MBSR: Grounded Presence
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) offers an evidence-based approach to the stresses, anxieties, and sense of disconnection that can arise from navigating these turbulent times.
This 8-week online Grounded Presence course brings together mindfulness, neuroscience, and nature-aware practice to help you meet life’s challenges with greater calm, resilience, and care. Through guided meditations, gentle movement, and shared reflection, you’ll learn to return to your senses, steady attention, and reconnect with what truly sustains you.
Grounded Presence invites you to notice how nature supports and mirrors our practice — reminding us that we are part of the living world, not separate from it. As we cultivate mindful awareness, we also awaken a deeper appreciation of our reciprocal relationship with Earth, and our shared capacity to care — for ourselves, one another, and the world we belong to.
What to Expect from our MBSR Course
What are the Benefits of Grounded Presence?
According to the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice at Bangor University, most people completing MBSR report lasting physical and psychological benefits, including:
• An increased ability to relax
• Greater energy and enthusiasm for life
• Heightened self-confidence and resilience
• An increased capacity to respond to life’s challenges
The Grounded Presence programme also encourages a deeper sense of connection - with self, others and nature. In this way, it helps us grow the calm, resilience and sense of agency that enable compassionate action, supporting us to live with awareness and care for ourselves, one another, and the wider world.
What to Expect During the 8-Week Course?
We will meet online for 2.5 hours each week for 8 sessions. Each session typically includes:
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Guided meditation and mindful movement
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Group discussion and reflection
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Exploration of the science of stress, anxiety and low mood
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How we can learn to respond in new and more skilful ways to enhance well-being for self, community and Earth
An Orientation Session takes place before the course begins, and a retreat day of Mindfulness Practice is offered midway through the programme.
You’ll receive all course materials — including recorded meditations, home practice guidance, workbook and online support resources — to support your learning.
Cultivating Presence Between Sessions
Your daily home practice is an important and transformative part of the course. You’ll be invited to set aside 30–45 minutes most days for guided meditation and mindful awareness exercises.
For many of us, finding this time can feel challenging — even countercultural — in the pace of modern life. Rather than another task to complete, home practice is an opportunity to pause, breathe, and return to yourself. We’ll explore together how to make this commitment workable and how mindfulness can gently infuse ordinary moments throughout your day.
Nature-based practices are woven into this process, helping to ground mindfulness in your everyday environment — a view from a window, the sound of rain, the feel of the earth underfoot. These simple gestures of attention remind us that mindfulness and nature connection are not separate, but part of the same living presence.
Growing Mindfulness: Resources and Rates
Enrolling in MBSR: Grounded Presence gives you a complete ecosystem of support for your mindfulness journey:
Included in your course fee:
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27 hours of live online teaching across 8 weeks, including orientation and retreat day
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Downloadable guided meditation recordings to keep and practice anytime
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Comprehensive course workbook with nature-based exercises and reflections
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Access to Google Classroom with additional resources
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Certificate of completion
Choose Your Contribution
I offer three tiered rates, designed to be accessible and ecologically fair, mindfully reflecting the reciprocity of nature. If your situation means you’d benefit from a further reduction, please get in touch.:
🌱 Seed — €195 — Supported by the community, for those with fewer resources
🌿 Root — €295 — Sustaining the course and its ecosystem of care (standard rate)
🌳 Canopy — €375 — Giving back, supporting wider access and the flourishing of the learning
Nurturing Your Next Steps
How to Register 🌱
You can reserve your place on the next group MBSR course here.
MBSR is also available as a one-to-one programme, tailored to suit your schedule and needs. The private programme is delivered over eight 90-minute sessions, plus a 30-minute Orientation and a group Day of Practice. Contact me to discuss rates and availability.
Taking Good Care🌿
Before joining the course, I ask that you complete an application form with the option of a free pre-orientation conversation. During this chat, I will answer any questions and help you decide whether this is the right time for you to embark on the course. As a trauma-informed teacher, I take your learning and wellbeing seriously, and this conversation ensures your experience is safe, supported, and meaningful.
Want to Experience Mindfulness First? 🍃
If you’d like to explore mindfulness before committing to the full course, you might consider:
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Midweek Meditation — a free, supportive online session to nurture calm and connection
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Introducing Mindfulness — a 3-session course offering a gentle introduction to mindfulness and its practical benefits
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Explore some of the free practices on my Audio Resources page and Podcast
You are warmly invited to contact me to discuss options, ask questions, or reserve your place. Every step you take, however small, is part of cultivating presence, connection, and care — for yourself, others, and the living world around you.
Dates of Next Programmes:
Registrations are now open for the next MBSR Grounded Presence group course which will most likely run in Autumn 2026. Please contact me to register your interest in the 2026 group programme or 1-2-1 mindfulness mentoring.
Ready to Begin Your Grounded Presence Journey?
If your heart is nudging you toward deeper awareness, connection, and renewal—this course is here to support you.
Reserve your place now or reach out for a no-obligation conversation to explore whether this path is right for you.
Let’s walk this mindful, nature-rooted journey together—for your well-being, our shared communities, and the living Earth. 🌿