Mindfulness

Meditation  

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your life is not a treadmill

So much of modern life revolves around productivity, doing, and achievement. It can feel like we’re stuck on a treadmill—constantly trying to get somewhere, keep up with everything, never slowing down long enough to feel content.

It’s exhausting.

Mindfulness begins with awareness. By learning to pay attention differently, you begin to relate differently—to yourself, to others, and to life itself.

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What IS MINDFULNESS?

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People often think mindfulness meditation is about emptying your mind, becoming perfectly calm, or escaping life’s difficulties. It’s not.

Mindfulness is the practice of learning to see your experience more clearly.

It’s the awareness that helps you notice your thoughts, emotions and behaviour patterns for what they are—rather than being completely run by them.

Over time, you begin to recognise the stories, habits, and assumptions that shape how you see yourself and your life. And in that recognition, you have more choice in how you respond.

Mindfulness is learning to relate to whatever is here—with awareness, curiosity, and a bit more kindness than before.

Mindfulness won't change the fact that life is sometimes difficult — It changes the way you relate to life.

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Mindfulness is not just meditation and awareness, it forms part of a whole philosophy, psychology and art of living.

Most of us spend a lot of energy trying to avoid discomfort—staying busy, distracting ourselves, pushing things away, or hoping they’ll pass.

Mindfulness offers another way.

Rather than trying to fix or escape our experience, mindfulness invites us to understand it.

The moments we usually resist often become the moments we learn from the most.

Over time, something begins to change—not because life becomes easier, but because your relationship with it does.

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HOW MINDFULNESS CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE

With regular practice, you may begin to notice:

  • you get caught in your thoughts a little less often

  • there are moments of pause before reacting

  • difficult emotions feel more workable

  • you recognise when you’re on autopilot

  • there is more space in your day, even when nothing changes externally

  • you’re kinder to yourself

  • ordinary moments feel more present

  • you feel more connected to your body and emotions

  • you sense greater ease in life generally

  • you notice that you’re living more from the heart

These changes don’t come from trying harder—they come from learning to pay attention differently.

Mindfulness for Beginners

A 6-week live, online course

July 23 – August 27, 2026
Thursdays | 7:00pm – 8:30pm AEST | Online

AUD $120 Standard | $90 Supported

This course offers a supportive and practical introduction to mindfulness meditation. Together we'll explore the foundations of mindfulness through guided practice, reflection and discussion, helping you develop skills you can continue to draw on long after the course has finished.

The focus is not theory—it’s experience.

In order to keep the group relatively small there are a maximum of 10 spaces available.

You don’t need any prior meditation experience.

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COURSE CURRICULUM

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Week 1: What is Mindfulness?
Foundations of attention and awareness, mindfulness of breath and body

Week 2: Mindfulness of the Body
Developing presence through direct bodily experience

Week 3: Being Fully Human
Working skilfully with emotional experience and RAIN practice

Week 4: Working with Thoughts & Beliefs
Understanding thinking patterns and reducing identification with thought

Week 5: The Wise Heart
Introducing kindness, compassion and Metta practice

Week 6: Everyday Mindfulness
Integrating mindfulness into daily life beyond formal meditation

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WHO IS THIS COURSE designed FOR?

This course is designed for adults who are new to mindfulness and want a grounded, practical introduction.

It may be especially helpful if you:

  • feel stressed, overwhelmed, or mentally busy

  • find it hard to switch off or slow down

  • are curious about meditation but don’t know where to start

  • want to feel less emotionally triggered in daily life

  • are looking for a simple, structured approach

  • prefer learning in a live, guided environment

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I first discovered meditation in 1995 as a way to navigate the pressure of my final school exams, but it gradually became a way of understanding myself, meeting life's challenges, and living with greater awareness and compassion.

Having experienced chronic stress, burnout and significant life challenges, I understand firsthand how easy it is to become caught in striving, self-criticism and disconnection. Over the years I explored a range of meditation traditions before finding a home in the Insight Meditation tradition. I love how it integrates mindfulness, compassion and psychology, which I’ve come to learn go hand in hand.

My teaching is grounded in the Insight Meditation tradition and informed by contemporary psychology and evidence-based mindfulness approaches. I have completed practitioner training in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) through Brown University and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Life (MBCT-L) through the Oxford Mindfulness Centre. I am also completing the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach, while undertaking a Master of Science in Psychology.

My intention is to offer mindfulness in a way that is grounded, practical and approachable. To me it’s not a just another stress reduction technique, it’s an art and philosophy of living. It helps me remain steady and heart-led in this troubled yet beautiful world.

Meet YOUR TEACHER

Your Questions Answered

    • A quiet space where you will be undisturbed and undistracted for the entire session

    • A comfortable chair, bed or meditation cushion for the meditation practice.

    • Reliable Internet Signal

    • Laptop/Computer to join the Zoom call

  • No. I encourage you to find a position that allows you to feel comfortable and alert. You may choose to sit, stand or even lie down for the meditations.

  • I will provide recordings of the guided meditations taught in each session which you can use to practice in your own time at your convenience. However, I will not be providing recordings of the actual full sessions or teachings.

  • If you already know that you won’t be able to attend all sessions then I suggest you do not sign up at this time. There will be other opportunities in future.

    Each session builds upon the last and regular attendance supports both your own learning as well as the group as a whole.

  • It is based entirely on the teachings of Insight Meditation (vipassanā). My teachers are Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach.

  • It is delivered largely as a secular course, although I am always transparent about the buddhist origins of mindfulness meditation and it will be mentioned when I introduce it’s history.

  • The main focus of this course is to teach the foundations of mindfulness meditation, which in itself includes mindfulness of the body throughout. But to be more specific, we will spend an entire session learning about mindfulness meditation in the context of the body, including movement meditation.

  • Mindfulness practice can occasionally feel emotionally activating for people with pre-existing trauma or PTSD. If you have any concerns about this, please reach out to me to discuss before signing up.

  • This course equips you to start your own independent practice. You will have access to the guided meditations taught in the course for your personal practice. If you are interested in deepening your practice or meditating in a sangha (group), you can also sign up for drop-in sessions or future events. I also offer 1:1 mindfulness meditation sessions or you might also find mind-body coaching a good next step.

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Important note: This course is part of a teacher training practicum. Sessions will be recorded for training purposes, and participants will be invited to provide brief feedback at the end of the course.

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