12th Feb - 2nd April 2025
Every Wednesday, 6.30 - 9pm (UK time)
*PLUS Half day retreat Sun 9th March - 9.30am - 12.30pm
Led by: Dr Lucy Chan (MSC certified teacher) & Ethan Pollock (MSC teacher)
VENUE: Online via Zoom
COST:£325
Are you aged 18-24?
We have a reduced place at £120 for you. Register Below (proof of age required).
ABOUT
There has never been a more important time to learn practices and techniques to help cultivate stability, calm, grounding, connection, and uplift. This course will allow you to develop the resources needed to help you to show up for yourself and support yourself in meeting the range of emotions you may be feeling at this time, and beyond!
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Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) is an empirically-supported training program designed to cultivate the skill of self-compassion.
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Self-compassion provides emotional strength and resilience, allowing us to admit our shortcomings, motivate ourselves with kindness, forgive ourselves when needed, relate wholeheartedly to others, and be more authentically ourselves.
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Rapidly expanding research demonstrates that self-compassion is strongly associated with emotional well-being, less anxiety, depression and stress, maintenance of healthy habits such as diet and exercise, and satisfying personal relationships. And it’s easier than you think!
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AFTER THIS COURSE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO:
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Practice self-compassion in daily life
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Motivate yourself with kindness rather than criticism
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Recognise that expressing your needs and setting healthy boundaries is an act of compassion
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Handle difficult emotions with greater ease
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Transform challenging relationships, old and new
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Manage caregiver fatigue
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Practice the art of savoring and self-appreciation
This 8 week training officially qualifies as one of the pre-requisites for MSC teacher training AND Self-Compassion in Psychotherapy (SCIP) certification.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Class activities include guided meditations, short group discussion, and home practice. Read about our past participants' experiences on Google reviews here and on Facebook here.
LOCATION
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We'll be using the platform zoom. Online we offer the same practices, exercises, and small group work just as you would find on our in-person courses
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Dr Lucy Chan
Lucy is an experienced certified Mindful Self-Compassion teacher who trained directly under the internationally renowned pioneers of self-compassion Kristin Neff and Chris Germer. She teaches globally and also co-created the Self-Compassion programme for the nationally acclaimed mindfulness charity The Sharpham Trust. She also works as a doctor in the NHS; self-compassion practices helped her meet the challenges of a stressful job and her passion is to help others incorporate these practices into their lives.
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In 2021, she delivered a TEDx talk on Fierce Compassion that you can watch on the official TED website here.
Ethan Pollock
Ethan is a Mindful Self-Compassion teacher who has been facilitating mindfulness groups and retreats for over a decade. He currently teaches mindfulness, self-compassion and Buddhism at the nationally acclaimed Sharpham Trust, and local meditation groups across the UK. He was one of the founding members of Wake Up London, a still thriving community of young meditators (aged 18-35). He spent five years training at Plum Village with the internationally recognised mindfulness teacher & Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh.