“It changed me in just about every way possible, but what can I do next?“
⬆️ This question isn’t untypical of what people say following a mindfulness course. People often ask: “What happens next?” or “How can I keep up my practice?” Many people graduating an 8-week programme would like to continue the learning they have started and would welcome some guidance and support in this journey.
The Taking it Further course was developed to meet this need. It starts from the premise that all the themes within mindfulness-based courses can be explored for a lifetime, conveying new insights that can be applied throughout people’s lives. The first major randomised controlled trial has demonstrated the effectiveness of the Taking it Further course: the skills learned have the potential to support increased wellbeing and flourishing.
Especially created for those who have completed an 8-week Mindfulness for Life or MBCT course, this 12-theme course isstructured to support a lifelong learning journey. Participants begin by reviewing what it means to wake up, and to intentionally give attention, energy and time to what brings them joy, meaning and purpose. Over time, they develop confidence to meet difficulty with kindness, savour joy with appreciation, align their choices with their deepest values, and act with courage and authenticity. These three keys of mindfulness (awareness, befriending and intention) extend to include a fourth – action. Together they are ways of being that can support people to live the life they aspire to.
This course mirrors the monthly podcast sessions on ‘A life well lived’ delivered by Professor Willem Kuyken, exploring each theme in greater depth and including practice and group exercises. The twelve themes cover:
- Wake up!
- Pay attention!
- Appreciating the life we have
- Coming home to our body
- Our most important natural resource: our ‘Body-Mind’
- How we react to stress and difficulties
- Befriending our body and mind
- Perspective: changing the view
- Responding wisely
- Cool head, warm heart: finding balance
- Living well: taking care of ourselves, our relationships and the world
- A life well lived
What to expect on this course
This is a structured course where each session builds upon what’s been introduced before which is why it’s important to attend all the sessions, if possible.
There are 12 sessions lasting 2 hours and 30 minutes.
You’ll be in a group of up to 24 people, led by two of our experienced mindfulness teachers. Each session has guided mindfulness practices and cognitive exercises.
Each practice or exercise is followed by a review of what you and/or other participants experienced or discovered in that practice/exercise.
Each session is followed by suggestions for personal practice. This includes new longer practices, plus an emphasis on everyday practices that fit into your daily life. Your daily life is your practice, and your practice is your daily life.
You will have access to guided practices and written materials to support each session.
Full course dates
The dates sessions are running for this course are:
- Session 1: 25 September 2025
- Session 2: 02 October 2025
- Session 3: 09 October 2025
- Session 4: 16 October 2025
- Session 5: 23 October 2025
- Session 6: 30 October 2025
- Session 7: 06 November 2025
- Session 8: 13 November 2025
- Session 9: 20 November 2025
- Session 10: 27 November 2025
- Session 11: 04 December 2025
- Session 12: 11 December 2025
We also ask that you please reserve 18 December 2025 for the unlikely event that your teacher may need to reschedule a session.
What you can do after this course
Once you’ve completed the Taking it Further course, you might choose to explore mindfulness further through the 8-session Deeper Mindfulness: Exploring feeling tone frame-by-frame course.
You might also want to join our Live Online Meditation sessions to maintain your practice or one of our day retreats (Day of Practice).
Entry criteria – who can apply for this course?
You can apply for this course if you:
- Have completed either a Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Mindfulness for Life (MBCT-L) or Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course at some point in the past. Introductory/taster/teacher training courses are not eligible.
- Can commit to attending all 12 sessions of the programme.
- Have both the time and motivation to dedicate up to 45 minutes to personal practice each day.
- Are over 18 years of age.
- Have access to suitable technology (laptop/PC), a strong and stable internet connection, a private space and the technical ability to join an online training programme via Zoom, with your camera on.
- Are able to speak and understand the English language (both spoken and written) to a level where you can fully take part in the course without the need for additional translation support.
