Mindful Meditation - Kirkby-in-Ashfield Library and Learning Centre - Adult Learning

Kirkby-in-Ashfield Library and Learning Centre, Kirkby in Ashfield

Date	12 September - 17 October 2025
Sessions	Fridays: 1pm - 3pm
No. sessions	6
Venue	Kirkby-in-Ashfield Library and Learning Centre, Kirkby in Ashfield View venue details
For ages	19+
Group size	5 - 15
Cost	FREE - £48

About this course

This 6-week mindful meditation course is designed to introduce you to the principles and practices of mindfulness. You will develop practical tools to reduce stress, enhance focus and cultivate a deeper sense of well-being.

Through guided meditations, group discussions, and reflective exercises, you will experience mindfulness as a transformative life skills applicable to personal and professional contexts.

This course is also great for a work/home life balance. Come along, destress and learn how to embed these skills into daily life. Learn the definition and principles of mindfulness through exploring the benefits of mindfulness in daily life and participating in a guided practice: body scan meditation. Understand the mind-body connection and learn how to recognise automatic thought patterns.

You will follow a guided practice for mindful breathing and move onto identifying stress triggers and their impacts, completing techniques for responding to stress mindfully. With the aid of a guided practice: loving-kindness meditation; you will cover the basic science behind attention and multitasking.

Complete a guided practice: mindful observation exercise; you will practice empathy and active listening. Understanding responding versus reacting in communication is important. Complete a guided practice: Compassion meditation.

Finishing the course by developing sustainable mindfulness practice. Setting goals for continued growth. Final guided practice: Silent meditation and journaling. Upon completion of the course, you will receive a certificate of attendance.

What you will need to bring to the course:

It is advisable to bring a bottle of water to keep you hydrated. Along with pen and paper for notes/journal purposes.

Booking your place and fee information

If you receive certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course, please visit our funding page for further information.

Residency in England

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must be living in England permanently and live outside of the devolved areas listed below or live within the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) devolved area (Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire).

Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Greater London
Greater Manchester
Liverpool City Region
Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland
Tees Valley
West of England
West Midlands
West Yorkshire

Residency Eligibility – other criteria

If you are living in the UK on a visa we will require evidence of this in order to be funded for the course, you can upload this evidence when you apply for the course. (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

Some exceptions may apply for example

Your visa expiry date must be beyond the end of your course
Asylum seekers must have lived in the UK for 6 months or longer while their claim is being considered by the Home Office
You are receiving local authority support under section 23C or section 23CA of the Children Act 1989 or the Care Act 2014

Any learner who is not funded full cost fees would apply to these courses.