Mindfulness classes: Pathway to the Present Moment

Pathway to the Present Moment

An experienced mindfulness practitioner, Sheree offers mindfulness classes in the tradition of Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy, a method for self study and healing that has been a leader in mindfulness tuition for thirty years.

Why the emphasis on mindfulness

Sheree believes in each person's innate capacity to heal.  To access this capacity requires mindfulness. To be mindful means we are paying attention to what is happening for us in the present moment. 

When we do this in a Hakomi session we are engaging in a process we call self study. This process requires the tools and techniques found in Hakomi - of which mindfulness is one. 

Learning mindfulness, and then learning how to apply mindfulness to present moment experience, are two different things.

In Mindfulness classes with Sheree, you can learn the skill of mindfulness. 

If you want to take that further and learn how to apply mindfulness to your own experience in the moment, to engage in self study, you can take this further and into a therapy session.   Here is where you can learn how to use the mindfulness skill you may have been cultivating, and develop it. 

To be able to study our present moment experience in this way, we require a capacity to bring mindful awareness to the moment, and to be able to notice what is happening there. 

How does this work?

Mindfulness can be practised in many ways, and there are many activities that can be considered mindful.

However, Mindfulness, as it is used in Hakomi, is primarily a tool as much as it is a technique.

So while we begin by learning mindfulness, the skill itself can be honed and then applied specifically to aspects of your experience, as they present in the moment.  

What exactly is mindfulness?

Mindfulness is basically paying attention to what's happening now, on purpose and without judging it.  Its a simple process, but not always easy. 

It is a particular state of awareness that can be cultivated and over time, used to help with stress, focus, self-regulation and self-awareness.

You can be mindful while stressed, sad, bored or distracted, or even when you're angry and upset - the mindfulness is just noticing that and observing what it is you're experiencing. 

That's where Hakomi takes it further, using mindfulness as a tool that allows for the subtle information that might be inherent in that present moment, to be noticed.  Acknowledging what is happening now, in a therapy session, and working with that, together and in mindfulness, we can begin to notice aspects of our experience that we may not have been aware of until now. 

This is where we are engaging in self study, and where we might also begin to work with this material.

Mindfulness sits at the heart of this process.

Classes

Pathway to the Present Moment: Mindfulness classes.

Tuesday evenings 7pm

Mindfulness tuition can be tailored to suit your requirements, please contact Sheree for more information and to register your place.