What is mindfulness?

Mindfulness is a way of being fully present and aware in every moment; a way of connecting directly to all of life as it happens.

Mindfulness enables us to be more fully engaged in our lives and to find more balance, joy, clarity and ease.

Mindfulness meditation, often called ‘practice’,  is a form of mental training which enables us to pay attention to our present moment experience, intentionally and with curiosity. This is valuable because we tend to expend a great deal of mental energy focused on the past or the future.

wake UP TO your LIFE

Mindfulness literally ‘wakes us up’ and helps us feel more ‘alive’.

It increases the amount of time we spend truly engaged and present.

Demonstrated benefits include:

• increased concentration
• ability to maximise the joy we experience in life
• increased awareness of what is actually going on in ourselves and in our environment
• increased sense of agency, willingness and capacity to live purposefully and in line with chosen values
• reduced stress and anxiety
• research on the benefits for a wide range of physical and mental health challenges is now prolific and growing rapidly

Mindfulness meditation develops greater clarity and capacity to capitalise on opportunities, and increases our ability to act more skilfully, productively and creatively even in very challenging situations.

Mindfulness helps us do less of the things that are bad for us  and more of the things that are good for us and that lead to better outcomes. This includes improved physical and mental health and sense of efficacy. It reduces unnecessary physical,  emotional  and mental suffering and helps us meet challenges with more internal resources, including compassion. How? Learn the skills of mindfulness meditation.

LEARN TO MEDITATE

Cultivate curiosity, greater objectivity and an open mind

Learn to understand and work skilfully and compassionately with your mind, emotions and body

TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR LIFE

Get back in the drivers seat. Developing the skills of mindfulness can help you take charge of the quality of your life. 

Given the ever increasing complexity, pressure and pace of modern life, the ancient skills of mindfulness are needed now more than ever.

joy & Connection

One of the most immediate benefits of mindfulness practice is increased joy and appreciation of life. Being more fully present enables us to make the most of what we do have and find joy and beauty in the everyday.

This recharges and resources us to meet the challenges of life with more capacity and balance.

Being more fully present to important moments and important relationships also brings greater connection and satisfaction in relationships and life in general.

About Simply Mindful

At Simply Mindful we integrate the ancient skills of mindfulness with contemporary Western psychology, neuroscience and medical knowledge to produce innovative and powerful programs for living well. 

Our foundational course is the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program, which we've been teaching since 2004, way before mindfulness became a big thing. 

Simply Mindful is the first and only group in Canberra to teach the complete and authentic MBSR program, as developed by the founder of the program, Dr Jon Kabat-Zinn, and as taught at the Center for Mindfulness (CFM) at the University of Massachusetts.

We maintain close links with the CFM, the Mindfulness Training Institute - Australia & New Zealand and other quality MBSR programs in Australia. The evidence base for Mindfulness comes largely from MBSR and most contemporary programs are either adaptations or inspired by this groundbreaking program. In fact, since Jon Kabat-Zinn first began teaching in 1979 more than 26,000 people have participated in the scientific research in that setting alone (at the CFM). 

Let us help you move from surviving to thriving

 We are passionate  about bringing mindfulness to individuals, groups and teams so they can move from surviving to thriving. We want to support you, your people and our community to grow and be more skilful, connected, present and aware. We believe this is key to healthier and happier individuals, families, organisations, and ultimately a better, more humane and sustainable world. We are committed to deepening our learning and skills both in our personal practice and as teachers and facilitations. We will continue to grow and meet our edges with courage and skill and we want to support you to do this also.

The Mindfulness Experiment

In 2019, ABC science show Catalyst featured a group of MBSR participants. Watch this 6 minute excerpt to see how the 8 week MBSR course changes people's lives. The full show is available through iView.

Meet the Simply Mindful team

mindfulness in the workplace

We provide high quality tailored mindfulness programs for organisations and workplaces.

We are proud to have worked with a wide range of workplaces and organisations in the ACT and region for well over a decade with compelling results.

Mindfulness, skilfully applied, can help you to develop high performing, healthy and happy organisations. Help your team develop resilience and  ability to be responsive to change and challenges.

Answers to your questions