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Weston-super-Mare

Mindfulness for beginners

Status:Active, open to new members
Leader:
Group email: Mindfulness for beginners group
When: Fortnightly
First and Third Wednesday - starting in October 2026
Venue: St Joseph's Church Hall


A new course of 12 fortnightly meetings will start on Wednesday 7th October 2026. Once the course starts it's not open to further members but please register your interest with Corinne who plans to run another course starting October 2027.

Dates for the course are:

Week 1     7 October 2026
Week 2   21 October  2026
Week 3    4 November  2026
Week 4   18 November 2026

Week 5     2 December  2026
Christmas and New Year break
Week 6     16 December  2026
Week 7     3 February 2027
Week 8    17 February 2027

Week 9     3 March  2027
Week 10   17 March 2027
Week 11   31 March  2027
Week 12    14 April 2027

There has been a lot of talk over the last 20 years about the benefits of mindfulness. If you’re just curious or know this group is for you contact Corinne Edbrooke the group leader. ( by clicking on her name)

If you want to see the evidence of the known benefits of practising mindfulness...

More than 10,000 published research papers are available online if you want to research the subject in depth.  Studies have shown that mindfulness can be helpful in many situations.

Psychological benefits include: a general sense of well-being, reducing anxiety, relapse prevention of depression, anger management, and suppression of trauma thoughts.

Physiological benefits have been shown to provide immune system improvements which have positive outcomes for suffers of ME (chronic fatigue syndrome), MS, eating disorders and addictions.

If you have specific questions or would like to find out more, please contact Corinne Edbrooke.

(last updated 06/04/26)