Enjoy the Chelsea Physic Garden for a summer evening workshop outdoors with The Mindfulness Project.

In mindfulness, we train our minds to be present by resting our attention on a sensory anchor such as the breath, sounds, sights, or sensations. Practising mindfulness outdoors can offer a particularly rich experience and help us more easily switch from the ‘doing’ mode of our minds into the being mode of mindfulness. Mindful nature connection is known to have a therapeutic effect and can provide a nourishing break from our everyday environments.

About the Workshop

We will begin the session with a short grounding meditation practice to help us to settle after the busyness of the day. In doing so, we will reflect on some of the principles of mindfulness through our practice. This will act as a primer before we attune our senses to the full spectrum of sights, sounds, and sensations that we can experience in nature when we mindfully pay attention.

We will explore the Garden using mindfulness as our looking glass. Along the way, we will enrich our experience by engaging with the natural world and wildlife around us.

This session will include:

• Guided mindfulness practice.
• Mindfulness activities using the garden and nature as inspiration.
• Gentle mindful movement and mindful walking.
• Periods of silence and group reflection toward the end of the session.

The workshop is suitable for beginners and experienced mindfulness meditators alike. It offers the perfect opportunity to reconnect with your practice if it has lapsed to help refresh or support an ongoing mindfulness practice. Those new to mindfulness will be welcomed and supported within a community of like-minded people.

This workshop is part of our Chelsea Physic Garden’s 350 anniversary year.

Booking Information: 
Tickets are £35 per person
Tickets include entry to the Garden. Please note that there are no discounts for Friends of the Garden.

Teacher Bio:
Zoe Shobbrock Fisher

Zoe is a Mindfulness and Mindful Self-Compassion teacher, accredited counsellor-psychotherapist and supervisor of mindfulness teachers. She has been practising meditation and yoga since 1996. Zoe trained to teach Mindful Self-Compassion with the Centre for Mindful Self-Compassion (CMSC) and has been running mindfulness and self-compassion programmes since 2010. She is a member of the UK Network of Mindfulness Teachers and adheres to the Good Practice Guidelines. Zoe is passionate about growing and supporting the community of MBSR/MBCT and self-compassion graduates.

The Mindfulness Project

The Mindfulness Project is a not-for-profit enterprise, established in 2013 to share mindfulness with as many people as possible in a real and meaningful way. The Project has brought together a team of the UK’s best mindfulness teachers, offering a wide range of courses, workshops and retreats live online and beyond. The Mindfulness Project’s approach is evidence-based and secular, to ensure mindfulness is both accessible and relatable for all. All classes are taught live in small groups for a supportive and enriching experience. Website: https://www.londonmindful.com/