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Unlock your potential with our 8 Week Mindfulness Course at Evolving Minds. Designed for gay men seeking to cultivate presence and reduce stress, this program integrates practical techniques and insights to enhance your mental well-being. Join a supportive community and embark on a transformative journey towards greater self-awareness and emotional resilience. "This course was very powerful and has been life changing. It has really helped me to focus on the ‘Here and now’ rather than getting caught up in ruminative thinking. I have a tendency to worry about the future and about events that have not yet occurred and this was making me feel very stressed. Applying the techniques and mindfulness strategies I learnt on the course I feel better able to cope and although I still feel anxious this tends to diminish more quickly." Kensington Council 8 week course participant, 2016 Over this 8 week Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy course (MBCT) learn: - mindfulness tools to help with depression, anxiety and worry - how to feel happier and more confident - simple ways to reduce stress  - ways to handle self-critical and judgmental thinking We meet in a small group of up to 14 participants and learning is through instruction, guided practice and group discussion. Stress, worry and anxiety can all feel overwhelming in our hectic modern world. Over the 8 weeks you’ll be introduced to a series of meditations that build up into your own tool box of practices. Each participant finds different practices most relevant to them and by the end of the course have their own bespoke approach to mindfulness. Dates: Course dates Spring 2026 Block 1 (Sessions 1–4) Thu 30 April Thu 7 May Thu 14 May Thu 21 May Integration break: Thu 28 May (no meeting) Block 2 (Sessions 5–8) Thu 4 June Thu 11 June Thu 18 June Thu 25 June