A GP perspective on mindfulness
Dr Adele Stewart share her journey as a GP in learning mindfulness and bringing this into her practice for a range of physical and mental health challenges.
OpenGround Reviews
Hear what past participants have to say
These are actual experiences from people who did the work. Their challenges varied. What they found was real.
"...anyone who wants to deepen their understand...
Cathy, MBSR participant, 2024
I recommend anyone who wants to deepen their understanding of self, happiness and life to experience this course. This can be truly life-changing.
"...anyone who wants to deepen their understanding"
I recommend anyone who wants to deepen their understanding of self, happiness and life to experience this course. This can be truly life-changing.
"...helped me to manage many aspects of my life"
Survey 2024
It's helped me to manage many aspects of my life, personal, professional, health, ageing.
"...helped me to manage many aspects of my life"
It's helped me to manage many aspects of my life, personal, professional, health, ageing.
"...truly life-changing."
Cathy, MBSR Participant, 2024
I recommend anyone who wants to deepen their understanding of self, happiness and life to experience this course. This can be truly life-changing.
"...truly life-changing."
I recommend anyone who wants to deepen their understanding of self, happiness and life to experience this course. This can be truly life-changing.
"...they can listen to what's going on in their...
Dr Gillian Deakin, GP specialising in functional symptoms
I certainly love people to learn mindfulness so they can listen to what's going on in their mind, in their life, in their body, in their emotions — and their...
"...they can listen to what's going on in their mind...
I certainly love people to learn mindfulness so they can listen to what's going on in their mind, in their life, in their body, in their emotions — and their...
"I was so ready for this"
Survey 2024
MBSR really shifted my life and approach to it. I was so ready for this.
"I was so ready for this"
MBSR really shifted my life and approach to it. I was so ready for this.
"...a wonderfully safe space"
Jen, MBSR Participant, 2022
Thank you so much for holding a wonderfully safe space and for generously sharing throughout our MBSR program. The program has really helped me to think differently about many things...
"...a wonderfully safe space"
Thank you so much for holding a wonderfully safe space and for generously sharing throughout our MBSR program. The program has really helped me to think differently about many things...
"...the online experience suited me better"
Vicki, MBSR Participant, 2021
Having undertaken an in person MBSR course several years ago I was unsure about how well the content would transfer to online mode. I need not have worried as in...
"...the online experience suited me better"
Having undertaken an in person MBSR course several years ago I was unsure about how well the content would transfer to online mode. I need not have worried as in...
"So much more than a course"
Patrick, 2016
It is hard to verbalise the surprisingly profound impact this experience (so much more than a course) has had on me. It has been so complete—spiritually, emotionally, professionally and intellectually.
"So much more than a course"
It is hard to verbalise the surprisingly profound impact this experience (so much more than a course) has had on me. It has been so complete—spiritually, emotionally, professionally and intellectually.
From the teachers
Hear different perspectives on mindfulness, get to know your nervous system, and the real-life results of our courses, and more.
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Dr Adele Stewart
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Libba Granger
Why eight weeks?!Â
Eight weeks sounds like a commitment. Libba explains why that's actually the point – an app or a weekend retreat won't dislodge habits that have been in place for years, and why the structure of MBSR is specifically designed to fit into a real, full, imperfect life.
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Timothea Goddard
About your nervous system and how mindfulness can help
Tim explains that we can spend a lot of life striving/fighting and fleeing from things on autopilot. The awareness that opens up through some mindfulness training really gives us the skills and perspective to choose differently. —Tim Goddard
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Timothea Goddard
MBSR is an experiment, YOUR experimentÂ
There is a curriculum but MBSR isn't one-size-fits-all. Tim talks about the program as a series of genuine experiments relevant to your life - where what shifts for you will be different from what shifts for anyone else. And why the group makes that discovery so much richer.
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Libba Granger
MBSR for Veterans & their Families
Looking for assistance with the Veterans and Family and Carers MBSR programs? Please contact us at: veterans@openground.com.au
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Libba Granger
Results from Veterans Pilot Programs
Looking for assistance with the Veterans and Family and Carers MBSR programs? Please contact us at: veterans@openground.com.au
Want to add your story?
If you've completed MBSR at OpenGround and would be willing to share your experience (anonymously or with attribution), we'd love to hear from you. Your story might be exactly what someone else needs to read to take the step.