.begin

Course Aim
An 8-week mindfulness course that allows you to learn mindfulness for yourself and to develop your own practice
Dates
14th Jan – 18th Mar 2026
Time
7:30pm - 9pm (UK time)
Sessions
Orientation - 14th January • Session 1 - 21st January • Session 2 - 28th January • Session 3 - 4th February • Session 4 - 11th February • NO SESSION - 18th February • Session 5 - 25th February • Session 6 - 4th March • Session 7 - 11th March • Session 8 - 18th March • Catch up (if session is cancelled due to instructor illness or broadband failure) - 25th March
Location
ONLINE
Cost
Standard: £225 per person or £175 per person for those who are employed or volunteer in a state funded school in the UK

.begin is an 8-week online mindfulness course that allows you to learn mindfulness for yourself and to develop your own practice. 

The course is for:

  • Anyone interested in supporting their own wellbeing.
  • Anyone employed by a school or working within an educational setting on a regular basis.
  • Parents or carers of a child still in education.
  • School Governors.
  • Regular volunteers in a school (including parent volunteers).

.begin combines the convenience of an online course that you can attend at home with the connection of live, face-to-face delivery. For more information about .begin please click here.

Follow this link to find out about the benefits: Evidence for Mindfulness: Impacts on the Wellbeing and Performance of School Staff. 

As well as benefits for you, taking the .begin course and continuing to practise mindfulness on a regular basis puts you on Step 2 of the Pathways and qualifies you to train to teach mindfulness to children and move to Step 3. Find out more about our curricula for children and young people click here. 

MiSP is accredited as a CPD provider by the CPD Standards Office, and .begin  has been rigorously assessed as providing 13 hours of CPD.

After a 45-60 minute orientation on Wednesday 14th January 2026 at 7:30pm (UK time), .begin takes the form of 8 weekly sessions of approximately 90 minutes, from Wednesday 21st January 2026 at 7:30pm – 9pm (UK time). There will also be home practice of around 20 minutes per day.

If you agree to the Terms & Conditions for booking and attending a .begin course, please complete the application form below.

Please note that the contents of this form will be treated as confidential, however, they will be viewed by the MiSP administration team and your course instructor. We take privacy seriously and will only use this personal information to administer your account and provide the products and services you have requested from us.