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Email: livingroom@lh.org.au
Expression of Interest Form
Mindfulness Foundations:
8-Week Course
Sessions will be online
Schedule: Sundays at 4 pm, starting 23 February 2025
Format: Online via Zoom
Cost: $395 for the full 8-week course
The course will be guided and led by facilitator:
- Mindfulness Trainer: Chris Dickson
Mindfulness Foundations: 8-Week Course
This course offers a practical introduction to mindfulness, designed to help you build your own practice from the ground up. Whether you’re a beginner or looking for a refresher, it provides tools to manage challenging thoughts, emotions, or physical symptoms and to cultivate a greater sense of calm and ease.
Over 8 weeks, you’ll learn impactful mindfulness techniques and receive guidance to establish a sustainable practice that fosters long-term self-efficacy and resilience. Partners and carers are also welcome.
Join us and discover how mindfulness can support your well-being. If you are interested in this course, please use the link below to register your interest – spots are very limited.
Course Facilitators
Mindfulness Trainer: Chris Dickson
BA (Hons) University of Sydney, Dip. Counselling, AMRA
Chris has studied and practiced mindfulness and meditation since 2005 and has led the mindfulness program at Chris O’Brien Lifehouse since 2014. He has trained with OpenGround Australia and the Mindfulness Training Institute of Australia and undertakes ongoing professional development in Australia and overseas.
His research interests at Chris O’Brien Lifehouse include the clinical application of mindfulness in supportive care and the mechanisms by which mindfulness works.
Chris has a special interest in the use of mindfulness for anxiety, stress, pain and other symptom management. His previous work at Arthritis Australia has led to an understanding and empathy for people managing chronic illness and a focus on providing practical, evidence-based solutions, particularly through online programs.
Chris leads group classes and private sessions by appointment for our patients who wish to learn mindfulness practices and how to apply them in managing disease and treatment symptoms. His focus is on helping patients develop mindfulness skills to work with troubling thoughts, emotions and body sensations.