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Mindfulness for Effective Sleep Programing

8 practical workshops for Fantastic sleeping habits.

Course Overview

Sleeping well is as crucial to our emotional and physical health and wellbeing Just a quarter of us sleep well at night and wake up feeling happy and awake to the opportunities and experiences of the next 24 hours.  Almost half of us losing sleep as a result of worry and stress.

I offer workshops short or daylong, as well as courses including an 8 week program.

Belinda has had many years of experiencing sleep problems and developed a unique blend of alternative health care, nutrition, Evidence-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Mindfulness-based stress reduction, meditation and movement, Neuro-linguistic programming, Hypnotherapy and sleep hygiene.  

Learn the skills for a good night rest and the importance of doing nothing on purpose. Belinda provides bespoke sleep meditation podcasts and apps to support your new habits.

BENEFITS

Better sleep improves emotional stability,  immune system, mood, blood pressure, digestion, creativity, ease and resilience, less tense, vitality, positivity, increased problem-solving, focus, patience, perspective, kindness, presence, awareness, weight management, slower ageing, improved memory, increased performance, better relationship and wellbeing..

“A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor’s book.”

-Irish Proverb

Course feedback: 

“General understanding of Mindfulness and meditation, Good techniques and ideas”.

“Enjoyed walking meditation, slowing down tips for sleep and breathing.”

“Very interesting and useful ideas. Liked the meditation very much”.

 Very informative, practical. I felt happier”.

 “Realised the subconscious things I do. Presenter very calm, engaging and professional”.


The course can also be taken in 1-2-1 coaching sessions in any of my London Clinics of Skype.

 Please call me direct for consultations. 07967020289

Session 1 - Sleep Awareness – Coming to our senses.

This session offers a practical guide to the benefits of mindfulness meditations focusing on present moment experiences in the senses for deep sleep programming.

Our mind gets overactive analyzing, telling us stories: “What if “ “Why”, “Don’t forget”, the past and future. Thinking does not have an “OFF” button.  Mindfulness awareness & meditation training is an evidence-based approach to turning the volume right down, calming our mind/nervous system for optimum wellbeing. 

We will explore of Tai chi/yoga like tension releasing movements, sounds, breathing, training our wandering mind to develop focus, attitudes and intentions to prepare for deep sleep programming.

Session 2 - Living in our heads-Sleepy head

Here we explore neuroscience to understand the brains’ nature.

45% of thoughts we have today are the same as yesterdays!!!

Our mind is often off on autopilot, endlessly evaluate for possible threat/stress. 

Our reptilian hyper-vigilant impulses and thinking can make our thoughts a stormy sea, when we want to float in calm and peace. 

Mindfulness meditations and CBT help us rewire our brain to respond, focus, calm, observe and let go. We explore our favourite thinking patterns, and mindfulness meditations to breaking free create, new habits for soothing, restful sleep and cultivate our wellbeing plan.

Session 3 - Bed Head – Taming our inner monkey brain with kindness and acceptance

Here we cultivate urge surfing, our awareness, mindful attitudes and meditation.

 In our digital age we can get addicted to checking, expecting the instant, getting frustrated with reality, caught in the doing world and forgetting we are humans and need rest!

A digital break for surfing, future based thinking for the pleasures of this moment. We softly, gently, enjoy, calm, peace and the pleasure of sleeping.

Our practice will include: Mindful walking meditation, 3-step breathing space to interrupt rumination and obsessing, self hypnosis/relaxation techniques.

Session 4 - Effective sleep - Recognising reactions, letting go, stress and thinking patterns

Here we explore mindfulness everywhere; any day, night, training our minds to respond to life with calm, curiosity, patience and timely actions. 

We cultivate sitting, walking and standing meditations and interrupting/letting go of tension/overthinking.  Enjoy simple activities to create time to pause and check in on reality. We will cultivate insight and connection.

By getting to know our Neanderthal reactions, we can affect our thinking, moods and behaviours. An opportunity to create happiness positivity, choice, perspective and more relaxed.

Session 5 - Understanding how hormones and external factors influence our sleep for greater resilience and restful sleep

Here we gain understanding of how our body clock, hormones, tides, time and sleeping habits affect our sleep. 

With this information, we can create a natural self-care plan. We cultivate meditations, visualisations, aromatherapy, herbs, attitudes, teas and journaling to develop resilience to these changes and have better rest and sleep.

When we move away from our normal rhythms and we cannot sleep, or have disturbed sleep we can notice how horrible we feel. Respond mindfully towards this and harness nature to cultivate new ways of taking care of yourself.

Session 6 - Rewiring our brains for better sleep

Here we explore thoughts, our senses, what keeps us awake, tossing, thrashing and getting frustrated. 

This is an experiential and practical workshop in Mindfulness based stress reduction, mindful listening and speaking, meditations, relaxation techniques and other calming sleep tools.

A bit like a PC we need to close our programs at the end of the day and upgrade our software. Neuroscience, sleep hygiene, mindful meditations practices rewire our brains in getting perspective, patience, letting go of the day/past, calming and focusing. 

These are life skills for enhancing wellbeing. 

Session 7 - OPTIMAL SLEEP PERFORMANCE - How can we bring more harmony to our life?

If you are tired of waking up feeling exhausted, this sleep wellbeing program is for you. 

A practical workshop to nurture effective, evidence based blissful sleep habits. Whether you’ve had sleep problems since childhood, or suffer with insomnia for other reasons, this session we cultivate tools that you can practice to take good care of yourself, wherever you are. 

Here we practice, Mindful awareness, calming, soothing, compassion, breathing, sound and sight meditations to take positive steps of our emotional and physical wellbeing.

Session 8 - SLEEP PLANNING

Here is practical experiential workshop acting as a summary and introduction of mindfulness for effective sleep programing. The 10 top tips for better sleep and rest.

We remind ourselves of the stages of sleep, types of insomnia, sleep hygiene, what makes insomnia worse, how our emotional and physical health affects our sleep, and the benefits of Mindfulness based cognitive therapy, an evidence based approach.  We practice various meditations mindfulness rituals and wellbeing.

Maintaining and extending our learning, we discuss our action plan for future wellbeing.

(These techniques, ideas and opinions are not a substitute for medical advice.)