Taster Session- Honouring Grief

Mindfulness and Grief

Many of us are all too familiar with prolonged grief and it’s long term implication for our mental health, our social circles and our bodies. The layers of oppressive systems, racism, colonization, Covid, riots and transgenerational trauma often leaves us with little options in terms of our wellbeing, often compartmentalizing our wellbeing in terms of what gets dealt with.

This Year ‘Breathworks Mindfulness’ has collaborated with MNPC to provide the critically-acclaimed 8-week course ‘Mindfulness for Health’ (Based on the book by Vidyamala Birch) with a grief overlay.  Many of us have built a great deal of practices and resilience over the years, and mindfulness might seem inaccessible or lack  people of colour to represent us. So, this space is a cohort designed by people of colour for people for colour, with our creative edge and everything that we bring.

This 8-week course is gifted generously by 2 trained teachers from the MNPC community -  William Fley and Zenubia Lardner - and it is the first cohort of its kind, linking mindfulness and grief. In these sessions we will explore the evolution of mindfulness and it’s benefits to people of colour. We will share a range of practices, and create a Grief Space Village  for witnessing grief in a confidential space. You will come away with some simple practices to help you incorporate mindfulness into your daily life, as well as some suggestions for the next steps to take on your journey with mindfulness.

This course is suitable for :

· People of colour needing a closed space

· A refresher or beginner to mindfulness

· Participants who have experienced grief or loss more than  6 months ago.

· Those Going through challenges in life

· Those Experiencing health conditions

· Those experiencing separation and loss

Date and time:

This taster session will now be held online via Zoom

We'll email a zoom link. If you have any questions feel free to email info@mnpc.co.uk

Sunday 1 September 2024 from 18:00 to 19:00 (GMT)

About the host

William Fley

Is a bereavement counsellor with the emergency services. He has practised in various Buddhist traditions for over 20 years.  William is the founder and director of the "Mindfulness Network for People of Colour" - a community interest company based in the UK, which aims to bring awareness of transgenerational trauma through mindfulness-based interventions.  Qualified as a 'Breathworks' mindfulness teacher, he completed a 2-year certification program with Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield. And has studied with Danial Foor (founder of ‘Ancestral Medicine’ and David Kessler, an internationally known bereavement specialist.

Zanubia Lardner

Has been involved with meditation and mindfulness for the past 18 years, developing her practice through contact with Buddhist meditators since 2006, then training as a facilitator of movement meditation, namely Ecstatic Dance, with Amoda Ma Jeevan in 2008.

Zanubia has run workshops on Mindfulness in Nature and co-run workshops on movement as meditation with others.

Zanubia became an accredited Breathworks Mindfulness Teacher in 2021and since then has been facilitating 6-week Mindfulness for Stress courses as well as weekly Mindfulness Drop-ins for fellow staff at East Sussex County Council.