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Cultivate Compassion with Mindfulness

Explore how compassion can transform your life with this online weekly course. 

Buddha was asked: What have you gained from meditation? He replied: “Nothing but I will tell you what I have lost. Anger, anxiety, depression, insecurity and fear.”

Change your inner dialogue to a more loving, supportive and positive tone

Decrease anxiety, stress and depression

Let go of the past and focus on what you want to bring into your life.

Achieve and be motivated to take action on your goals

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why compassion?

“Offering compassion toward ourselves doesn’t mean getting rid of anything. It means that we can still be crazy, we can still be angry. We can still be timid or jealous or full of feelings of unworthiness. Mindfulness isn’t about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It’s about befriending who we are already.”  Pema Chodron

We spend our whole lives living with ourselves; it is the longest and most intimate of all our relationships. So isn’t it obvious that we should be loving ourselves?

Yet we dislike ourselves so easily and are constantly finding fault. We’re beset with doubts: if I say the wrong thing will people laugh at me? Am I good enough? How can anyone like me? What am I doing with my life? Why can’t I do anything right?

And as soon as we believe the critical negative voice in our heads that says: “You’re no good, you’re worthless”, then we loose. We are afflicted with negative beliefs, we loose confidence and doubt ourselves regularly.

It seems absurd that we should dislike the one person we spend our life with. We have the opportunity for the most sustaining love affair of all and instead we criticize and invalidate, dismissing ourselves and our needs as unimportant.

But all is not lost! There is no one more deserving of love than ourselves, and in every moment we have the opportunity to understand this.

Mindfulness teaches you how so that you can transform your inner relationship and find peace within. Over the course of 4 weeks online I will show you how.

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"It taught me self-compassion for the first time in my life. It taught me the power of staying in the moment and the uselessness of worrying about things I cannot change. I’m so excited to have started my mindfulness journey and am more positive now about the road ahead”
"It was such a wonderful memorable experience and the best thing I have done for myself in a long time. I have gained so much more awareness, acceptance and connection in a loving , warm and safe environment. I took a very special experience, knowledge and understanding away from each class, the meditations and all the different aspects that Ellen shared with us"
"The class definitely exceeded all of my expectations. I found it to have a huge impact on my life. The knowledge I gained on various spiritual approaches gave me the option to pick and choose what methods suited my own personal spiritual beliefs. The classes are facilitated in such a warmhearted manner that you immediately feel comfortable and blessed to be in such a loving presence. I found this class to be a journey of spiritual awakening and I would definitely recommend it."
"Ellen’s course couldn’t have come at a better time for me as life was spiralling out of control. Listening to Ellen’s calming voice, the breathing techniques and visualisations have massively helped ease my anxiety and allowed me to navigate my way through difficult circumstances in a much clearer and calmer way. Thanks Ellen."
"I found this really beneficial and I think I will experience real health benefits from having taken it. It has taught me the benefits of & how to switch off from my busy life. I am sleeping better which is helping me deal with the stress of life and work."
"It’s amazing how attending these classes have had a far greater impact on my life than I first thought they would when I first signed up . Ellen has a wonderful insightful way of inspiring one to explore ones inner workings I am always anxious to learn more and sorry when a course comes to its conclusion ."
"The 8 week course with Ellen was just fantastic. It has given me the opportunity to take time out and focus on myself .Truly a wonderful course, cannot recommend to too highly."
John
John
It was excellent, Ellen is such lovely person, the attention she gives is by far the best I have ever experienced. She cares at her clients which really shows. The zoom calls were excellent. It was such a life changing way of looking at things form a personal level and to give you those skills of taking time out for yourself and to be kinder to yourself and others. Great way to switch of from the world when you need to.
Eoghan
Eoghan
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the Science

Dr Kristen Neff (associate professor in the University of Texas) has studied compassion for a number of years and she has found that self-compassionate people:

  1. ruminate less. In other words they are less likely to keep repeating and repeating negative thoughts to themselves.
  2. have lower levels of depression, anxiety and stress.
  3. feel less negative about the past even though they are more likely to take personal responsibility for what has gone wrong in the past.
  4. bounce back from failures and setbacks. This might be because they know that if they fail again they won’t subject themselves to fierce criticism.
  5. are more likely to stick to their diets, to exercise and to succeed in reducing alcohol use.  
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the 4 week course

Over the course of the 4 weeks we will cover lots of topics such as:

  • What compassion is exactly? 
  • Why it’s important to have it in your life and how it can change everything for the better
  • Why we might resist compassion and how to get around those blocks. 
  • Taming the Inner critic – what is it, how to tame it and live harmoniously with that voice in your head
  • Inner critic v’s true friend – which one do you feed? The tale of the two wolves
  • Compassion strategies
  • Meeting yourself where you are: stop running from the distractions.
  • and much more
 
We will also explore lots of different types of meditation to help sow and grow the seed of compassion within.
 
All of the classes will be recorded so you can access them if you miss a week, or wish to refresh yourself on any of the meditations or teachings.

You will receive

Meditation practices for use at home and in between sessions

Notes and articles on compassion

Easy ways to bring compassion into your every day

A deeper understanding of who you are

Your facilitator

I am a qualified Biochemist from Trinity College, Dublin and over the past 15 years I have read, studied and practiced mindfulness. I have trained with some of the leading experts, gone on retreats all over the world and held some of my own. I have also worked teaching 8 week mindfulness courses in the community, in companies and as a 1:1.

I am passionate about mindfulness as I can honestly say that it has changed my life! I know that can sound very OTT at times and it wasn’t this sudden flash of light that came down and I was enlightened, sitting lotus position, emanating love (wouldn’t that be wonderful!) No, it was over time and with patience and commitment I found that old behaviours that didn’t serve me well melted away, negative beliefs no longer held me captive and I wasn’t a victim of my emotions (finally!)

The changes were incremental and yet they were very obvious once I became aware of them. I actually began to feel more comfortable within myself which I never thought possible having suffered with depression for most of my life. With that everything changed for the better.

FAQ

What if I miss a week?

All the classes are recorded and uploaded to a Dropbox folder each week. This is shared with class participants so that they can catch up in their own time.

Is anything asked of me, that is, will I have to speak or contribute?

I do ask for a short check in at the beginning of every day. This is optional each week so if you’d prefer not to speak or be on camera that is absolutely fine with me. The check in is literally to see how you got on with the weeks recommendations and how I can help you with your mindfulness experience

What if I have a question but I don’t want to ask it via Zoom?

I encourage all participants to contact me via email or phone during the course with any mindfulness questions and queries, I’m always more than happy to help.

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This course is held via Zoom.

When: Starting on Tuesday 10th May for 4 weeks (Classes are recorded)
Time: 7 to 8:30pm online via Zoom
Price: EARLY EARLY BIRD of €95 offer available until Monday 2nd May. 

Your place will be secured upon payment via stripe or paypal. No previous experience necessary

Please contact me via the form below if you wish to pay in installments or if you have been recently made redundant.

Questions? Let Me Know!

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