Introduction to Mindfulness for people living with MS
Wednesday 18 September at 11am and 5.30pm
This session is an introduction for our four-week mindfulness course, providing an opportunity for those interested in finding out more about our upcoming course starting in October. If you cannot make the earlier session, we also have another introduction session at 5:30pm.
To join the next course, attendance in the introduction session is required.
Mindfulness has been shown to help people cope better with health conditions, including MS and ultimately improve quality of life. This introduction session aims to provide an introduction to mindfulness for people with MS and kick start their practice.
If you would be interested to learn more about what mindfulness is, the researched benefits for people with MS, try a short guided practice and information on our upcoming four-week mindfulness course, then please join us for our introduction to mindfulness session on Wednesday 18 September at 11am or 5:30pm.
If we have enough participants, we will run the four-week course twice this autumn.
One course starting on Wednesday 02, 09, 16 and 23 October at 11:30am to 1pm.
The second course will be held on the same dates, but at 5:30pm to 7pm.
You can find out more about our four-week course facilitator below.
Participants will learn the essential skills of mindfulness over four weeks in a small group, exploring together and individually, how mindfulness may help them to live to more easily with their MS.
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If you are interested in learning more about the four-week course and when the next courses will be starting, please contact us at register@ms-uk.org
My name is Yvette Sargood and I am delighted to be offering a four-week mindfulness course for people with MS (PwMS) through MS-UK.
I am a qualified mindfulness teacher with a MSc in Mindfulness from the University of Exeter. Having MS too, means I get what it’s like living with the unpredictability and challenges MS can bring.
I started practicing mindfulness in 2014 at the point when I was searching for some different ways to better manage my condition. I had tried mindfulness many times over my life, failing dismally! And it wasn’t until I understood what the research was suggesting about the benefits of mindfulness and MS that I was able to create a powerful personal intention to practice. And over time (this is not a quick fix) it has helped me accept that I have MS and enable me, day by day, to live a little more easily with it.
Inspired by how mindfulness helps me, I wanted to be able to share this gift and teach others. I have taught the 8-week mindfulness courses to PwMS, to individuals with chronic illness at Kings College Hospital in London as well as in organisations.
To join this session, please login or register in our Portal area. The session is free to join if you have a monthly or year subscription. You do not need a subscription to join, as you can register and provide a donation for the class. The suggested amount for the class is £5. If you unable to make a donation, please contact us to see how you can access the online classes.
If you would like to know more or you are having trouble registering, please contact us at register@ms-uk.org.
Please see the feedback below from our participants of our previous four-week course
