Event Details
Mindfulness for Health
Date:
23 Aug 2026 at 10:00 AM to 11 Oct 2026 at 10:00 AM
Host:
Central Coast Meditation Centre
An in-depth guide to reducing stress and improving well-being. Transform yourself and your patients' lives with our in-depth guide to the health impact of mindfulness. This 8-weeks (1.5hrs per week live hybrid (face -to - face, virtual), and on-demand online) course offers practical techniques and resources to integrate mindfulness into daily life and enhance health outcomes.
Learning outcomes
- Describe how mindfulness generates awareness, reduces stress, and assists with pain
- Demonstrate mindfulness and meditation practices
- Implement mindfulness for health outcomes
- Measure impact using evidence-based anxiety and depression Kessler Distress Test (K10), and situation awareness self-assessment tools (CASA Aviation Safety Tool (IMSAFE acronym), AA (HALT acronym)
- Embrace self-compassion with critical reflection using Reflections on Calm Abiding Meditation, and Relationships Victoria Self-Reflection and Wellbeing
- Determine situations for mindfulness to reduce burnout and anxiety
Investment
$125 including course, booklet and postage.
Course start date: Sunday 23rd August 2026
Time: 10:00am – 11:30am
Weekly schedule
| Week | Date | Topic |
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| 1 | Sunday, 23 August | Introduction to calm abiding and posture
Introduction to the 4 foundations of mindfulness
Implementing practice for wellbeing
Practice evaluation and knowledge & skills
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| 2 | Sunday, 30 August | Mindfulness of feeling - breath meditation
On pain
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| 3 | Saturday, 5 September | Using breath mindfulness for anger control
Obstacles and their antidotes - part 1
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| 4 | Sunday, 13 September | Mindfulness of feeling - speech
Wisdom of speech - Preventing feelings turning into deeds and speech
Cultivate skills for conflict resolution
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| 5 | Sunday, 20 September | Mindfulness in everyday life
Super-qualified rounds of breath
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| 6 | Sunday, 27 September | Obstacles and their antidotes – Part 2
Super-qualified rounds of breath and counting to enhance alertness
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| 7 | Saturday, 3 October | Taming the elephant mind |
| 8 | Sunday, 11 October | Reflections on calm abiding meditation
Summary and where to from here?
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It's recommended to attend all 8 sessions as it'll provide you with a complete introduction to help you establish a daily meditation practice.
The Central Coast Meditation Centre is a not-for-profit organisation. Our resident educators are certified Train-the-Trainer mindfulness and meditation medical specialists.
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