At our next Trainer’s Sharing Forum we will explore together how, as mindfulness trainers, we can skilfully hold a group in a workplace setting.  Looking at the Inside Out Group model to give a brief framework to look at some key themes: the importance of staying embodied and holding a space in a non-judgmental way.

The’ ‘Inside Out Group’ model, developed by Trish Bartley and Gemma Griffiths, helps make sense of the complexities of group processes in mindfulness-based programs.

It explores four key capacities:

1. Inside out embodying (non-judgemental present moment awareness);
2. Reading the group (understanding events based on group processes);
3. Holding the group (cultivating an environment to facilitate learning); and
4. Befriending the group (engaging the heart in mindfulness teaching).

This forum will briefly introduce the model and invite discussion around aspect ‘1’: embodying non-judgemental present moment awareness.

This session will be valuable to all mindfulness teachers and will be facilitated by MWC member, Martin Summerfield.

Paper: The Inside Out Group Model_Teaching_Groups_in_Mind
Book: Teaching Mindfulness-Based Groups: The Inside Out Group Model:
Video: Trish Bartley

The Trainer’s Forum is free to MWC members.
Friends, followers and guests can attend at a fee of £5.00.

The MWC Trainer’s Forum Background:
The Trainer’s forum is a chance for mindfulness-trainer MWC members to discuss and share personal ideas and issues, support one another, explore professional themes, and collaborate.

Please get in touch if you would like to participate and share your insights and knowledge on a particular theme.