Mindfulness 

The Stress Project offers a variety of Mindfulness services. All are free. For information about the weekly Mindfulness Class click here. For the 8-week Mindfulness Course for Adults, please see below.  

9-week Mindfulness Courses
Zoom daytime course: 1st June-27th July
​Wednesdays 10.30am to 12noon

In-person evening course: 22nd June-17th Aug
​Wednesdays 6.30pm to 8pm
(NB - The in-person course is now fully booked and no further application will be accepted)

​FREE - Open to Islington residents only

You must be able to access and use Zoom to join the Zoom course. Support to access Zoom is provided.  
The in-person course is held at the Stress Project in a fully assessable space on the ground floor. 
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Booking is required. Limited spaces available.

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Chris Norris, Course facilitator
Mindfulness is a very simple form of meditation. It teaches people how to be present in the moment and break away from negative thought patterns that exacerbate stress, anxiety and depression. Giving people the tools to replace negative though patterns with positive. 

A typical meditation consists of focusing your full attention on your breath as it flows in and out of your body. Focusing on each breath in this way allows you to observe your thoughts as they arise in your mind and, little by little, to let go of struggling with them.
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Mindfulness is about observation without criticism; being compassionate with yourself. Over time, mindfulness brings about long-term changes in mood and levels of happiness and wellbeing. Scientific studies have shown that mindfulness not only prevents depression, but that it also positively affects the brain patterns underlying day-to-day anxiety, stress, depression and irritability so that when they arise, they dissolve away again more easily. 

​Helping to manage the stresses of everyday life and more specifically anxiety, depression, addictive or obsessive behaviours, chronic illness and pain.

For further information about the course and application form to join please download the Mindfulness Course Information fact sheet. 

Future Course Dates

Course 11: 24th August to 12th October - Every Wednesday: 10.30am to 12noon (Introductory session 17th August)
Course 12: 26th October to 21st December - Every Wednesday: 10.30am to 12noon (Introductory session 19th October)

For those who have already completed the course there are refresher sessions, which will take place every 1st Tuesday of the month, starting in February. There is no session in August, September or December. Session dates:

May 3rd
June 7th
July (no session)
August (no session)
September 6th
October 4th
November 1st
December (no session)

Please call 020 7700 3938 or email stressproject@hng.org.uk if you would like to participate in any of these. 

Video from Mindfulness course facilitator, Chris.

My Accidental Introduction to Mindfulness.... 

Click here to read our blogger's first experience of a mindfulness class.