Mindful Surrey UK Reviews

Laidback and fun!

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.

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.

The preparation, structure, material used and presentation were exceptional and so much better than I had anticipated.

Never heard of mindfulness before, but now it is part of my life and has helped me tremendously in these troubled times

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

I found the course very helpful in the current COVID climate to give me tools to manage my feelings of panic and helplessness.

on line teaching went well; some disadvantages compared to face-to-face but overall on line experience was much better my personal experience/benefit was affected by my busy work schedule Mon-Fri and so the retreat day on a Saturday was more effective