 and it is now taught all over the world.
8-WEEK MBSR COURSE
Mindfulness-based stress reduction
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is an eight-week evidence-based program that offers secular, intensive mindfulness training. It is designed to help participants develop their own mindfulness practice and learn new ways of handling difficult physical sensations, feelings and moods. It was developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn and his colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Medical Centre in 1979 and it is now taught all over the world. It is particularly helpful for people suffering from stress, anxiety, depression and pain.
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The 8-week Drama to Calmer-Mindfulness MBSR course is a highly participatory, supportive, and structured course and offers:
Guided instruction in mindfulness meditation practices
Gentle stretching and mindful movement
Group dialogue and mindful communication and discussion
Exercises to enhance awareness in everyday life
A workbook with daily assignments and home practice materials
A set of Guided Meditations will be made available to the participants for home practice.
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Course content:
Session 1 - What is Mindfulness
There is more right with us than wrong
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Session2 - Perception and creative responding
How we perceive the world and ourselves
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Session 3 - Mindfulness of the Breath and the Body in Movement
There is both pleasure and power in being present
Session 4 - Learning about our Patterns of Stress Reactivity
Wherever you go, there you are
Session 5 - Working with Stress
Mindful Responding instead of Reacting
Session 6 - Stressful Communications
Interpersonal Mindfulness
Session 7 - Lifestyle Choices
How can I best take care of myself?
Session 8 - A Mindful Life
Keeping your Mindfulness Alive
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Course structure
8x 2.5-3hr sessions
Full day retreat day
Optional 1.5 hr orientation session
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Course cost
£185
1-TO-1 MBSR COURSE
Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction for Individuals
Option to take the 8-week MBSR Course as an Individual. This 1-2-1 option follows the same curriculum as the group option but it allows for individualised support and more flexibility when setting up the sessions which might suit individuals who can't commit to the group option because of an irregular schedule or other reasons. Sessions can be planned to suit one’s individual needs.
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*Sessions will be taught live online via Zoom*
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Please email to discuss start dates and times.
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Course Cost:
8x 1.5 hrs £450
WORKSHOPS FOR ACTORS
Mindfulness, meditation and the actor
This workshop is an introduction to mindfulness and meditation and includes information on what mindfulness is and how you can incorporate it in your personal life and your acting.
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There are many parallels between mindfulness and acting. Both require you to be in the moment, have clarity of thought, feel connected to and aware of your surroundings as well as your body, mind and emotions. We don’t always achieve this state in life. Similarly it is hard to feel a sense of presence, focus and connection while acting. Often our mind is commenting on how an audition or performance is going and we worry about the outcome.
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Mindfulness is a natural and an intuitive state of presence in which we can feel more connected, real and alive. This can be immensely helpful in life but also in acting. When practiced regularly mindfulness can be a powerful way to retrain the mind and allow us to rediscover the joy in acting (and life) and navigate our way through this competitive and stressful industry. It is a practical skill that can help to reduce stress, aid mental clarity and improve emotional and physical wellbeing.
This 3-hour session will be practical and include meditations and mindfulness practices based on the 8-week MBSR course.
No prior meditation experience necessary.