A How-to Guide for Mindfulness Meditation Groups
(Based on a program designed by Beate Steller – 2023)
This six-week Program is aimed at supporting older people to experience calm and peace through the practice of mindfulness meditation.
Benefits of mindfulness meditation include meaningfully connecting and sharing with other elders, which can be facilitated through providing a supportive and reflective space, practicing mindfulness meditation, and practicing and expressing gratitude.
Research has shown that practicing mindfulness meditation has benefits for people’s physical health, coping strategies, sense of wellbeing, and mental health.
The 6-week Mindfulness Meditation program is as follows:
| Week 1 | What is mindfulness and how to meditate. |
| Week 2 | The importance of breathing and practicing it well. |
| Week 3 | Mindful observation in daily life |
| Week 4 | Connecting mind and body: being at home in yourself |
| Week 5 | Indigenous Australian tradition of Dadirri: Inner deep listening |
| Week 6 | Embracing gratitude and living with a grateful heart. |
If you would like to be part of this program which will be conducted in Terms 1 & 3 please enrol through U3A Highvale.
Where: Apartment 46, The Manor, 42-60 Capital Avenue, Glen Waverley VIC
When: Mondays at 10.30am-11.30am
Terms: 1 and 3
The program will be conducted by Anita Davine who is a Stillness Meditation Therapy Teacher. For more information please contact Anita directly via email: anitadavine1948@gmail.com