Mindfulness Courses For Hearing Loss & Tinnitus

When life gets stressful it’s natural to try and work through it.

If you have hearing loss you’re also dealing with the daily frustration this brings, listening fatigue, the fear of missing something important and the drain of tinnitus.

Your mood gets lower and your mind is constantly beating you up over letting things get to you. Tiredness and frustration gives way to exhaustion, you become snappy or distant from those you love, and worry about letting them down.

Mindfulness can help you to feel grounded, manage your emotions and improve your wellbeing.

The 8 week Mindfulness for Life Course, developed by the Oxford Mindfulness Foundation, has been proven to help with anxiety, stress and the effects of tinnitus.

During this course you will learn;

• To be fully present for yourself and others

• To find your calm

• To notice when your mind is scattered and bring it back to focus

• To notice reactivity in yourself, and what to do next

• New ways to respond to everyday difficulties

• Simple grounding practices that you can use anywhere

• To take care of your wellbeing with kindness and compassion

• How to use these new skills in your everyday life

Each weekly session will be a combination of guided meditation/movement, cognitive exercises, reflection and discussion.

After each session you will be given a daily home practice to help you intergrate mindfulness into your daily life, this will include formal guided meditation as well as bringing mindfulness into daily tasks or events and creating new mindful habits.

During each session you can lay on a yoga mat, kneel or sit on a meditation stool or cushion or sit on a chair. You may wish to have extra cushions or a blanket to hand and wear loose comfortable clothing.

The formal meditations can be practiced with eyes open or closed and you can remain sitting for the mindful movement if you wish. All sessions are via Zoom with captions and chat enabled.

There is a day of practice which will give you a chance to deepen your awareness. These run throughout the year, the dates will be confirmed at the start of each course.

This course includes a workbook developed by the Oxford Mindfulness Foundation to support your learning, and links to guided meditations for the home practice.

For more information on the 3 week Introduction to Mindfulness Course, click here

This 8 week course costs £250 and includes:

• Small groups of up to 10 people

• Digital copy of the Oxford Mindfulness Foundation MBCT Workbook

• Weekly Sit Group for 6 weeks after the course ends

• 1-1 follow up call after course ends

Upcoming course dates