Raphael is an excellent teacher, listener and explainer.
They got us all through some strong emotions that occurred during sessions.
- Previous Course Participant
I offer a range of courses that focus on helping you develop practical skills become your own best teacher and your own best friend. I facilitate these on my own or with co-teachers. These include:
Mindful-Self Compassion (MSC) - full online and in-person courses
The Short Course in Mindful Self-Compassion (SC-MSC) - online course
Reconnecting with Mindful Self-Compassion (Re-MSC)
Radical Caring
Mindfulness, Art and Creative Movement
Playful Being
Mindfulness-based Stress-Reduction
Mindfulness for Stress
Mindfulness for Health
Stress Relief in less than 10 Minutes
Relational Living
Each course can be adapted to specific organisational or individual needs.
Each can be taught in a group format or one-to-one.
Almost all people can learn these skills. No prior experience of meditation is required. Experienced meditators also report significant life transformation through doing these courses.
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MINDFUL SELF-COMPASSION
Living Better by Your Core Values to Enable Life Fulfillment
(MSC)
With Raphael Jay Adjani and Siri Chandler
Mindful Self-Compassion is an internationally recognized, empirically supported program that can empower:
Greater Personal and Professional Fulfillment
Healthier Relationships with Others
Living more in Harmony with the World and Environment around You
Course Details
The central question of Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) is “What do I most deeply need?”
Empowering you to best respond to this question, and as a gateway to greater Life Fulfillment, we support you clarifying your Core Values, and developing resources to live in tune with them.
Research shows that Self-Compassion practice, combined with Mindfulness, rewires the brain in response to Life’s challenges: reducing stress and anxiety, and enhancing emotional wellbeing.
With MSC you learn practical skills to build resilience; and cultivate sustainable self-care, particularly in uncertain, challenging times.
We train you in savoring and gratitude practices that are evidenced to improve life satisfaction.
We work on developing an enhanced understanding of the inter-relatedness of all beings: as research shows that significant personal growth takes place through cooperation, collaboration and connection.
We teach you tools to better befriend yourself, and cultivate healthier relationships with others.
MSC is based on the ground-breaking research of Kristin Neff, and the clinical expertise of psychologist Christopher Germer.
MSC is a comprehensive program engaging you mentally, physically and creatively. It consists of up to 40 practices and key exercises; group discussion and reflection. No meditation experience is required.
Our Approach
This course offers space for: structured contact with teachers and small group work; alongside individual, personalized and focused exploration in applying the tools of MSC in daily life interactions.
We work in small groups to maximize group interaction: core to our learning process.
MSC provides a safe space for us to become more caring of ourselves, while still caring for others.
A very well-structured and well-delivered course
that manages to impart very powerful exercises and practices
in a way that is gentle and not overly prescriptive;
rather it is empowering, nourishing and offering practical tools from within oneself
to find meaningful new ways to live.
- Ravi, Previous Course Participant
Support Materials
You receive:
A comprehensive course handbook.
Links to online guided practices to support you during and after the course.
A free follow-up consultation.
Access to a monthly online group, providing ongoing community of support to deepen your practice.
Free access to other MSC community resources.
Additional Information
Successful course completion is a qualifying component to training to become a MSC teacher.
You need a minimum of 20 minutes a day to practice on your own.
You will need to bring: a notepad and pen.
The course should not be used as a substitute for psychotherapy, medication or other healthcare. If you have any queries in this regard, please discuss with your health professional before applying.
Gifting yourself this course
and taking time to understand and
learn the techniques offered in MSC is life changing.
Raphael and Siri are wonderful guides on this journey within,
and hold the space with tenderness, care and good humor.
You are in very safe hands.
- Mel, Previous Course Participant
THE ONLINE
SHORT COURSE IN
MINDFUL SELF-COMPASSION
(SC-MSC)
With Raphael Jay Adjani and Siri Chandler
Course Details
The Short Course in Mindful Self-Compassion (SC-MSC), is a 6-week adaptation of the empirically-supported 8-week Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) program designed to begin the cultivation of the skills of self-compassion.
The SC-MSC 6-hour program has been created to allow participants to begin to learn a targeted set of MSC practices with less initial time commitment than the full 26-hour MSC program.
The SC-MSC program cultivates Self-Compassion practices and resources, underpinned by Mindfulness.
The SC-MSC program cultivates Self-Compassion practices and resources underpinned by Mindfulness.
Self-compassion involves the capacity to comfort and soothe ourselves, and to motivate ourselves with encouragement, when we suffer, fail, or feel inadequate. Self-compassion is learned in part by connecting with our innate compassion for others and including ourselves in that circle of compassion.
Significant and growing research shows that self-compassion is strongly associated with
Emotional wellbeing.
Lower levels of stress, anxiety and depression.
Better coping with life challenges.
Healthy habits such as diet and exercise.
More satisfying personal relationships.
SC-MSC was developed by Kristin Neff the pioneering researcher in the field of self-compassion and Christopher Germer, PhD, a leader in the integration of mindfulness, compassion and psychotherapy.
Re-MSC: RECONNECTING WITH MINDFUL SELF COMPASSION
Monthly Online Practice Development Sessions
Facilitated by Raphael Jay Adjani, Siri Chandler and Guest Teachers
1st Sunday of each month,
usually:
16:00-18:00 Thai Time (UTC+7)
09:00-11:00 UK time (UTC)
10:00-12:00 Central European Time (UTC+2)
Cost: 420 Thai Baht / 14 USD
Special 40 Discount Price of 3000 Baht / 100.5 USD allows you to access to every single session in 2021
Sign Up via Ticket Melon:
https://www.ticketmelon.com/remsc/re-connecting-with-mindful-self-compassion
Siri and Raphael are wonderful guides on this journey within,
and hold the space with tenderness, care and good humour.
You are in very safe hands.
- Mel, Previous Course Participant
About RE-MSC
Re-MSC is a resource for beginners, experienced practitioners and teachers of Mindful Self-Compassion or Mindfulness.
Re-MSC supports you to:
Deepen your conceptual understanding and practice of Mindful Self-Compassion.
Reflect further on ways of applying MSC to your daily life.
Explore other self-development concepts and practices, as well as other contemplative practices, which resonate with MSC: in order to both more expansively understand MSC, and extend life skills.
Connect more deeply to the core MSC component of "Common Humanity" through a community of support and sharing.
Re-MSC is an expansive space to share and learn in a community, with supportive friends. You can participate in as many sessions as serve you.
Re-MSC is open to anyone interested in Mindful Self-Compassion, who has undertaken the full MSC course or any kind of “Introduction to MSC” workshop; or a Mindfulness based course anywhere in the world, with any teacher. They are not though suitable for complete beginners.
Re-MSC is facilitated by experienced teachers Raphael Jay Adjani and Siri Chandler; together with guest teachers/therapists.
Re-MSC uses Zoom. Once you have made your payment, you receive the Zoom session access link.
Each Re-MSC Session Provides:
Two practices/guided exercises.
Exploration of a specific monthly theme drawn from the full MSC course e.g. “Living by Our Core Values”; or a related concept and practice e.g. Emotional Intelligence.
A safe and confidential space for extensive discussion in small mini-groups in the breakout rooms groups; as well as sharing of insights in the group as whole.
Sharing of videos, poems and other creative material that can assist MSC understanding.
Requirements
Strong and stable Internet connection.
At least 10 inch Tablet or Laptop or Desktop. While it is technically possible to use a smart phone or smaller tablet, we do not recommend them, as the screen size tends to reduce the impact of group interaction and engagement.
Working in a private space to ensure confidentiality.
Physical pen and paper.
A reasonable command of the English language.
Invitation to Collaboration
We welcome collaboration. If you are a teacher or aspiring teacher of MSC, a Mindfulness teacher, a therapist, or a teacher who facilitates related therapeutic education programs; and would like to volunteer to introduce a concept or practice in a future Re-MSC session, which could connect with MSC in some way as well as enable people to expand their thinking; you would be most welcome. Please get in touch.
As examples only, this could include: ACT Acceptance and Commitment Therapy; CFT Compassion Focused Therapy; Buddhist Psychology; Neuropsychology; Positive Psychology; MBSR Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction; Emotional Intelligence, Non-Violent Communication, MADE Managing Anger and Difficult Emotions; Mindful Yoga, Art Therapy, Play Therapy, Dance and Movement Therapy.
RADICAL CARING GATHERING:
becoming a better friend to your self and the planet
.
The course changed my relationship to myself to a more supportive inner tone.
It helped me deal with difficult emotions as I now have skills for what to do.
- Previous Course Participant
The Course is currently taught as a 6 day residential, 8 week or online.
Course Description
Radical Caring is for everyone.
We all care.
We may be taking time to care for friends and family. We hopefully take time to care for ourselves. Some of us may be in caring professions, like health workers. Others care in their communities. Some may be activists at the forefront of caring for the planet. We propose that caring for self is a fundamental step in sustained caring for others and the planet.
The Radical Caring Gathering supports us to safely explore our caring for self, others and the planet. Radical Caring uniquely combines proven techniques from therapeutic practices such as Compassion-Focused Therapy, Mindful-Self Compassion, and other Mindfulness processes, into a way of being that places caring centre stage as a basic need on which all life depends. Radical Caring is based on ancient wisdom alongside ideas from neuroscience and trauma related healing.
In this course we get to the heart of how it feels to meet ourselves and others with care and what gets in the way of that intention.
In a society that profits from our self-doubt liking ourselves is a Radical Act
- line adapted from a work by artist Caroline Caldwell
While Radical Caring is for everyone, it may particularly resonate with:
Those who may have experienced minority stress, including LGBTQIA+, Black and Minority Ethnic community members (BAME) and other intersectional characteristics at play in our lived experience.
Those in healthcare professions – care workers, nurses, doctors, therapists, social workers etc.
Those who are carers or activists and experience compassion fatigue.
Being kinder to myself makes a difference to the way now I treat others, which is very important.
- Previous Course Participant
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MINDFULNESS, ART AND CREATIVE MOVEMENT
Co-Taught with Jane Belshaw
Mindfulness, Art and Creative Movement is taught as a two hour “playshop” or a four week practical course.
It involve mindful meditation, creative movement and diverse art practices that:
therapeutically approach stress, loss, sickness, injury, ageing and disability, to foster holistic wellbeing.
utilise all aspects of our life experiences to develop our creative and artistic expression.
Mindfulness, Art and Movement’s approach to movement, art, healing, wellbeing and recovery draws on the Japanese ceramic art practice of Kintsugi: where broken pottery is repaired with lacquer mixed with powdered gold; and the renewed object is considered to have its own beauty and richness.
Kintsugi treats the fact that we ‘break’ as part of the weave of life rather than something to disguise. It encompasses acceptance of change as a nourishing aspect of human life, contributing to its richness. Here breaks and cracks become part of a creative force that feed us artistically and therapeutically.
Our Kintsugi is the art of embracing “damage” and celebrating the “imperfect”.
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PLAYFUL BEING:
a holistic, ecological approach to emotional and physical wellbeing
“The Playful Being” is an eight-week course that can help you improve your overall sense of well-being: emotional, physical and creative. It can assist you deal with day-to-day stress and anxiety; as well as live better and more meaningfully in society.
Playfulness without outcome is a key source of creativity. It is also a basic human need, vital to well-being, and a means of cognition. Playful Creativity thrives best when the body and mind is calm. Creativity and well-being are understood to be deeply inter-linked. For example, dance has many functions such as: a wonderful tool for meaningful artistic expression; a fun way to keep fit through aerobic exercise; as well as a strong generator of endorphins and mental feel good factors. “The Playful Being” is a holistic space for you to learn the skills of achieving calmness and the healthy use of your imagination to establish emotional wellbeing. “The Playful Being” assists you to develop creative, therapeutic and physiological tools that you can utilise to enhance your health and all aspects of your life.
We do this through a programme involving improvisational movement and dance, music, drawing, painting, creative writing, yogic exercise, mindful meditation, relaxation and spatial awareness techniques. The ecological approach helps improve your understanding of your relationship to the space, people and contexts around you.
At course end you will have knowledge of specific skills that you can you use on your own at home, to further advance your own path of creative well-being. No prior experience is required: just come with your body and mind as it is, wearing loose clothes and shoes that you can easily move in; and a large bottle of water.
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MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR ) is an online practical educational course suitable for anyone wanting to learn strategies to deal with stress associated with work, relationships, loss and other factors outside her/his control.
It is also for those wanting to learn ways to better deal with the general complexity and pace of modern life; and are interested in understanding how Mindfulness practice can enrich their lives.
This is an 8 week course which can be taught for individuals and groups
This course uses Mindfulness meditation as a way of stepping back from difficult experiences and taking time to care for yourself with kindness and compassion. You will be guided through Mindfulness practices in a supportive group setting and learn how to bring Mindfulness, formally and informally, into your day-to-day life to build wellbeing and resilience.
MBSR is ‘a launching platform into the practice of Mindfulness and into the rest of life.’ The course is suitable for people experiencing physical and emotional health issues, everyday stresses and demands of being human.
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Get in touch if you would like to arrange a course customised to your needs and for more details of each course.