Sometimes, we all need a little help.  Mindfulness practices help you to live fully in the moment, to bring awareness to your thoughts, emotions and feelings so you are able to manage your happiness, your relationships and yourself more skillfully.

Jon Kabat Zinn who is thought of as the father of secular modern day mindfulness talks below about what mindfulness is and how it can transform your experience of life.

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Here is a selection of the different programs and workshops we run. Anyone who attends our Mindful Living 101 program is free to come to any future Mindful Living 101 program to refresh your practice or if you weren't able to make all of the program dates.  Check our workshop dates page for dates and times of our upcoming programs & workshops.  

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Mindful Living 101 - 

4 Week Program

A beginners program over 4 weeks for 2 hours per week. Learn the what, why and how of mindfulness to start your mindful journey.

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Deepen Mindfulness - 4 Week Program

For those who have completed the 4 week Mindful Living program an opportunity to deepen your practice and understanding of how mindfulness can transform the way you think, feel and respond to life. 

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Befriending Your Mind Workshop

Ever found yourself in a spiral of negative self talk or judgement of others? Don't worry that makes you human like the rest of us. In this workshop learn how to understand, befriend and transform your less useful thought patterns. The program runs over 2 weeks, for 2 hours per session.

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The Compassionate Mind Workshop

In this 2 - part workshop learn how your brain is wired in ways that often don't result in kind or compassionate behaviour to yourself and others. Then learn proven techniques to rewire your brain for kindness, compassion and well-being.

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Mindfulness & Technology - Learning to Switch Off

This one's for everyone who owns a mobile phone and knows their relationship with it is less than healthy. In this 2 hour workshop learn how and why we are addicted to technology and how to get back in control of it for a happier and healthier life.

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Mindful Eating Workshop

Have you ever found yourself snacking mindlessly whilst working, using food to comfort yourself when you are stressed or felt frustration at yourself because of unhelpful eating habits? In this workshop learn how your eating habits, emotions, brain wiring and thought patterns can make it tough to change old eating habits. Then learn how mindful eating and thinking can transform you relationship to food and to yourself.

We are hard wired for Empathy. For instance, when we see others in pain, similar neural circuitry activates in our own brain, as the person who is experiencing the pain. Interesting research has however established that our empathetic activation and actions depend on whether we see the other person as similar to us, or as Dr David Eagleman puts in, whether they are in our 'in-group', or 'out-group'. Dr. Eagleman’s research established that single word labels which identified people by their religion, political party or sports team impacted our empathetic response. So for instance if I support a particular football team and you support another, I may not be so willing to help you and my brain's empathetic response to seeing you in pain may be less than if you identify as supporting the same team as me. So what's the significance of this? Whether we like it or not we all carry with us judgements and biases about others. When these are 'unseen' and we are not aware of them they can significantly impact our behaviour to others. The good news is that in the same way that we can train our minds for concentration and self-awarness through mindfulness to the extent that neuroplastic changes take place in the brain, we can also use mindfulness techniques such as loving kindness and seeing others as similar to create neuroplastic changes which result in habitual responses to others which are less biased, more kind and more willing to help. Yes, just another fabulous reason to practice πŸ€—πŸ§ πŸ’—
"The next message you need is always right where you are." Ram Dass.
Whether you've fallen off the practice wagon or you are finding it a struggle to motivate yourself to practice daily, it is very helpful to reclarify to yourself why you started the practice in the first place. How does the practice benefit you? How does it then benefit others around you? I practice for the following reasons: -It enables me to manage stress far more effectively. -I worry less about change. -It helps me to be resilient and cope better with problems. -It enables me to notice the small things in life and take joy from them. -I am a kinder person, to myself and others. -I am less reactive during difficult conversations. -I am less about 'me' and more about 'we'. -I spend less time caught up in repetetive worry thinking. I am also a human being and still make all sorts of mistakes and misjudgements. 😊 All of this above is my motivation to continue a daily practice. What's yours? πŸ€—πŸ’—
"May every moment of my life and of the lives of others be one of wisdom, flourishing, and inner peace!" Matthieu Richard. Now there's an aspiration and intention worth working for. Happy Tuesday. πŸ€—πŸ’—
This year’s conversation at the Human Capital Forum MENA touches on employee happiness, wellbeing and managing constant change. As Naseba’s partner at the event, Mindfulness Dubai, is on a mission to enable individuals to thrive inside and outside of work. πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈπŸ’ƒπŸ’†πŸ»β€β™€οΈThis is always such a worthwhile forum, we hope to see you there. 😊Find out more about #HCF18 @naseba___
When you face challenges, when it seems that life just isn't 'going your way', try to remember that life isn't just about when things work out well, it's always going to be a mixture of experiences, and things are constantly changing. Mindfulness cultivates the ability to take on whatever life throws at us and broadens our perspective so we are able to see opportunity in adversity and greet each day with a gentle matter of factness. These attitudes don't happen over night for most of us. It takes practice to retrain our minds in this way and the adoption of kind, curious and non judgemental attitudes towards oursleves and others. So whatever comes your way this week, see if you can carry it all a little more lightly, perhaps even with a sense of humour and notice how that changes the quality of your week, your thoughts, emotions and your actions. Happy Sunday. πŸ€—πŸ’—
β€œOne can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.” ― Helen Keller, The Story of My Life
Ramadan is just around the corner and because of that, we are delighted to extend our Early Bird promotion to all participants on our next Mindful Living 101 program starting Sunday 6th May who sign up before 1st May. To register, either DM us here, email us at connect@mindfulnessdubai.com or sign up directly through our website. β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β € Did you know that happiness is a trainable skill and that it is not necessary to live life feeling overwhelmed, anxious and stressed out? We can train ourselves using mindfulness to meet the demands of life with skill, resilience, compassion and wisdom. We become the best version of ourselves and in turn we positively impact the lives of those around us. β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β € Join our next 4-part evening program (runs 6th to 27th May) starting Sunday 6th May 7pm to 9pm. β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β € Mindfulness Dubai has extensive experience of delivering mindfulness training to the public and organisations and we are passionate about ensuring your first experience with mindfulness is authentic, impactful and delivered by qualified and experienced mindfulness teachers (check out our website for a list or organisations we have worked with and testimonials). Learn mindfulness with Emma Carbery, one of the region's leading mindfulness teachers at our comprehensive Mindful Living 101 course, a 4 week program to learn the fundamentals of mindfulness. Delivered over four weeks, in four parts, the objective of this 4-part program is to provide participants with a full immersion into how working with mindfulness can positively impact psychological and physical well-being so that you end the program with the tools, techniques, knowledge and motivation to continue and build your practice. The program is hosted in Marina Plaza, next to Dubai Marina Mall with easy parking and metro access. β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β € Program pricing: (prices are excluding VAT) EARLY BIRD & RAMADAN OFFER - AED1,100 per person - sign up before 1st May. AED 2,200 for couples or friends signing up together. AED1,300 standard.
β€œWhen you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.” ― Rumi
Ramadan is just around the corner and because of that, we are delighted to extend our Early Bird promotion to all participants on our next Mindful Living 101 program starting Sunday 6th May who sign up before 1st May. To register, either DM us here, email us at connect@mindfulnessdubai.com or sign up directly through our website. β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β € Did you know that happiness is a trainable skill and that it is not necessary to live life feeling overwhelmed, anxious and stressed out? We can train ourselves using mindfulness to meet the demands of life with skill, resilience, compassion and wisdom. We become the best version of ourselves and in turn we positively impact the lives of those around us. β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β € Join our next 4-part evening program (runs 6th to 27th May) starting Sunday 6th May 7pm to 9pm. β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β € Mindfulness Dubai has extensive experience of delivering mindfulness training to the public and organisations and we are passionate about ensuring your first experience with mindfulness is authentic, impactful and delivered by qualified and experienced mindfulness teachers (check out our website for a list or organisations we have worked with and testimonials). Learn mindfulness with Emma Carbery, one of the region's leading mindfulness teachers at our comprehensive Mindful Living 101 course, a 4 week program to learn the fundamentals of mindfulness. Delivered over four weeks, in four parts, the objective of this 4-part program is to provide participants with a full immersion into how working with mindfulness can positively impact psychological and physical well-being so that you end the program with the tools, techniques, knowledge and motivation to continue and build your practice. The program is hosted in Marina Plaza, next to Dubai Marina Mall with easy parking and metro access. β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β €β € Program pricing: (prices are excluding VAT) EARLY BIRD & RAMADAN OFFER - AED1,100 per person - sign up before 1st May. AED 2,200 for couples or friends signing up together. AED1,300 standard.
Surrounding yourself with people you can trust, who inspire you, who you can learn from and laugh with in good times and tough times is so important to all of us. That's why we are so excited to have an entire day of this on Sunday at @ellevatedubai Future Proofed forum. We hope to see you there too πŸ€πŸ˜ŠπŸ’—
We could say so much about this one, and when we are teaching and training in the workplace, one of the things we teach, is how to achieve 'sustainable productivity'. This means working in ways that enable you to recharge your brain and body, to be at your best, to be able to think clearly, to be innovative and to thrive no matter what life throws at you. These are the things that the modern day workplace asks of us and they are important. It's also important to remember that we are HUMAN and that as human beings, to be at our best we have to look after ourselves, care for ourselves and treat ourselves with respect so that we can live our best life inside and outside of work. Only you can make a conscious choice to respect and care for yourself in this way. We love empowering people to make better choices, this is why we do what we do, because we know it makes a difference and we know it's necessary for so many people to start making better choices. Honestly, life is too short not to. Have an amazing weekend however you are spending it, at work, rest or play.πŸ€—πŸ’—πŸ•Ί