Mindful Photography UK

16/10/2025

16/10/2025

It was magical to just watch this leaf dangling on a cobweb yesterday in a mindful photography session for women in York.

Sometimes you have to JUST BE

15/10/2025

What an amazing and complete nourishing experience spending my morning with 16 women who attended our Mindful Photography UK at the Friargate Quaker Meeting House, York funded by Two Ridings Community Foundation

Thank you to everyone involved for your enthusiasm and patience whilst I facilitated this group

Kyra Women's Project Glynis, Laura, Bryony, Sherrie
Our City Hub Bianca

…..you’re all my superstars !

When we apply for funding and plan and put on workshops I won’t lie ….. it’s a lot of work to get it advertised, to build trust and to ensure that our participants feel safe and secure

I couldn’t do this without the help of referral partners and volunteers so a huge shout out to the amazing Olivia and the lovely Elle who made me a coffee just when I needed it!

We are now sold out for the next six weeks !!!

Keep looking back for places as they crop up or send me an email

Rebecca@mindfulphotography.org.uk

15/10/2025

As my son says …. Mum’s got merch !

We’re really happy with our t shirts from Dave's Workwear

Can’t wait to meet our new participants today in York - we are supporting women from all over the world with lots of referrals from Kyra Women's Project and Our City Hub

This is partnership working at its best !

Today we will be feeling brightly coloured wools and discussing and how it makes us FEEL

13/10/2025

An exciting but busy day today ♥️

First off our online therapeutic photography course - we are half way through and the participants are giving great feedback and enjoying doing their ( fun we promise !! ) homework 📚 📷

Therapeutic photography allows us to take a step back and look at our sense of self. We explore our identify in a safe and structured way. It’s underpinned by structures and theories surrounding our ability to cope with loss and grief. I’m so privileged to have graduated from Robert Gordon University having learned these processes from Dr Neil Gibson. At first I panicked so much as I hadn’t studied for years (I am forty nine years old).

Dr Gibson reassured me to keep with it and rely on my community teaching experience saying that it would all fit into place. And it did.

Our therapeutic photography sessions are gentle and nurturing ♥️

I was reading through our recent feedback from Orb where one participant simply wrote -

“ I feel safe “

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11/10/2025

We are really excited to spread positivity this week by launching our "Five Days in Between 2025" project! 🎉 This is a re-run of our very first community project from 2020, in which the original 30 people in our facebook group participated.

You can find us here

https://www.facebook.com/groups/682148979380076/

This project is open to EVERYONE in our group.

🌟 From December 27th to December 31st, we will post a daily prompt for you to follow.

Even better, 100 people in Yorkshire will receive these prompts delivered to their doors! 📬 (Kindly funded by Forensic Response UK).

All you need to do is post your photo in our group 📸 and stay connected during what can often be a challenging time for many.

Here’s what to do now:
- If you would like to nominate someone in *Yorkshire* (who is on Facebook and able to join our group), please let them know to sign up here. 👥

https://form.jotform.com/252506060199355

- Or sign up a friend here. 📅

https://form.jotform.com/252506060199355

If you are not in *Yorkshire*, just sit tight and get ready for the fun to begin! 🎊

10/10/2025

Happy World Mental Health Day 2025



We are really excited to spread positivity on this special day by launching our "Five Days in Between 2025" project! 🎉 This is a re-run of our very first community project from 2020, in which the original 30 people in our facebook group participated.

You can find us here

https://www.facebook.com/groups/682148979380076/

This project is open to EVERYONE in our group.

🌟 From December 27th to December 31st, we will post a daily prompt for you to follow.

Even better, 100 people in Yorkshire will receive these prompts delivered to their doors! 📬 (Kindly funded by Forensic Response UK).

All you need to do is post your photo in our group 📸 and stay connected during what can often be a challenging time for many.

Here’s what to do now:
- If you would like to nominate someone in *Yorkshire* (who is on Facebook and able to join our group), please let them know to sign up here. 👥

https://form.jotform.com/252506060199355

- Or sign up yourself here. 📅

https://form.jotform.com/252506060199355

If you are not in *Yorkshire*, just sit tight and get ready for the fun to begin! 🎊

09/10/2025

🌟 What an incredible session at Kyra Women's Project on Wednesday! One participant shared that she'd been struggling with a headache for weeks, but after our session together, she felt so calm that it completely disappeared. ♥️

📷 While mindful photography cannot support all our mental and physical health, it truly helps to cultivate a sense of calm and control over life. 🧘

This was our third Mindful Photography UK session aimed at supporting women and girls in York, funded by the Two Ridings Community Foundation. So far, we have helped support 23 women through this initiative!

🙏 A huge thank you to Kyra for all your hard work in referring women to these workshops!

Exciting news: Next week, we’ll be moving venues, and we’re currently gathering names for our upcoming events at an accessible city centre location.

All workshops are 10-1230pm

Come to one or all of them !

15 October
22 October
29 October
05 November
12 November

⭐️ No need for skill

⭐️ No need for a fancy camera a smartphone is perfect 👌

For more details and to book please email
Rebecca@mindfulphotography.org.uk

Or WhatsApp me

07709325823


Kyra Women's Project
Two Ridings Community Foundation

08/10/2025

The view from our recent workshop in Scarborough !

We have expanded our team at Mindful Photography UK and experienced teacher Diane has been leading some sessions around mindfulness and crafts with little snippets of Mindful Photography just to give people a gentle taster.

These sessions are a great way to just see if our workshops are for you - they are based on connection and friendship.

Diane made soup for our recent group ♥️

We will be repeating these so please email me for more details

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Rebecca@mindfulphotography.org.uk

08/10/2025

Today we have another session at Kyra Women's Project

Last week it was a lovely calm session which included tea and coffees, chats, walks and activities

Can’t wait to see what we do today !
If you’re interested in a calm and inspiring session of mindful photography drop me a message Mindful Photography UK

07/10/2025

We loved working with Hey Smile over the summer ♥️

As The HEY Smile Foundation move into the next phase of their Growing Green and Blue Health work, they want to better understand what stops people from enjoying the outdoors for their health and wellbeing.

We all know how powerful fresh air and green spaces can be — but for many, real barriers stand in the way. That’s why they would love to hear from you. By sharing your experiences, you’ll help them tackle these challenges so everyone can enjoy the freedom and benefits of being outdoors.

🌿 Take their 10-minute survey and enter their £50 Love2Shop voucher prize draw!
🗓️ Complete it by Sunday 19th October for your chance to win.
👉 Share your experience here

Your voice matters — together, we can make nature accessible to all.

07/10/2025

We really enjoyed our York Walk last week which took us to Barley Hall

Thank you so much to Kev and the team who have been supporting my Mindful Photography UK group sessions for MANY years !

I started photography for well-being sessions in York SIXTEEN years ago and local organisations such as York Archaeological Trust the National Railway Museum York Castle Museum have always opened their doors to us year in year out providing free entry for our learners and we are always so grateful …. Here’s to another sixteen years !!