Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Reviews

This was a well designed and thoughtful course from which I took some useful tools to manage my reaction to events.

The course has been incredibly helpful to me and several people close to me have said what a difference they have noticed. I was nervous about shining a light on some aspects of the way I manage and process things but I stepped out of my comfort zone and it has really paid off. Catherine's style was reassuring and easy to follow, it felt like a positive non threatening thing to be doing. I'm so grateful and have been implementing strategies I've learned nearly every day.

The course was a great learning experience for me. Catherine was wonderful. I feel so much more aware now and have the mental tools to draw on to help me through potentially stressful situations.

The course was very good and practical, with the meditations being of a sensible length and not too long. Definitely feel a difference after 8 weeks. I'm going to do the course again on my own using the book and downloads to really get the habit to stick.

Laidback and fun!

I took the course via zoom which meant this excellent course was available to me. I live in Somerset and Catherine is based in Surrey. I have previously looked into doing a similar course but would have to venture into a city, with all of the traffic and parking issues that involves, which I always thought was counter-intuitive to a mindfulness course. Therefore, being able to do the course from my peaceful country home was bliss. As the weeks rolled on I felt an increasing connection with Catherine and my cohort of pupils, through the group chats and smaller break-out rooms. I also valued the privacy of zoom, after all Meditation is usually something one does in a private space, and thus I felt much less self-conscious than I might have done in an in-person group. Further to this because I was at home I was able to establish a quiet place in which to attend the course, this in turn helped with establishing a daily practice. Catherine herself is a very gentle and considered teacher, you feel she always has time for you, and will take extra one-to-one time with you at the end of a session if you have a personal need. The course handbook was very useful. I printed out the pages for each week as I went along and now have a valuable resource of material to fall back on. Accessing the meditation tracks was super easy, I really like that they are by Catherine as we got to know her voice very well: it felt very reassuring. The retreat day was also a lovely experience, and definitely worth making the time for. Throughout the course Catherine read out a selection of prose and poems and I am so delighted that she has collected these together and sent a copy as a final ‘gift’ now we have reached the end of the course.

Catherine is a very kind and thoughtful teacher of Mindfulness with a wealth of experience. I learnt a lot from her in a safe environment.

The course is very practical which is just what I needed.

Very good but I found I didn't have enough time to fulfill all the items, much as I intended to do. I'm hoping to continue with at least 2 of the items every day, that we have been taught and practiced. I found Catherine's calming speech was excellent to follow and so very helpful. A very good teacher.

The preparation, structure, material used and presentation were exceptional and so much better than I had anticipated.