Claire-LouiseFeb 82 minThe Times They Are A-Changing MPCP is incredibly grateful to be the recipient of grant funding to provide 6 courses for disadvantaged families over the next 2 years...
Claire-LouiseJan 112 minA New New Year Resolution New Year is an interesting time for lots of reasons. Putting Covid aside, just for a moment, one of the things we may notice is a sense...
Claire-LouiseNov 15, 20212 minOut of my window .......I was going to write about the new courses we are running and our plans for the future but that is not what is alive for me right now....
Claire-LouiseSep 1, 20212 minStarting again ....September 2021 – new school year – autumn – an unpredictable, turbulent world - all with the potential to pull the mind constantly into...
Claire-LouiseJul 6, 20212 minSomething to feel good about ....We don't usually drink in the day - we are asking you all to believe that it's really unknown for us to uncork a bottle together on a...
Claire-LouiseJun 9, 20212 minAnd we thought it wouldn't work........It doesn’t seem long ago in one sense but in another, it feels like a decade since we three (Claire Louise, Donna and me, Jacky) were...
Claire-LouiseJun 1, 20211 minMoMM - Post Match Musings For one hour. On a Saturday in May. About 35 people met up on Zoom - teachers from Bristol Mindfulness, Stephen from Warriors of...
Claire-LouiseMay 11, 20212 minMoments of Mass Mindfulness 2021 It’s a strange thing when we sit in meditation with others. It’s an internal process but something definitely happens, something tangible...
Claire-LouiseApr 16, 20212 minOur One and Precious Life We have come to the end of this first online 8 week course for front line Registrants at RUH and I’m looking back at the last sessions...
Claire-LouiseMar 16, 20212 minWhy (on earth) would we get closer to stuff that we want to get away from? RUH course Week 4 The steadfastness we develop in meditation is a willingness to stay. It may seem silly, but meditation actually isn’t too unlike...
Claire-LouiseFeb 17, 20212 minNew Beginnings - our first online mindfulness course for Royal United Hospital, BathI have the privilege of teaching the first online mindfulness course for front line nurses and healthcare staff at the RUH. We have a...
Claire-LouiseDec 28, 20202 minCold Turkey These days between Christmas and New Year are definitely odd. In her book ‘Black on Black’ Hilary Mantel referred to them as ‘the dank...
Claire-LouiseDec 1, 20202 minIn the midst of this………….lets take a pause.........One of our teachers on our qualifying course, spoke of practicing mindfulness ‘in the midst of this’. She was referring to the fact that...
Claire-LouiseNov 13, 20201 minDonna's Musings from Jacky's 'Karmavan' in Derbyshire What is my relationship to the present moment? I'm Donna and I am a therapist with ‘Talk to The Rainbow’ and a Mindfulness teacher. I...
Claire-LouiseNov 6, 20202 minHow do you find a 'catchy' title for 'writing a report' ?Friday afternoon, dog walked, lunch eaten, CNN bulltins on the results in Georgia turned off and now focussing on work for MPCP. It is...
Claire-LouiseOct 28, 20202 min"Caring for Me,Caring for You" - mindfulness for adoptive parents MPCP has long been committed to supporting adoptive parents and we have just delivered an 8-week MBCT curriculum online to adoptive...
Claire-LouiseOct 28, 20201 minSupporting the NHSWe are very happy to have the opportunity of teaching three 8-week courses in 2021 to Nursing & Midwifery Registrants at Royal United...
Claire-LouiseOct 28, 20202 minSilent Celebration - MPCP's 5th Birthday! Well, needs must! Our small team, Claire Louise, Donna and Jacky and our esteemed associate Carol from ‘Chatterminds’, have just spent a...
Claire-LouiseMar 17, 20202 minHow to stay grounded in these turbulent timesThese last few weeks have been a bit of a whirlwind with advice from Government and Health changing swiftly and differing considerably...
Claire-LouiseMar 17, 20201 minSubscribe to our new YouTube ChannelWe have started a YouTube Channel as a way to support you during these difficult and uncertain times. We plan to upload video tips and...