In this four week course we will explore how cultivating self-compassion - a sense of friendliness and tenderness towards ourselves - can enhance our sense of wellbeing and resilience especially during life's difficult times.
Whilst many of us find it natural to offer compassion towards others, we can struggle to offer the same sense of kindness and tenderness towards ourselves, especially when life brings challenges. Our ‘inner critic’ can dominate our mental state as we judge and criticize ourselves for our perceived failings. Increasing evidence supports that learning to cultivate a more encouraging, supportive and friendly relationship towards ourselves can help us to:
- lower stress levels
- reduce anxiety and depression
- feel more resilient to life’s inevitable challenges
- feel more connected rather than isolated when life is difficult
Through this 4 week course participants will learn more about what self-compassion is and explore a range of practices (short meditations, life skills and soothing gentle movement practices) to build self-compassion into our daily living. Please note that this course involves elements of learning, discussion and practice rather than it being a 4-week yoga course on the mat (no experience of yoga is necessary). Participants will be given a range of home practices that they can use between sessions should they wish to.
Wednesday evenings | 18.30 - 20.00 | 5 - 26 February | Live Online via Zoom
Course fee £95 (early booking rate of £85 until 5 January)
Testimonials from past participants
"Anna is a generous, dedicated teacher of self-compassion and I loved her 4 week evening course, Cultivating Self-Compassion. She creates a truly harmonious, loving, learning environment. I thoroughly enjoyed the course and came away with some very insightful and practical self-compassion tools that I am starting to use regularly. Thank you!"
“Anna is a wonderful teacher with a deeply calming presence, that both enriches the mind and lightens the heart. Her knowledge of self-compassion and mindfulness is a gift that offers the possibility of relating to ourselves and each other in a more beautiful and life-affirming way."
“Anna really embodies what she teaches, which makes this course so powerful and genuine; she shares her own extensive learning and what she herself has found helpful in establishing self-compassion, is so warm and empathic, and actively encouraged us to take care of ourselves during each session as well as outside of the classroom. I would absolutely recommend Anna and this course."
[This course was] “Like being wrapped in a warm blanket of acceptance and discovering that over the course you'd learnt how to take that blanket out into life with you.”