Relational Mindfulness Evening (meditation session, near chichester)

This autumn, you are warmly invited to try relational mindfulness at West Stoke, a short drive from Chichester. Relational Mindfulness Evenings In a peaceful setting, close to Kingley Vale nature reserve, we will take time to connect with ourselves and with each other, and to develop relational skills that can enrich our everyday lives. Relational mindfulness (sometimes called 'relatefulness' or 'circling') is a set of practices designed to help bring the benefits of mindfulness into our connections with other people, and to bring the benefits of our connections with other people into the practice of mindfulness. A typical session will include: • Time in stillness to slow down and cultivate curiosity and acceptance towards yourself. • Exercises in pairs and small groups to practice noticing what you are experiencing when you are with other people, and to practice sensing what other people might be experiencing as they are with you. • Guided enquiries around particular themes such as empathy, embodiment, authenticity, deep listening, compassion and agency. • Group time to share learnings and to explore what it is like to be part of the group. In attending these sessions, you may experience a variety of benefits, including: • Gaining a deeper understanding of your emotions, desires and thoughts, and of how they interact. • Seeing patterns that arise in how you communicate with other people, and identifying new possibilities that you can try. • Enjoying connection and community with other participants. • Finding fresh inspiration for existing practices of self-care, mindfulness and spirituality. Starting on 30 September, sessions take place on most Wednesdays evenings: • Please arrive from 6.45pm. The session will start at 7pm and finish at 9pm. • The venue is West Stoke Village Hall (PO18 9BG). It is around a ten minute drive from Chichester. Free parking is available next to the hall. • Sessions are on 30 September, 7, 14 and 28 October, 4, 11 and 18 November, and on 2 and 9 December (there is no session on 21 October or on 25 November). • The price of each session is £15 (alternatively, you can pay £40 for 4 classes, or £75 for a season pass that enables you to attend on any of the dates listed above). About me: I am a certified facilitator and coach of relational mindfulness, and I have been leading self-development workshops since 2013. Between 2022 and 2026 I led for the Relateful Company, including as a trainer on their nine-month leadership development programme. In addition to running relational mindfulness sessions, I also lead workshops in poetry, philosophy and Nonviolent Communication (an empathy based approach to conflict mediation). I completed a PhD in philosophy at the University of Oxford and wrote my dissertation on the moral significance of empathy. You can read more about me here. Please note: Although I experience a wide variety of benefits associated with practicing relational mindfulness, it is not group therapy, and I am not a psychotherapist. At times, the practice can evoke strong emotions as we explore what it is like to be in contact with other people. If you are currently navigating significant mental health challenges and are unsure if this event will be a good fit for you, please reach out before booking. What people are saying about my facilitation: • “Humble, brilliant, and wildly creative, Will invites us to sit together in the unknowing, and to wonder together. The spaces between his sentences are as imbued with presence and transmission as his words.” - Valerie • “I love being in the spaces that Will creates and inhabits, where it feels like anything is possible. I have a deep and growing trust in Will’s loving intention as a human and a facilitator. I remember coming out of Will’s sessions feeling amazing, alive and transformed!” - Christine