.begin

Course Aim
An 8-week mindfulness course that allows you to learn mindfulness for yourself and to develop your own practice
Dates
15th Sep – 24th Nov 2026
Time
7:30pm - 9pm (UK time)
Sessions
Orientation - 15th September • Session 1 - 22nd September • Session 2 - 29th September • Session 3 - 6th October • Session 4 - 13th October • NO SESSION - 20th October • NO SESSION - 27th October • Session 5 - 3rd November • Session 6 - 10th November • Session 7 - 17th November • Session 8 - 24th November • Catch up (if session is cancelled due to instructor illness or broadband failure) - 1st December •
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

The course will be lead by MiSP trainer

Niamh Bruce 

.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 Tuesday 15th September 2026 at 7:30pm (UK time), .begin takes the form of 8 weekly sessions of approximately 90 minutes, from Tuesday 22nd September 2026 at 7:30pm – 9:00pm (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.