Throughout the year, we hold a variety of mindfulness courses and retreats either at our centre in Caerphilly or in Cardiff. Booking forms for the courses can be downloaded from our website or alternatively, you can pick up a booking form from our centre in Caerphilly.  Please note that you must complete a booking form for these courses in order to secure your place. We offer a variety of mindfulness courses such as :

8 – Week Caerphilly Mindfulness Course (Evening)

Venue: Samye Foundation Wales, 2a- 4a Cardiff Road, Caerphilly CF83 1JN

Start Date: Tuesday 7th May 2013

Time: 7:30pm-8:45pm

Cost: £180 by installment (or £150 if paid in full, in advance) Cost includes weekly course notes, 2CDs and a full day retreat to be held on Sunday 23rd June 2013 10-4pm , please bring a vegetarian lunch to share.

Course Tutor: Anthony Harris

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Daytime 8-week mindfulness course in Caerphilly

Venue: Samye Foundation Wales, 2a-4a Cardiff Road, Caerphilly, CF83 1JN

Start date: Wednesday 15th May 2013

Time: 10-11:15am

Cost: £180 (or £150 if paid in full, in advance) Cost includes weekly course notes, 2 CDs and a full day retreat to be held on Sunday 23rd June 2013 from 10-4pm, please bring a vegetarian lunch to share.

Course Tutor: Anthony Harris

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8 Week Daytime Mindfulness Course in Cardiff

For those who are unable to attend evening courses, we have a course that is to be run in the day time, ideal for those with children in school.

 Venue: KSD Cardiff, 116-118 Cowbridge Road East, Canton, CF11 9DX

Start Date: Monday 3rd June 2013

Time: 1:30pm-2:45pm

Cost: £180 by installment (or £150 if paid in full, in advance) Cost includes weekly course notes, 2CDs and a full day retreat to be held on Saturday 20th July 2013 10am to 4pm , please bring a vegetarian lunch to share.

Tutor: Lorraine Harris

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 8-week mindfulness course in Cardiff (Evening)

Venue: 116 – 118 Cowbridge Road East, Canton, Cardiff CF11 9DX

Start date: Monday 3rd June 2013

Time: 6:15pm-7:30pm

Cost: £180 (or £150 if paid in full, in advance) Cost includes weekly course notes, 2 CDs and a full day retreat to be held on Sunday 20th July 2013 from 10-4pm, please bring a vegetarian lunch to share.

Tutor: Lorraine Harris

Advance bookings are necessary to secure your place on these courses. You can click on this link to download an 8 week mindfulness booking form for either of these courses. Please return the completed form with your deposit or payment in full to our Caerphilly address
Our 8-week and 2-month mindfulness courses cover the following:

Module 2: The 5th, 6th, 7th components of mindfulness, informal practice, journals, loving kindness. Handouts

Modules 3: The 8th & 9th components of mindfulness, mindfulness using visualisation, compassion practice, informal practice, journals. Handouts & CD2

Modules 4 :  10th components of mindfulness, Reasons we don’t acceptance ourselves as we are. compassion practice, informal practice, journals. Handouts & Certificate

Any queries, please contact us on 02920 860054 or email: bookings@sfwales.org

8 -month mindfulness course:

This in-depth mindfulness course offers individuals the opportunity to work more thoroughly with their mindfulness practice and offers the space for more group discussion in a completely confidential setting. Once a month, a two-hour session is held which consists of a talk which outlines the practice for the rest of the month. All the other sessions are an hour long. The whole topic of compassion in mindfulness is explored in-depth.  The course is open to those individuals who have completed the 8-week mindfulness course or experienced meditators.  For those who have already attended a 8-month mindfulness course, each hourly course is £5 with the monthly two-hour class costing £10. No deposit is required for those who have already attended a 8-month mindfulness course.

The course is jointly run by Anthony with Lorraine as a co-teacher.

We will be running a new 8-month mindfulness course in  June 3rd 2013 from 7:30pm-9:30pm for the first session and then 7:30-8:45pm for the remaining three sessions in the month. Please note that the first session of the month is always two hours long. No sessions are being run in August and the course will resume in September. The course will finish in February 2014.

Cost: £200 if paying in advance and in full. £240 if paying by installment and a £50 non-refundable deposit is required.

To book on this course, please download and print out a 8 Month Mindfulness 2013-14 Booking form and post to us at the  Caerphilly address in the contact us section.  Any queries about the course, please email: bookings@sfwales.org or ring us on 02920 860054. You can use paypal below or send in a cheque payable to ‘Samye Foundation Wales’ to confirm your place

One Year Compassion Training

For those who have attended the 8 month course or have mindfulness training experience or similar.

The one-year compassion course has now ended for 2013. To find out the next dates, please visit the website:  the Mindfulness Association
Click here for further information about our Mindfulness with the Elements retreat this September 2013

Mindfulness Retreat Days:

These one-day mindfulness retreats give individuals the opportunity to practice compassion-based mindfulness in a calm, supportive environment at our centre in Caerphilly or Cardiff.  These retreat days are necessary for those completing an 8-week mindfulness course and for those wishing to have refresher course in mindfulness.

We are running our next mindfulness retreat day on Saturday 2nd March between 10-4pm and then Wednesday 27th March 10-4pm. For more details, please see retreat programme on the home page.

The cost of this retreat day would normally be £35.00, but we are offering a special rate of just £20.00

For further information on the dates of the retreats in Caerphilly and  Cardiff , please click here.

We are currently not running any mindfulness retreat days in Penarth.

Please complete a Mindfulness Retreat Day Booking Form and post  back to us to confirm your place.