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The course was a great learning experience for me. Catherine was wonderful. I feel so much more aware now and have the mental tools to draw on to help me through potentially stressful situations.
Response: Thanks for your feedback. It is great to know you feel you have learned useful tools for dealing with stressful situations. Best wishes.
The course was very good and practical, with the meditations being of a sensible length and not too long. Definitely feel a difference after 8 weeks. I'm going to do the course again on my own using the book and downloads to really get the habit to stick.
Response: Thanks for your feedback. Great to hear you felt it had made a difference. I look forward to continuing your mindfulness journey with you. Best wishes.
Laidback and fun!
Response: Thanks for your comment. I am glad you enjoyed the course.
I took the course via zoom which meant this excellent course was available to me. I live in Somerset and Catherine is based in Surrey. I have previously looked into doing a similar course but would have to venture into a city, with all of the traffic and parking issues that involves, which I always thought was counter-intuitive to a mindfulness course. Therefore, being able to do the course from my peaceful country home was bliss. As the weeks rolled on I felt an increasing connection with Catherine and my cohort of pupils, through the group chats and smaller break-out rooms. I also valued the privacy of zoom, after all Meditation is usually something one does in a private space, and thus I felt much less self-conscious than I might have done in an in-person group. Further to this because I was at home I was able to establish a quiet place in which to attend the course, this in turn helped with establishing a daily practice. Catherine herself is a very gentle and considered teacher, you feel she always has time for you, and will take extra one-to-one time with you at the end of a session if you have a personal need. The course handbook was very useful. I printed out the pages for each week as I went along and now have a valuable resource of material to fall back on. Accessing the meditation tracks was super easy, I really like that they are by Catherine as we got to know her voice very well: it felt very reassuring. The retreat day was also a lovely experience, and definitely worth making the time for. Throughout the course Catherine read out a selection of prose and poems and I am so delighted that she has collected these together and sent a copy as a final ‘gift’ now we have reached the end of the course.
Response: Thank you for your very detailed and thoughtful feedback. It is great to hear how much you got from the course. I was also interested to read your comments about the value of doing the course online, and being able to feel more private when you wanted. Well done on bringing such a commitment to the course yourself. Best wishes.
Catherine is a very kind and thoughtful teacher of Mindfulness with a wealth of experience. I learnt a lot from her in a safe environment.
The course is very practical which is just what I needed.
Very good but I found I didn't have enough time to fulfill all the items, much as I intended to do. I'm hoping to continue with at least 2 of the items every day, that we have been taught and practiced. I found Catherine's calming speech was excellent to follow and so very helpful. A very good teacher.
Response: Thank you for your feedback Bridget. It is a shame you did not have time to participate fully in the course, as this does make a difference to how much one can get out of it. But it is great to hear you are planning to practise some of the meditations each day.
The preparation, structure, material used and presentation were exceptional and so much better than I had anticipated.
Response: I am pleased to hear you were impressed with the course Liz. Thank you for being such an active member of the group and for all your contributions.
Never heard of mindfulness before, but now it is part of my life and has helped me tremendously in these troubled times
Response: Thank you Rosemary for your comments, and also for bringing such an open attitude to the course. It's great to hear how mindfulness is helping you during the pandemic, with all the uncertainties and challenges we are facing.
Catherine is superb - she is totally down to earth and realistic about the challenges that mindful mediation brings. She is extremely inclusive, patient and I found her choice of poems on the retreat day very moving and inspiring
Response: Thank you Kate for your feedback. I am glad you found the course useful. Let me know if you'd like any of the retreat day poems that are not in the pack I sent after the course.