Leeds Mindfulness Cooperative

Accessible mindfulness & compassion training for all

We offer mindfulness activities and training for individuals, community groups, schools and workplaces in Leeds, Bradford, and Yorkshire.

Here’s some of the things we do

Mindfulness courses

We run 8 week courses based on the Breathworks mindfulness program to support people with their health and wellbeing, teaching skills to help manage stress and anxiety as well as pain and long term health conditions.

Working in the community

We work with partners in the community to make our courses available to all, offering a flexible approach and adapting our program and resources to meet the needs of different groups.

Working with organisations

We can provide courses and events for your organisation, including businesses, charities and schools/education. These range from staff wellbeing sessions to Mindfulness in the Workplace training and bespoke programs for different client groups

Working with professionals

Whether you want to learn to lead simple mindfulness activities, develop your own practice, are looking for mindfulness supervision or want a mindfulness teacher to work with your clients, we can match you with one of our team.

Resources

Explore some of the meditations and ideas we use.

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What’s on

“I have had CFS for 26 years. This course is easily the most helpful therapy I have undertaken.”

Mindfulness for Health course participant. Spring 2017.

“The course teacher was very gentle and supportive and created a very safe space.”

Let’s recover together course participant. Spring 2022.

“I feel I now have a tool kit that will benefit me throughout life.”

Mindfulness for Stress course participant. Autumn 2016.

“The course is “the best thing to happen to me in recent years other than the birth of my daughter. It has had a very profound and fundamental effect on the way I think and process everyday life.”

Mindfulness for Health course participant. Autumn 2017.

“The tutor was totally non-judgemental, totally compassionate and a very focussed listener… who brought a vital gentle humour to the sessions.”

Mindfulness for Health course participant. Autumn 2016.

News & Blog

New! Compassionate Mind Training

New! Compassionate Mind Training

We are now offering the exciting new 8 week Compassionate Mind Training course, based on the work of Paul Gilbert and Chris Irons. The Breathworks courses that we run introduce the 3 emotional regulation model that is part of Compassionate Mind training. We are really...

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Celebrating the co-op’s work

Celebrating the co-op’s work

We celebrated our work over the last year at our annual general meeting. This year has seen us continue to work with established partners across Leeds as well as working with a few new partners. We would like to particularly thank Chris Jackson for his work as a...

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Climate Action Leeds funding

Climate Action Leeds funding

We are delighted to have been awarded a Climate Action Leeds 2024 microgrant. The project will be delivered in partnership with Climate Action Seacroft and will be based in LS14 (Killingbeck community allotment and Seacroft Forest garden). We will be delivering an...

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Research collaboration

Research collaboration

Many of our mindfulness teachers have research backgrounds and we integrate research evidence into our CPD and design of our programmes, as well as contributing to research studies.  Laura Harrison also works as a researcher in the Department of Environment and...

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Working Together