An 8 Session Mindfulness Based Holding Space Course: When you can hold the space for others, holding the intent for them to heal, you are helping them to return to wholeness.

I was really anxious before learning Mindfulness in this way and would never have coped with joining a face to face group, even if the pandemic lock down had ended earlier and made it possible. My world had turned upside down and I felt scarily out of control. Elspeth's course has helped me to relax and think more clearly. I am definitely better at problem solving now and I am using this book to help me remember exactly how I came to be in this better space and to support my practice. Business owner. Edinburgh.I feel like I am accepting my bi-polar more. I am much happier. Actually happy. Anonymous MBHSC participant.I was able to continue to join in on my really 'bad days' because I was able to keep my camera off but still feel I had contact with the two hosts and the group. I want to continue Mindfulness and this book helps me to do the meditation practices again in my own time. I've even joined the weekly drop-in sessions. Student - Forth valley colleges.It sounds silly, but it was good to be able to participate in my comfort onesie from home. I really loved this course. I did not miss a single session. Anonymous MBHSC participantShe has been able to engage more fully in our therapy sessions as a result of her experience on your MBHSC and we have been able to build on the mindful techniques learnt within her counselling sessions. It gave is a fresh point of connection between myself as a therapist and her as my client. Very powerful. Person Centred counsellor, Edinburgh.This book is a simple guide to the Mindfulness Based Holding Space Course developed by This Time Mindfully. Elspeth and Suehope that it will help to fill the expanding gap between a need for psychological support in a therapeutic setting and formal therapy and counselling. The course is shaped around the need to be trauma sensitive and suitable for safe, online video conferencing participation. Current research has identified a heightened anxiety in the general population since the pandemic of 2020 / 21 and extensive waiting lists for therapy and support.This course provides a psychologically safe 'holding space' and a chance to discover and enhance new skills of resilience, recognising that no two participants' journeys are alike.Elspeth Soutar is a Senior Practitioner in Children and Families Social Work and trained in Dyadic Developmental Psychological approaches. She qualified as a Mindfulness teacher with The Mindfulness Association. She is the founder of This Time Mindfully. Elspeth and Sue met during their MSc in Studies in Mindfulness with the University of Aberdeen. During a walk and a sit outside the potting shed in the gardens of Samye Ling Monastery in Eskdalemuir, they recognised that their differing backgrounds had led them to the same place and with the same passion and intention:"When you can hold the space for others, holding the intent for them to heal, you are helping them to return to wholeness."