Stress is a natural response, but when it becomes constant it can drain energy, cloud thinking and wear down wellbeing. This practical two-session course helps you understand how stress works and gives you simple mindfulness-based tools to work with it more effectively.

You’ll explore how stress shows up in body, mind and emotions, learn grounding practices to settle your nervous system, and develop micro-tools you can use in everyday life. With guided practice throughout, the course helps you build a personal toolkit for responding with more calm, clarity and self-compassion.

DELIVERY MODE

Face to face

COURSE OUTLINE

Session 1: Understanding and Grounding

• How stress shows up in your body, emotions, and thoughts
• Understanding fight, flight, and freeze responses
• Why your nervous system gets stuck in overdrive
• Grounding practice: using your body and senses for stability
• How resistance amplifies stress
• Introduction to letting be and acceptance

Session 2: Responding with Clarity

• Micro-mindfulness tools for stress in the moment
• The breath-long pause: your first response to stress
• Acceptance as energy conservation
• Body relaxation practice
• Self-compassion for stressful moments
• Building your personal stress toolkit

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

• Recognise how stress shows up in their body, emotions, and thoughts
• Understand the fight, flight, and freeze responses and why they get triggered
• Use grounding practices to bring themselves back to calm
• Recognise how resistance to stress amplifies it
• Apply the breath-long pause to respond rather than react
• Use micro-mindfulness tools for stress in the moment
• Practise self-compassion during stressful times
• Build a personal toolkit for managing stress in daily life

COURSE RESOURCES

• "The Wise Heart" by Jack Kornfield
• "Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening" by Joseph Goldstein
• "Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself" by Kristin Neff