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Coming to the Conference
We are pleased to announce that MPCP has partnered with Bangor as part of their Mindfulness Conference taking place in August 2024. We...

Claire-Louise
Feb 2, 20241 min read


Successful Bids!
MPCP is very grateful and pleased to have won two funding bids this month from Quartet Express and from Awards for All. These grants...

Claire-Louise
Feb 2, 20241 min read


The 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-Louise
Feb 8, 20222 min read


A 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-Louise
Jan 11, 20222 min read


Out 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-Louise
Nov 15, 20212 min read


Starting again ....
September 2021 – new school year – autumn – an unpredictable, turbulent world - all with the potential to pull the mind constantly into...

Claire-Louise
Sep 1, 20212 min read


Something 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-Louise
Jul 6, 20212 min read


And 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-Louise
Jun 9, 20212 min read


MoMM - 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-Louise
Jun 1, 20211 min read


Moments 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-Louise
May 11, 20212 min read


Our 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-Louise
Apr 16, 20212 min read


Why (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-Louise
Mar 16, 20212 min read


New Beginnings - our first online mindfulness course for Royal United Hospital, Bath
I have the privilege of teaching the first online mindfulness course for front line nurses and healthcare staff at the RUH. We have a...

Claire-Louise
Feb 17, 20212 min read


Cold 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-Louise
Dec 28, 20202 min read


In 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-Louise
Dec 1, 20202 min read


Donna'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-Louise
Nov 13, 20201 min read


How 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-Louise
Nov 6, 20202 min read


"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-Louise
Oct 28, 20202 min read


Supporting the NHS
We are very happy to have the opportunity of teaching three 8-week courses in 2021 to Nursing & Midwifery Registrants at Royal United...

Claire-Louise
Oct 28, 20201 min read


Silent 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-Louise
Oct 28, 20202 min read
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