Specialist Sector Modules
Mindfulness for Health
A short, practical introduction to mindfulness techniques for practitioners and the people they support.
- Duration
- 3 guided hours
- Structure
- 4 modules · 14 lessons
- Accreditation
- CPD Certification Service
About this course
This short course introduces mindfulness as an evidence-informed approach to stress, pain and emotional regulation. It covers the core practices of breath awareness, body scan and mindful movement, the evidence base and its limits, contraindications and safe use, and how to bring short mindful pauses into a working shift and into support for the people you care for.
What you will be able to do
- Explain what mindfulness is and what the evidence does and does not support
- Practise breath awareness, body scan and mindful movement safely
- Recognise contraindications and when mindfulness is not appropriate
- Introduce short mindful practices into a working shift