Gabrielle offers MindCore a 6-week 1:1 mindfulness-based stress reduction course.

You will learn how to successfully harness the power of mindfulness and practice it in real life. Over the 6 weeks a session of solution focused walking therapy is included, as well as psychoeducation (psychology coaching and information).

This is an innovative approach to find peace in our frantic world. You will have ongoing support and receive recordings to listen too as well as being taught how to meditate in a practical way, including practicing breathwork techniques and being shown how to journal and complete a mood board.

Not only that, you will receive a free copy of Gabrielles published mindfulness workbook, and if applicable, you will get a free download of Gabrielles mindfulness audiobook for children to help you incorporate mindfulness into your family life.

Learning the neuropsychology of how your brain works, helps you understand how to control it. Learning psychological concepts and how mindfulness works is incredibly empowering and seeing results flow into all aspects of your daily life is very rewarding.

Plus, if you sign up to MindCore you will get access to Gabrielle's private women only Facebook group where community provides support and accountability to be consistent. Optional monthly meeting at a local coffee shop where you'll do something creative to inspire you to achieve your goals and an opportunity to participate in a book swap scheme of wellness and psychoeducation books.

Please fill in the contact form for any questions or to book your free, no obligation consultation and I will be in touch.

Meditation and Mindfulness 6-Week Course

Making the “woo woo” make sense with  Science and Psychology ©  

MindCrew© For Children

MindCore© For Adults and Young People

Finding coherent balance 

Written and created by Gabrielle James BSc Hons, Dip Hyp CS.

A woman with long blonde hair sitting cross-legged on a blue yoga mat outdoors, playing a singing bowl.

“ I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become” – Carl Jung 

“Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor”- Thich Nhat Hanh 

“Mental health is just as important as physical health, and in some ways, even more so, because the mind affects the body” – Dalai Lama.  

“ Once you break the habit of being yourself and truly change your mind, your life will never be the same”- Dr Joe Dispenza  

Why practice mindfulness?

A great body of research has discovered that people who practice mindfulness and meditation are happier and healthier.  

  • Meditation reduces anxiety and depression as well as improving emotional regulation and chronic stress. 

  • Increased sense of purpose 

  • Ability to act less automatically- switching off autopilot for everyday ‘mundane’ tasks.  

  • Time spent doing valuable meaningful things 

  • Meditation reduces mortality, one study showed a 30% decrease in the rate of cardiovascular mortality and 49% decrease in the rate of mortality due to cancer  (Williams and Penman, 2011).  

  • Research has shown that an mindfulness based cognitive therapy courses (developed by Mark Williams and colleagues) reduces the chances of suffering from depression by around 40-50% in people who have previously suffered from depression, preventing relapse (Williams and Penman, 2011).  

  • Mindfulness boosts resilience to life’s setbacks and challenges.  

  • Meditation improves relationships  

  • Meditation boosts immunity, reduce blood pressure and activate the parasympathetic nervous system which is responsible for rest and repair (cell renewal)  

  • Improve sleep and over all life quality  

  • Increases heart rate variability thus lowering cardiovascular disease  

  • Meditation is disconnecting from your environment. (Williams and Penman, 2011) 

One in six adults had a “common mental disorder” (McManus, 2016) 

  • Burnout (Constant fatigue, feeling overwhelmed, emotionally exhausted, reduced motivation, brain fog and feelings of dread) has a statistic of 1 in 5 working adults reporting needing time off work for stress causing burnout (Mental Health UK, 2024) 

  • Meditation is not a religion  

  • Meditation does not have to be what is portrayed on the TV 

  • Meditation does not have to take a long time.  

  • Meditation is not complicated, there is no right or wrong way to do it. 

  • 70% of the time people are in the stressed state.  

  • Why wait for something bad to happen to change? 

    Do you find yourself asking questions such as:

    • What’s wrong with me?  

    • What’s up with me today? 

    • I should be happy- why cant I just get a grip 

    • What did I do this morning?

    • Why cant I go to sleep without tossing and turning? 

    • Why do I always overthink? 

    • Why cant I be more present in the moment? 

    • Why do I always feel up against it? 

    • Why do I still feel like this when I am doing all the right things physically though diet and exercise but I am not making progress or feeling better? 

I can provide my mindfulness course to your school, company or any other organisation/institution.

Please fill in the contact form to enquire.

I offer free group meditations for charity events.

MindCrew Project Book: Mindfulness and Psychology for Children
£10.99

This is a 6-week mindfulness course aimed at children aged 5 and up. This workbook contains a unique blend of psychology, mindfulness and science to inspire mindfulness practices in a easy to read, age appropriate manner. Each week there is a theory and practical element and each week builds on the last to give a comprehensive guide.

The MindCrew Project has been ran as a 6-weekly workshop in a forest school setting and has had great success in building children's confidence practicing mindfulness in our modern society.

Jasper the Sea Turtles mindful guide to sleep is a short story included at the end to help with bedtimes.

You can also purchase this book from Amazon here: https://amzn.eu/d/iSqeLJp

Jasper The Sea Turtles Mindful Guide to Sleep Audiobook

Jasper the Sea Turtle's Mindful Guide to Sleep is a heart-warming bedtime story designed to help your child relax, unwind, and gently drift off—maybe even before the story ends.

Join Jasper on his quest for sleep as he calls his Uncle Ray Ray, who suggests a visit to Dave, the meditating whale. With his mum by his side, Jasper sets off on a peaceful journey filled with calming adventures, including a magical ride in a hot air balloon.

Along the way, children are introduced to simple mindfulness techniques—like breathing exercises and gentle visualisations—woven seamlessly into the story to promote relaxation and emotional well-being. The vivid imagery sparks growing imaginations, while the soothing rhythm helps ease little ones into a restful night.

This book was made with love from my family to yours, with the aim of inspiring mindfulness practices and making bedtime a calmer, more joyful experience.

MindCore: Making The "Woo Woo" Make Sense With Science And Psychology
£10.99

This easy to read, short book has been designed to give you the information you need to start integrating mindfulness into your life without overcomplicating or over-explaining. Chapter Ten contains the six-week course with tasks to accelerate your practice and examples of how to practice mindfulness in our busy society. This book aims to explain this alternative approach to mental wellness, using science and psychology. Knowledge is power and when you know how your brain works, you can learn to control it. Once you know why you think, feel and react to situations, you can then begin to control, programmed automatic responses. I know, first-hand, how daunting and overwhelming the information on mindfulness can be and how difficult it can be to start practicing it, in our modern society and that is why I created MindCore and MindCrew. I hope you find this guide helpful.

You can also purchase this book from Amazon here: https://amzn.eu/d/aXkM0aL

References:  

Williams, M., and Penman, D. (2011)’ Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Finding Peace In a Frantic World: London: Piatkus.  

Dear Professor Einstein: Albert Einstein's Letters to and from Children (Prometheus Books, 2002), p. 129 

Renna, M, ., (2021) A review and novel theoretical model of how negative emotions influence inflammation: The critical role of emotion regulation. Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2021.100397 (Accessed 12th October 2024) 

Gustafson C. Bruce Lipton, PhD: The Jump From Cell Culture to Consciousness. Integrated Medicine (Encinitas). 2017 Dec;16(6):44-50. PMID: 30936816; PMCID: PMC6438088. (Accessed 12th October 2024). 

Body Bio., Focus: The Cell Membrane. (2015). https://bodybio.co.uk/blogs/blog/focus-the-cell-membrane?srsltid=AfmBOoqahaBBfwnw1qaOJHWfS8tqPqNu36O34RefKUYtG6PRheOuA0zt (Accessed 12th October 2024) 

Dispenza, J. (2023) ‘Rewired your brain with Joe Dispenza’: Kindle Edition.  

‘The Mind, Explained. Mindfulness’ (2019): Netflix  

Hagen, S. (1997) ‘ Buddhism, Plain and Simple : London: Penguin Books.  

McManus S, Bebbington P, Jenkins R, Brugha T. (eds.) (2016) Mental health and wellbeing in England: Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey 2014. Leeds: NHS Digital. 

Mental Health- UK (2024) https://mentalhealth-uk.org/blog/burnout-report-one-in-five-needed-to-take-time-off-work-due-to-stress-in-the-past-year/ (Accessed 13th October 2024).  

Pierson, J. (2022) ‘The Power of the Subconscious Mind’ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/365211107_The_Power_of_the_Subconscious_Mind (Accessed 13th October 2024).