The Mindfulness Forum

Hi

After recently completing an 8 week course I'm really keen to become part of a group who meet regularly to practice and improve on what I've learnt so far. Do any such groups exist in the Herts/Bucks area?

Jamie

Hi Jamie,

Your post makes me think...

I wonder what the follow-up there is for people that go on a MBCT program?

It's no doubt that mindfulness is effective for a whole host of different things, but what if you want to still meditate with others after the course? I wonder if any mindfulness instructors here offer follow-up courses or groups to past attendees.

I guess what you are looking for is a group of like-minded individuals to meditate with maybe on a weekly or bi-weekly basis...

Maybe some of the instuctors on the forum could give us some feedback on this?

Yes that's exactly what I'm looking for!

I really feel that being part of a group would help me keep motivated to keep practicing, plus it would be brilliant to meet other people with similar goals. Like learning any new skill, it's a lot easier to keep it going when you're not doing it alone.

Well Jamie, I think that what you are suggesting would be really good as a follow on.

I was hoping that we would have had some instructors feeding back by now on this

Hi Jamie,

I think there's a definite need for such a class. having just completed an eight week course also i'm really in need of a group to help me to perservere with mindfulness. its easy to let it slip on your own.

keep practising though, it must be a good thing!

Ruth

Hi Ruth,

Welcome to the site!

Just an idea... If you are still in touch with people from the course that you attended, then maybe you could organise your own get-togethers?

It would be great to get feedback from some instructors on this!

admin wrote:
Hi Ruth,

Welcome to the site!

Just an idea... If you are still in touch with people from the course that you attended, then maybe you could organise your own get-togethers?

It would be great to get feedback from some instructors on this!


I think if you contact your instructor and ask, you might get luckly and he/she may organise such an event. As an instructor, I would be more than happy to organise follow up sessions if there is a demand for it.

Best wishes,
Shamash

I am organising follow up evenings for post attendees. But I am in the Netherlands, not really close to you I guess

Thats great... You will have to let us know how these follow-ups go.

Hello everyone,

Here is a suggestion: is a meditation the type of thing we could perhaps orchestrate via the internet? I practice mindfulness meditation every day with my husband and have been looking for a meditation group in my area with no success. With the advances of the internet, its a great opportunity we have to meet virtually and meditate. I actually use the internet everyday to spread news about meditation to persons interested in it on my site and would love to have a way to meet with others virtually to meditate. I'd love to know your thoughts on this.

All the best to you and yours,

Sonia Gallagher
My Meditation Garden

Beste Caroline,

Hoe gaat het met het oprichten van mindfulnessgroepjes in Nederland? Ik ben dat zelf ook aan het proberen, maar met nog maar weinig resultaat. Het lijkt me leuk om van je te horen hoe het bij jou gaat en wie weet kan ik me aansluiten.

groet,
Vincent Kraan

Hi Sonia

I could see doing something like this over the internet. It could take a couple different forms, but the way I see it working is have a chat room with a leader either playing a pre-recorded meditation practice or leading it themselves. People could log in and chat via text or speech if they have a microphone, before or after the actual practice. There are plenty of programs out there you could use to do it; maybe even some free ones.

Best,
Sparrowhawk