I am about to begin a 5-day Mindful Self-Compassion workshop. It is the evidence-based Mindful Self-Compassion program developed by Kirstin Neff and Christopher Germer. The guys at CBT Training Australia are running the program, and our facilitators will be Dr James Bennet-Levy and Dr Kristy Arbon.
I feel very lucky to be able to take a full 5-days to build my skills in these important areas of mindfulness and self-compassion. The program will involve a lot of experiential exercises that focus on meditations, as well as information describing the theory and research underpinning the program.
My two goals of attending the workshop are to become a more mindful and self-compassionate therapist, and person in day-to-day life. The more I practice mindfulness and self-compassion the more I realise it is just that – a practice. It is something that needs to be nourished, watered if you like. By doing so you are able to appreciate the benefits that mindful self-compassion can bring.
If you are interested to learn more about mindfulness check out this little video I developed describing it or you can check out this wonderful animation developed by the team at Headspace.
Over the course of the program I hope to be able to write a little bit about my experiences.
