Introduction to MS-UK’s four-week mindfulness course

Wednesday 15 April at 11am

Join us for a welcoming introduction to our upcoming four-week mindfulness course. This session is a great opportunity to learn more about mindfulness and how it can support people living with MS.

Mindfulness and self-compassion for people living with MS 

Research shows that mindfulness can help people cope more effectively with health conditions, including MS, and may improve overall wellbeing and quality of life. In this session, you’ll learn what mindfulness is, explore the research behind its benefits for people with MS, and experience a short, guided mindfulness practice to help you get started.

If you’re curious about mindfulness and would like to find out more about our upcoming course, we’d love for you to join us on Wednesday 15 April at 11am.

The course will begin on Wednesday 29 April, with the following sessions taking place on 06, 13 and 20 May, from 2–3:30pm.

To find out more about the course, please visit our website. You can also learn more about the course facilitator below.

How to book

Please complete the form below, you will receive the Zoom link to join on the day. Simply follow the link to join us live or to watch the recording.

If you would like to know more information about this session or our other online activities, please contact us at register@ms-uk.org or call 01206 226500.

Focus of the course

Participants will learn the essential skills of mindfulness over four weeks in a small group, exploring together and individually, how mindfulness may help them to live to more easily with their MS.

You will start to learn how to

• Relate to yourself and your MS in a more kind and compassionate way
• Use your breath and body to help reduce the harmful effects of stress on MS
• React less emotionally and respond more skilfully to the challenges of living with MS

You will need to commit to

• Attend four 90-minute Zoom sessions including practice, group discussion and teaching
• Personal practice (approximately two times ten minute practices) each day over the four weeks – the more you can do, the more you will learn
• Just give it a go!

If you are interested in learning more about the four-week course and when the next courses will be starting, please contact us at register@ms-uk.org

Yvette’s bio

My name is Yvette Sargood and I am delighted to be offering a four-week mindfulness course for people with MS (PwMS) through MS-UK.

I am a qualified mindfulness teacher with a MSc in Mindfulness from the University of Exeter. Having MS too, means I get what it’s like living with the unpredictability and challenges MS can bring.

I started practicing mindfulness in 2014 at the point when I was searching for some different ways to better manage my condition. I had tried mindfulness many times over my life, failing dismally! And it wasn’t until I understood what the research was suggesting about the benefits of mindfulness and MS that I was able to create a powerful personal intention to practice. And over time (this is not a quick fix) it has helped me accept that I have MS and enable me, day by day, to live a little more easily with it.

Inspired by how mindfulness helps me, I wanted to be able to share this gift and teach others. I have taught the 8-week mindfulness courses to PwMS, to individuals with chronic illness at Kings College Hospital in London as well as in organisations.

Course feedback

Please see the feedback below from our participants of our previous four-week course.