Mindfulness For Children And Teenagers

Mindfulness For Children And Teenagers

In our current society, there are many challenges place on the young. Through my online workshops and personal sessions, I aim to provide the chance for individuals to discover and investigate mindfulness techniques which are specifically aimed at supporting them with stresses that often arise at this age. This includes difficulties surrounding self-worth, school transitions, exam nerves, and much more.
The techniques learned within these sessions will continue to support young adults through the many changes ahead.

Cost:
£30 1hr session 

Online Services

Online Services

The world is changing quickly and so is the way we connect, teach and learn. During the pandemic many mindfulness facilitators/teachers choose to teach online and still do today. Working in this way offers you the chance to work with a facilitator/coaches that may be out of your area, also online classes, workshops, or 1-1 sessions  maybe well-suited for those wishing to access teachings from their home environment. Hybrid sessions are also an option for corporate and school environments.

Research has shown mindfulness is effective when delivered online and the quality of teaching you receive is the same as an in-person session.

8-Week Mindfulness Based Living Course

8-Week Mindfulness Based Living Course

Are you looking for change? Have you had enough of your mind running the show? Can you see how your mind sabotages you but you don’t know how to be any other way? Are you looking to feel happier, calmer, less stressed and generally more balanced emotionally and mentally? If that’s a HELL YES  then I cant wait to introduce you to this course. Mindfulness has a proven track record in re-wiring the mind for change; and this Mindfulness Based Living course content has been expertly put together by the Mindfulness Association and is based on the University of Aberdeen’s MSc Studies in Mindfulness Curriculum. 

I see and hear the life-changing results that this course has had for the  Participants, from being less reactive in home/work/life situations, to taking control back in their lives.

I have trained with the Mindfulness Association to teach the 8-week MBLC so you can rest in the knowledge that you are supported by a fully trained teacher who is aware of trauma sensitivity within the practice and fully embodies mindfulness. If you are struggling with your overthinking mind, maybe feelings of anxiety, fear, depressive episodes, or ruminating over past events, worrying about the future, or you feel a sense of dissatisfaction in your life, or maybe you have practiced mindfulness on your own via an app but want to dive a little deeper, then this course is a must for you.

Below, are just some of the benefits that participants have reported, as a result of completing the course:

  • Feeling more relaxed calm and content
  • A reduction in anxiety and depressive episodes
  • Improved sleep 
  • A better handling of the overthinking mind
  • Improved concentration
  • Enjoying the present moment
  • Less reactive and angry
  • Feeling more grateful for life and the everyday things
  • Deeper understanding into why their mind is the way it is and where that stems from. 

This is an experiential course. The main emphasis is on mindfulness meditation practices and reflection exercises. The sessions are run on a weekly basis, for a duration of 2hrs you can opt for a group course or a 1-1 personal course. Please note there is homework in the form of mindfulness practices that participants would need to commit to (change only happens from putting the work in, there is no quick fix).

Recent feedback includes:

“Such a great and empowering space, and Paula is amazing at what she does. Since doing the 8 week course I’m happier in myself and taking each day as it comes. The course and Paula have helped me so much to deal with things from my past and to let others go. Thank you Paula for all you have done.” – Jennifer

This course will cover:

  • What is mindfulness and why practise it?
  • Start where we are
  • The body as a place to stay present
  • Introducing mindfulness support
  • Working with distraction
  • Exploring the undercurrent
  • Attitude of the observer
  • Self- acceptance
  • A mindfulness based life

Across the weeks, we continually look at the technical aspect of mindfulness alongside our attitude, as both are essential within the practice.

Sessions include guided mindfulness practices and teaching by myself, an experienced teacher and practitioner. You will receive a course manual and recordings of the practices which are delivered via email.

Cost for the 8-week group course is £185
Cost for the 8-week 1-1 course is £275 (payment is requested upon booking, instalments are an option) 

In person sessions are held at the beautiful mindfulness space pod based in North Walsham, Norfolk or for those wanting to work with me outside of the area your course can be held via the Zoom platform online.

Please note the cost is non-refundable, unless in exceptional circumstances.


Contact us for course availability

Courses and 1-1 sessions can be delivered either in person or via the zoom platform which is easy to use and free to download.

8-Week Compassion Based Living Course

8-Week Compassion Based Living Course

It’s often been said that Mindfulness and Compassion are two wings of a bird. You cannot have one without the other. This is especially true in times of difficulty.

The 8-week Compassion Based Living Course is a follow on from the 8-week Mindfulness Based Living Course. It supports further development of our self- compassion and compassion for others and in my own experience has improved the relationship I have with myself and those around me.

The course explores cultivating self-compassion and learning a new way of relating to ourselves. Instead of meeting our imperfections and challenges with self-blame or criticism, we learn to become more accepting and kind to ourselves, even in difficult situations. This is developed through a range of guided mindfulness practices, which encourage us to strengthen qualities, including kindness to ourselves and resilience.

Throughout the 8 weeks, you will access a range of guided mindfulness practices and teachings. Some of the topics we will be investigating are:

  • Why practice compassion?
  • The Compassionate Mess
  • It is not our fault – an evolutionary perspective
  • Creating conditions of safeness
  • Befriending the self-critic
  • Finding the compassionate friend within
  • The Four Compassionate Qualities
  • Widening the circle of compassion

Cost for the 8- week group course is £185

Cost for the 8-week 1-1 course is £275 (payment is requested upon booking, instalment are an option)

In person sessions are held in the beautiful mindfulness space pod based in North Walsham Norfolk or for those wanting to work with me outside of the area your course can be held via the zoom platform online.

Please note the cost is non-refundable, unless in exceptional circumstances.

Contact us for course availability

Courses and 1-1 sessions can be delivered either in person or via the zoom platform which is easy to use and free to download.

Hi, I’m Paula

Hi, I’m Paula

Having struggled from many years with anxiety depression and dis-ease (multiple sclerosis) I often found myself caught in unhelpful thinking cycles that sprung from low self-worth a lack of self-love and a body filled with pain and discomfort. I was far from living a wholesome happy healthy and contented life. From feeling in such a low desperate place I started  to explore a more holistic path. Life changed when I found mindfulness (around 20 years ago), I took an 8 week mindfulness course  which offered me a new way to experience my mind and body. I continued to practice mindfulness for myself but felt there was something still missing, turns out ther was! Kindness and compassion. Learning about self-kindness and compassion really helped me take my personal mindfulness practice to a much deeper level.  I have had the privilege to work with many different teachers over the years  experienced many different different teaching and healing styles, I have  met my inner demons in underground earth lodges re-parented my inner child, worked with my shadow through lucid dreaming retreats and discovered more about myself from insight training. My journey has taken me out of my comfort zone at times and on others I have had a deep sense of coming home. My journey of learning is never done which excites me rather than frustrating me. I have found much relief and tranquillity in surrendering into the unfolding of life and the connection to the inner power and freedom that I was unaware existed within me. Learning from my own experience of courage, compassion and inner wisdom I am guided to share the tools I have learned along the way so others can experience their own transformational journey of healing through mindfulness, compassion self love and acceptance.   

I am a fully qualified  mindfulness teacher. I qualified in 2017 having taken the training pathway with the Mindfulness Association to teach the 8 week mindfulness based living course and then the 8 week compassion based living course. I then trained with the British Mindfulness Institute to convert my skills to teach children. I can be found on the BAMBA register for mindfulness teachers. My training continues as each year I attend mindfulness retreats and teachings this helps deepen my understanding and my teaching skills.  I am passionate about health and wellbeing and am also qualified in various holistic treatments, energy movement, meridian healing tools and Cacao ceremonies all can have their own place within the healing journey.

I have worked with many people, charities, organisations and schools over the years on either a 1-1 or small group basis delivering mindfulness courses and classes, training days, wellness retreats and offering holistic wellbeing sessions.