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Mindfulness-Based Compassionate Living - an 8-week online course
Cultivate kindness, presence and resilience from wherever you are
Summary
Thursday evenings 7pm-9pm
Any
Short periods
Overview
Are you longing for greater compassion, clarity and emotional balance in your everyday life?
This 8-week online course draws on proven mindfulness approaches and compassion practices to support you in becoming more present, grounded and gently compassionate for yourself, others and the world around you.
Our trained and experienced teacher will guide you week-by-week through meditations, reflections and practical exercises designed to deepen your understanding of self-compassion, care for others and mindful living. This course offers a supportive and transformative space for personal growth.
This course is for you if you are:
- Aged 18+ and wishing to strengthen self-kindness, emotional resilience, and mindful awareness
- Wishing to move beyond stress-reduction, exploring deeper themes of compassion, empathy and innerwork
- Seeking practical, real-life tools to respond more skilfully to life’s challenges, relationships and everyday pressures
- Wanting to embed mindfulness and compassionate living as a habit, not just a practice
Prerequisite
Participants will have completed an 8-week course in MBSR or MBCT or attended a mindfulness retreat or equivalent immersive mindfulness experience. This ensures all participants have foundational mindfulness skills to fully benefit from the compassionate living practices.
*Given the nature of self-compassion practices, it is common for old trauma to arise, particularly around Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).
If you have experienced any ACEs - and before attending this course - we ask you to discuss your participation with a psychologist or therapist to see if this retreat is appropriate for you at this time.
What you'll experience on this course:
- Guided meditations and compassion practices to develop kindness toward yourself and others, and to soften habitual self-criticism
- Greater awareness of how habitual patterns shape your thoughts, feelings and reactions, with gentle tools to respond with openness rather than reactivity
- Nourishing self-care practices, helping you cope with stress, fatigue, overwhelm or emotional difficulty with steadiness and clarity
- Skills to bring mindfulness and compassion into daily life, relationships, work or home, so that the course continues to serve you long after it ends
- Audio practices and a booklet to support your journey during and beyond the course.
Why choose this course?
- The course is led by an experienced, qualified mindfulness and compassion trained teacher, offering skillful guidance within a warm, inclusive and caring group setting
- This is an experiential, practice-based offering: the emphasis is on lived experience rather than theory
- It's a simple, flexible format ideal for modern life: online sessions accessible from home, with guidance on how to weave mindfulness and compassion into busy schedules
- This is a chance to grow inner strength, kindness and groundedness: qualities that sustain long-term wellbeing and that deepen relationships
Commitment and support
Mindfulness and compassion flourish through commitment and gentle consistency.
We ask participants to attend all eight weekly sessions and to commit to regular short practices between sessions.
These practices are simple, flexible, and supported with audio resources, so you can integrate them into your everyday life in a way that feels manageable and
meaningful.
Technical requirements:
We will be using the online application Zoom to meditate with each other.
To use Zoom you will need a computer or a phone with a speaker and camera. Full instructions will be sent with each Online Meditation Alert or you can access them here.
You can also download the Zoom app here to familiarise yourself with it and make sure it meets your system requirements.
After the course
Many graduates go on to deepen their journey with retreat options or further courses, drawing on their new capacity for presence, compassion and mindful living to
enrich their lives, relationships and communities.
Participants receive a certificate at the end of the course.
Schedule
Thursday evenings from 7pm - 9pm
23 April - 18 June (with a break for half-term on May 28)
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Leaders
Ollie Frame
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Costs
£245.00 per person
Book easily and securely online below, or by phoning 01803 732542
Please click here to see our booking and cancellations policy
Limited bursaries are available for those experiencing financial hardship. Please contact our Programme Administrator on [email protected] at least 4 weeks in advance if you wish to apply
Available dates
2026
23
Apr
8-week Online Course at Home: Mindfulness Based Compassionate Living
With Ollie Frame
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We connect people with nature and foster mindfulness and well-being through our programme of retreats, mindfulness courses, outdoor learning and the arts.
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