Mindfulness Sussex

04/05/2026

Ever wonder what it'd be like to train in mindfulness with a specialist one-to-one teacher? This is from the latest google review at Mindfulness Sussex...

"Working one-to-one with Ed has been an incredibly positive experience in my life.
It’s given me a space to understand myself more clearly, helping me connect with my values, my patterns, and my sense of self, and supporting my growth in a way I don’t think I would have reached on my own.
I also don’t think I would have functioned through a particularly stressful period without it. It’s something I’ve relied on without even thinking, because of the skills I’ve developed through the one-to-one work."

Interested? Give us a call and we can explore how one-to-one mindfulness training could help you?

One to one and group mindfulness courses and coaching with highly experienced mindfulness author and teacher Ed Halliwell. Via Zoom and in-person

26/04/2026

"That's the real gift of mindfulness. Not peace. Not calm. Not any of the things on the brochure. Just this: the willingness to be in a room with yourself and not reach for the door."

This rings true.

It's the hardest thing I've ever practiced. And every morning I sit back down on the cushion and practice it again, because the version of me who kept running was functional, productive, and completely lost

19/04/2026

If we can realise that the only time is now, and that memories of the past and ideas about the future exist only as mental events now, the more likely we are to unhook from identifying with unhelpful thoughts (and the feelings that accompany them) and experience peace. So much suffering comes from mistaking concepts for the sensory experiences they attempt to refer to. Or to put it simply, "the idea of your mother/a chair/X is not your mother/a chair/X"...

13/04/2026

New eight-week foundation and graduate group mindfulness courses start this month, plus tailored one-to-one mindfulness coaching and group practice sessions, all in my latest newsletter at this link...

New foundation and graduate group courses start this month, plus tailored one-to-one mindfulness coaching and group practice sessions...

12/04/2026

"Many people assume meditation is primarily about calming down, a way to escape stress. In reality, meditation is often mentally demanding work—more like taking your mind to the gym than relaxing. In one of our recent laboratory studies, we asked both novice and highly experienced meditators to meditate for 20 minutes and tracked their mental states. Even advanced meditators reported frequent mind-wandering during guided meditation, and unpleasant experiences like body discomfort or mental agitation outnumbered pleasant ones by nearly six to one. This is not a failure of meditation. It is practice working as intended...such moments provide opportunities to practice more adaptive responses to distress that people later implement in daily life."

Yes, absolutely, well put.

Meditation isn’t always calming. Discover why the difficulty of retreats may be exactly what helps strengthen your brain and improve long-term well-being.

09/04/2026

Ed Halliwell from Mindfulness Sussex is leading a session on the benefits and challenges of One-to-one Mindfulness Coaching at the Sussex Mindfulness Centre conference on 15 May. Here's the workshop outline:

Mindfulness and compassion-based learning often happens in groups, and for good reason – following a tried-and-tested curriculum with others brings insight into the commonalities of human experience and offers mutual support as people develop a meditation practice. But has the emphasis on group training obscured the potential for a personalised approach? In one-to-one mindfulness sessions, meditation and inquiry are guided according to the unique needs of an individual moment-by-moment, creating a flexible, responsive, and intimately relational approach to learning. In this way, one-to-one sessions enable a compassionate connection that helps transformation happen. In this session, we will look at what one-to-one sessions can and can’t offer, what frameworks they can draw on, who can benefit, and how this emergent approach might evolve as the mindfulness field develops...

Come and join us if you're in the Brighton, UK vicinity...

Workshops from the Sussex Mindfulness Centre's twelfth Annual conference 2026, Compassion: The Power to Transform

08/04/2026

"A truly life changing 8 weeks that will stay with me forever. I am less reactive, more able to regulate my emotions and am showing up with more kindness and patience for others. So this is what sanity feels like..." Sound inspiring? Why not join us on our next mindfulness course, on Friday mornings, starting 24th April, via Zoom... Read more reviews here https://mindfulnesssussex.co.uk/testimonials.html

An 8-week mindfulness course is the gold standard group mindfulness training, and this course includes all the key elements of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy For Life (MBCT-L). The course teaches simple meditation practices that can help us be more....

03/04/2026

The impact of a mindfulness programme to help lower blood pressure also showed it reduced depression symptoms. According to the study authors: "Mindfulness interventions help by regulating our emotions better when different challenges come up" , up.

Building on decades of research supporting mindfulness for stress reduction and cardiovascular health, a new study finds that a mindfulness trial, originally designed to lower blood pressure, significantly reduced depression symptoms, especially for those with early-life adversity.

01/04/2026

Can practising mindfulness bring us close to difficult experiences? Yes. Can that often be helpful in training us to manage the inevitable difficulties of everyday life? Yes. Going beyond relaxation as a measure of success unlocks much greater possibilities for flourishing in life.

Facing your own thoughts and sensations, without trying to suppress them, is harder than it may seem. But learning to do it can boost your mental health.

29/03/2026

"I started classes hoping I could feel that my life was ok and to find peace and calm. At times I go beyond that and have actually rediscovered happiness. It was there all the time." - From a recent mindfulness 8-week group course participant. Next course runs on Friday mornings UK time via Zoom, starting April 24th - more details here

An 8-week mindfulness course is the gold standard group mindfulness training, and this course includes all the key elements of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy For Life (MBCT-L). The course teaches simple meditation practices that can help us be more....

22/03/2026

"I have had the space to explore specific difficulties in depth, and to a far greater extent than possible in a group setting" - new google review of one-to-one sessions with Ed Halliwell of Mindfulness Sussex.

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