FORCE provides free classes in mindfulness techniques to help you cope with cancer.
We offer a variety of options to suit your needs. Sessions are held at our Support and Information Centre in Exeter.
For further details about our mindfulness programmes, contact Paul Grace on 01392 406169.
We have a range of relaxation CDs available for you to use at home. Copies are available from our Exeter Centre or you can listen online.
We have produced a series of short films aimed at helping people deal with some of the common side effects of diagnosis and treatment.
You can also listen to our Introduction to Mindfulness Practices.
Mindfulness is about being fully present in the moment. It helps to develop our awareness moment by moment and to face our experiences as they actually are, rather than coloured by anxiety about the future and preoccupation with the past.
Practices using the everyday functions of sitting, walking, body awareness and stretching are used to focus our awareness with an attitude of curiosity, acceptance and a friendliness towards ourselves and our experience. This way it is possible to reduce anxiety and the stress of challenging situations as well as being a practice for everyday living.
This approach was initially pioneered working with patients with long-term illness and chronic pain and has now been adopted in many other situations within the NHS as well as in the wider community.
If you are interested, please come with a sense of curiosity, an open mind and an open heart.
FORCE offers drop-in mindfulness groups or longer courses in mindfulness practices at our Exeter Support and Information Centre.
Contact Paul Grace on 01392 406168 to find out more. We have a helpful Mindfulness leaflet.
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