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SELF-PACED ONLINE COURSE
Establishing a 15 minutes Mindfulness practice is the fastest way to experience Mental Clarity, Calmness & Emotional Balance. This course takes you through it LEARN MORE
4 WEEK SATURDAY ZOOM DROP-IN
(start anytime) with weekly 90 min. sessions to start your own mindfulness meditation practice LEARN MORE
Get a deeper understanding of mental process’ behaviours and beliefs and conditioning that keeps us trapped in repetitive cycles of unhappiness and non self-acceptance. LEARN MORE
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Welcome to Mindfulness in New Zealand
Mindfulness in New Zealand offer accredited & highly evaluated courses for Practicing & Facilitating Mindfulness to Reduce Stress and Anxiety, Improve Attention and Mental Resilience. The trainer is Rita Riccola. Rita has 30 years experience of mindfulness and meditation and is one of New Zealand’s leading mindfulness trainers with more than thousand attendants to her online and face to face courses.
Interactive Courses Covering Polyvagal Theory, Activities & Practices
As the benefits of mindfulness practices are becoming more widely recognised, there is now a growing demand in all sectors of life for mindfulness training and trained mindfulness facilitators.
We offer mindfulness courses to learn to access calm, ‘rewire the brain’ to self-regulate, restore balance to the nervous system. build resilience and reprogram conditioned behaviours and beliefs that are unhelpful.
Mindfulness reshapes our biology to a state of calmness, presence and awareness.
We also provide mindfulness facilitation courses for teachers, counsellors, social workers, parents and anyone who wants to learn how to establish an ongoing Mindfulness practice for themselves and help others.
Why Choose Us?
Internationally Recognised Accreditation
Our courses are accredited with IMMA (International Mindfulness & Meditation Alliance).
These courses are designed to meet the growing need in all sectors ( education, medicine, psychology, social work, physiotherapy, business etc) for evidence-based strategies that lead to self-regulation, emotional awareness and lowered stress and anxiety.
Leading Trainer
Learn Mindfulness from a professional educator with more than 30 years experience of mindfulness and meditation.
Highly evaluated courses
Hundreds of teachers, social workers, counsellors etc. have taken the 2 day Mindfulness Facilitation Course. The trainings receive consistently high evaluation and reviews.
All Age Groups
The program is designed and has been successfully implemented for all age groups from 4 year old pre-schoolers to 80 year old seniors.
Life-Time Access
When you register for an online course or a face-to-face training you receive lifelong access to the course material and all the resources provided. Ongoing support is available.
“I just wanted to take the time to express how much I thoroughly enjoyed the 2 day course…I have attended other mindfulness training but really feel your offering is unparalleled”.Sarah H.
“This has been a wonderful course and I look forward to sharing what I have learned with others!”
Nancy C.. Auckland, NZ
“This Course Exceeded My Expectations”.
Angela B, psychologist, Auckland
“Thanks for all your help and an Awesome useful course”.
Debra S.
Some of the organisations that have provided our courses to members of their staff
2 Day Mindfulness Facilitation Course
Help Alleviating Anxiety
Become a certified mindfulness teacher and help to alleviate stress and anxiety
This is an Accredited & Highly Evaluated Course for Practicing & Facilitating Mindfulness to Reduce Stress and Anxiety, Improve Attention and Mental Resilience.
This MBSR based course gives you the background, science, practices and techniques to teach/guide others and establish a regular practice yourself.
There is a great need for mindfulness trainers who can guide adults, students and children towards experiencing mindfulness and to establish the practices themselves to experience the many on-going benefits; decreased anxiety and stress, increased mental clarity, better self-regulation, better sleep quality to name a few.
Learn Mindfulness Facilitation from an experienced trainer.
“I’ve really loved this course. I’m so grateful I’ve learnt these empowering new tools.”Natalie E. Auckland, NZ
NEW COURSE! – Mindfulness for Mental Balance & Self-Regulation
Discover the power of breathing
In this one day course you will learn to establish a personal mindfulness practice for mental balance with strategies to deal with stress and anxiety and much more in a safe and supportive space together with like-minded people using the powerful formal and informal practices developed by the original MBSR members who trained with Jon Kabat-Zinn. (The founder of Western mindfulness).
“Many thanks for your wonderful course, which was very thought provoking” Patricia C. Ireland
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The Practice of Mindfulness and Balance
A Mindful Approach to Navigating the Nervous system for Calmness & Mental Clarity
Written by New Zealand Mindfulness Practitioner Rita Riccola. The Practice of Mindfulness and Balance offers simple strategies to deal with the everyday demands of life that we all face.
“Thank you Rita for providing such a thorough course in Mindfulness” Anne C.
The Practice of Mindfulness and Balance offers tips and tools to become present and aware of the right now and by scanning the QR codes throughout the book, readers can listening directly to the author as she guides the practice exercises.
You can order it HERE
TABLE OF CONTENT
i Preface
ii Introdution
1. What You Will Learn
2. Mindfulness Practice
3. Mindfulness and the Brain
4. Attention Training
5. Mindfulness of Thoughts
6. Mindfulness of Emotions
7. Recognising Patterns of our Minds
8. Mindfulness of Listening and Communication
9. Connection to the Earth
10. Accepting What is
11. Moving Forward
12. Mindfulness for Students and Leaders
13. Practical Tips and Extra Activities
This book is for anyone who is ready to explore their inner world of thoughts and feelings…
Read an Excerpt from the book
NEW PARENTING BOOK COMING SOON!
Pre- Order the book here and get it as soon as it is released
The Busy Paren’t Guide to Mindfulness Activities Based on Children’s Brain Development
The Mindful Parenting book with quick and fun activities to build resilience and develop emotional intelligence in children.
With colourful illustrations and guided audios, this book covers more than 15 activities that you can do at home and outdoors.
Activities to recognise and name emotions, self-calming activities that uses play to make them fun. Learning to connect with nature and using examples from the natural world to cultivate awareness and self-knowledge. The activities in this book gives the child tools to establish a fundamental understanding of how emotions, feelings and the mind works and how to self-regulate and shift attention when it goes into unhelpful behaviours and reactions.
To be released August 2024
MINDFULNESS & FLOW
Start Your Mindfulness Journey Today!
“I’m so grateful I’ve learnt these empowering new tools. THANK YOU” – Natalie E. Auckland
FREE EBOOK
Flow is the natural state of the brain when free of self -doubts, distractions, negative emotions, unproductive incessant aimless thinking. When we are in a state of flow (present moment awareness), we are naturally creative, calm and still inside and in touch with all the good in our lives. When in a state of flow, the brain releases chemicals that allow you to absorb information so you are mentally sharper, present more alert and responsive.
Mindfulness practice brings you in alignment with the state of flow; your natural intelligence, your original state of being, (before it was covered over with all the conditioned beliefs and unhelpful mental behaviors, wanting, trying, hoping, negative self -talk) a state of being uninterrupted, stress- free that allows the natural state of joy to arise in you as you make more direct and meaningful contact within yourself and with the world around you.
“Just watch this moment, without trying to change it at all. What is happening? What do you see? What do you hear?”Jon Kabat-Zinn
“I had the pleasure of studying with Mindfulness in Australia and completed their 8 weeks Mindfulness Facilitator Training certification including the 2 day live workshop.
Having studied several mindfulness courses I was looking for something more comprehensive, I must say this was the best training I have done this far. The course content was clear, concise and leading edge. Rita as a facilitator is approachable and knowledgeable. The sheer amount of resources provided with the course sets you up for success and has been a huge asset to my business”.Sarah Akil Managing Director - Crystal Clear Wellness Co
Mindfulness means “paying attention in a particular way, on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgementally.”Jon Kabat-Zinn. (Founder of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction)
“This course has taught me so much about Mindfulness and the positive benefits that I have experienced from practicing mindfulness daily has forever changed my life.” Sarah P.
ABOUT THE TRAINER
Rita Riccola is one of New Zealand’s leading mindfulness trainers and the author of the book “The Practice of Mindfulness and Balance”.
She is a former teacher and a trained mindfulness teacher who has completed courses with Mindful Schools USA.
Rita has been a Vipassana and yoga practitioner for 30 years. In 2000-2002 she attended a number of Barry Long’s ‘Course in Being’ seminars, (Barry Long was one of Eckhart Tolle’s teachers).
Her 2 day Mindfulness Facilitation Course has been taken by more than thousand individuals, including school teachers, life coaches, psychologists and counsellors in both New Zealand and Australia.
She have provided staff training for numerous schools across New Zealand to help integrate mindfulness practice to the curriculum. These courses are designed to meet the growing need in all sectors to offer Mindfulness training.
“Absolutely wonderful course, unforgettable”.
Tyler C.
Why Mindfulness?
Relieve Anxiety & Stress
In our fast paced lives, where we rush from one demand to another, there is very little time or space to stop and pause. Mindfulness offer the tools needed to connect with our inner intelligence, where we can access natural calmness beneath the busy minds.
Let go of Anger & Frustration
Coming in contact with your direct experience in the mindful state allows us to become familiar with the patterns that direct our lives; our thoughts, emotions and reactions.
Overcome Negative Thinking
Pain is an inevitable part of being human but suffering is optional. In mindfulness we learn how to manage our thoughts and emotions instead of letting emotions and thoughts manage us.
Stop Inner Chatter
Aimless thinking and inner chatter is draining our energy and clouding over the present moment. One of the most common benefits from regular mindfulness training is greater mental clarity and a new sense of inner peace.
Have Better Sleep
To be able stop incessant thinking and worrying is one of the great benefits of Mindfulness and it makes it easier to go to sleep and have unbroken sleep throughout the night.
Stop Living in the Past
Mindfulness practices increasingly bring you more into the present with the growing awareness that going over the past keeps you stuck in the past.
Frequently Asked Questions
Mindfulness is a way of noticing where your attention is in the present moment without judging it good or bad. It’s about not wandering off into an imagined future or going over the past but fully engaging right here right now.
Through guided, simple easy-to-do practisies you are training the mind to be more present in the moment. resulting in it to be less anxious, more alert and alive.
- Who over-thinks
- Thinks anxiously as a regular behavior.
- Stressed people
- People who engage in constant negative self-talk
- People who can’t sleep because of incessant inner chatter
- People who operate on ‘auto-pilot’ and are always ‘on’..
Mindfulness means “paying attention in a particular way, on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgementally.”Jon Kabat-Zinn. (Founder of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction)
“Just watch this moment, without trying to change it at all. What is happening? What do you see? What do you hear?”Jon Kabat-Zin
NON RELIGIOUS
There is no religion, dogma or beliefs attached to Mindfulness. Mindfulness has it’s roots in many contemplative practices but doesn’t require or impose on anyones belief systems. It’s a mental activity that has proven to be of great benefit for maintaining physical, mental and emotional balance.
Evidence Based
The many benefits of Mindfulness have been well documented especially in the past 30 years since Jon Kabat-Zinn established the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction programme that has led to the wide-spread, evidence based research and the acceptance of these non-religious, practical exercises anyone can do.
MINDFULNESS FOR EVERYONE
Mindfulness practice doesn’t require any preparation or beforehand knowledge about meditation. Anyone can experience the effect from these simple exercises.
“I had the pleasure of studying with Mindfulness in Australia and completed their 8 weeks Mindfulness Facilitator Training certification including the 2 day live workshop.
Having studied several mindfulness courses I was looking for something more comprehensive, I must say this was the best training I have done this far. The course content was clear, concise and leading edge. Rita as a facilitator is approachable and knowledgeable. The sheer amount of resources provided with the course sets you up for success and has been a huge asset to my business”.Sarah Akil Managing Director - Crystal Clear Wellness Co
Mindfulness means “paying attention in a particular way, on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgementally.”Jon Kabat-Zinn. (Founder of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction)