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It's easy to get busy, overwhelmed and stressed in todays fast paced, ever changing, charged and increasingly uncertain world with all its moving parts and increasing demands.

It's not so easy to stay grounded, present and calm. It may seem like finding peace is impossible, but what it if wasn't?

The simple practice of Mindfulness can help you find more peace, happiness and enjoyment in life, whilst navigating the challenges and curveballs that come your way.

Research shows that mindfulness, when learned through a structured programme and practiced in daily life, can help break the cycle of anxiety, stress, unhappiness and exhaustion. It promotes a sense of appreciation for life and gives us the skills to live with greater kindness and presence.

This 8 week Mindfulness course is based on the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course created by Jon Kabat-Zinn. Research has shown measurable benefits lasting after MBSR courses, you won’t get the same benefits from other shorter courses.
The particular course has been shown to help those that attend it navigate the challenges faced in their lives, such as relationship difficulties, illness, pain, lack of focus, burnout and general ongoing stressors and anxieties that occur in the day to day, busy, non-stop world of overwhelm, expectations and distractions we live in.

This programme has been designed to teach simple and powerful mindfulness practices to people aspiring to break the cycle of stress, unhappiness, anxiety and mental exhaustion. It promotes taking control of your well-being and happiness, in a practical and proven way and re-discovering enjoyment and contentment in your life.

The course consists of 8 x weekly 2.5 hour sessions plus a 1 day retreat that runs from 10am to 4.30pm (on Saturday 20th May).

During these sessions you will be guided through and taught gentle but powerful practices to uncover and put into practice the innate resources that you have to live your life feeling calmer yet more vital, more confident and more resilient.

During this course you will:

Learn practical mindfulness techniques and meditations
Explore what it mean to live more fully present in your life
Look at the topic of stress and it's impact on your physical, emotional and mental health
Work in small groups and participate in exercises and discussions that help you integrate what you are learning into your day to day life.
Be provided with applied practical knowledge from a combination of ancient teachings and modern neuroscience.

This course is all about teaching you to be fully human, happier, healthier and in the world today.

This course is a journey to enable you to understand, accept and befriend yourself better. To support you to live your life with more resilience, purpose and presence, enabling you to navigate both challenge and change with

This course is for you if want to:

Learn how to better manage and ease stress and worry
Respond more wisely (rather than react) challenges you face in your life whether at home and work
Improve your relationships with others and yourself
Find more contentment and appreciation in your life
Develop a sense of peace and inner stability even when life gets busy
Increase you ability to focus and hold your attention (particularly on what matters most)
Live life more present with kindness and compassion (for both yourself and others).
Gain a deeper understanding of mindfulness and meditation that you can integrate into your daily life.

What's included in this course:

8 x 2.5 hour weekly sessions
1 x Full Retreat day (runs 10am to 4.30pm on Saturday 20th May)
Guided Mindfulness meditation and body awareness training
Curriculum teaches you to notice and explore your thought patterns, self talk and habits, and learn how to transform them with useful models and techniques
App of audio recordings and comprehensive workbook.
Doing this course you will get 26 hours of contact time. (Note courses like Mindfulness work usually only have 4 to 6 hours)
Group size limited to 11.
In these small groups, you will be well supported during the course.

Course Dates and Times

Session 1 - 6.30pm to 9pm Wednesday 12th April
Session 2 - 6.30pm to 9pm Wednesday 19th April
Session 3 - 6.30pm to 9pm Wednesday 26th April
Session 4 - 6.30pm to 9pm Wednesday 3rd May
Session 5 - 6.30pm to 9pm Wednesday 10th May
Session 6 - 6.30pm to 9pm Wednesday 17th May
Session 7 - 6.30pm to 9pm Wednesday 24th May
Session 8 - 6.30pm to 9pm Wednesday 31st May
Silent Retreat Day - 10am to 4.30pm on Saturday 20th May

Calendar invites will be sent for all sessions when payment is confirmed.

You teacher and guide on this course - Lotty Roberts

Lotty Roberts - Mindfulness Teacher, Emotional Culture Specialist and founder of MiND.U

For over 20 years, Lotty has been helping people and organisations lead themselves through the challenge of change. During her own rocky life journey, Lotty discovered the ancient practices of mindfulness to help her manage chronic pain, stress and burnout.

Inspired to share the valuable teachings she had learned, Lotty started her business ‘MiND.U’, where she is devoted to helping others build the capability and understanding to mindfully navigate themselves through the ever changing, fast paced and often challenging world we find ourselves in.

Lotty is a trained registered Mindfulness teacher through The Mindfulness Institute of Australia and New Zealand (MTIA). Lotty is one of the worlds most experience certified Emotional Culture specialists and also trained with the Oxford University Mindfulness Foundation (OMF) in their 'Mindfulness in the Workplace' programme and 'Finding Peace in a Frantic World' teacher training.

Lotty works with a range of people and communities across NZ, as well as internationally. Aside from this course Lotty runs retreats, public and in house workplace workshops / courses, and is a regular speaker on the topics of Mindfulness, Emotions, Resilience, Self-Compassion and Emotional Leadership.

Lotty's passion and intention through her work is to help people flourish from the inside out.

One of Lotty’s favourite Quotes is
“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn how to surf” - Jon Kabat-Zinn

Feedback and testimonials from previous course participants

"Lotty is simply amazing. I loved her 8 week course and silent retreat day and it has been a game changer for me. I find myself able to step back and my mind is calmer. I would have not considered a mindfulness course previously but this one has been practical, pragmatic and eye opening."

"What a blessing these past 8 weeks have been! I've dipped my toes into odd bits of Mindfulness before but Lotty brought a realness and approachability to it. I’ve found myself bringing mindfulness achievably into my life and I feel hopeful that I'll be able to maintain my practice from this point forward. Lotty created a wonderful non-judgement atmosphere, where we've been able to be open and share and learn from each others challenges and insights. I’ve found myself feeling generally more settled but more than that, I feel ready and armed with some great tools for inevitable future challenges."

"This 8 week course is a gift to yourself; Lotty is a gentle, humurous and wise teacher and the course will leave you feeling more self-love, and with tools to continue your own practice."

"This course really helped me to become more aware of how my mind operates and some ways I can create space to notice the thoughts and feelings that arise when I’m in those sticky situations. A really approachable, safe and non-judgemental course!"

"Hugely practical and accessible. Lotty is an excellent host/factilitator/teacher and nurtures a wonderful community of curious learners."

"It was a privilege to be part of this course expertly led by Lotty through the 8 week course. I now have more tools at my disposal to help me cope with the stress and anxiety that led to burn out, but I know this is just the beginning. If you’re looking to explore this evidence based course I encourage you to get in touch with Lotty asap. Thank you Lotty for providing a safe, welcoming environment."

Event Location

The weekly sessions and retreat day is held in central wellington in the suburb of Roseneath. This is an in person course and it's preferable that participants endeavour to attend in person.

Important to note

There are some health contra-indications to attending this course so once you purchase your place you will be asked some questions to ensure that these do not apply to you. Lotty will arrange phone chat with you to discuss these and if contraindications do exist a full refund will be given.