Claire Garthwaite is a parent of children with MPS, a doctor and mindfulness teacher. She has spoken at our national conference, held workshops and produced videos giving tips on self-care. With MPS Society, Claire is running two online mindfulness courses that will follow an 8-week programme aimed at those with a long-term condition to help relieve pain, reduce stress and improve wellbeing and for carers or parents of those with MPS, Fabry or related conditions.
She explains more about mindfulness and the two courses in the following video.
Online mindfulness course for carers or parents
An 8-week online mindfulness course for carers or parents of those with MPS, Fabry or related diseases. The course will run on Thursday mornings, 10am-12pm, on the following dates:
28 April
5 April
12 April
19 April
26 May
Half term break
9 June
16 June
23 June
Online mindfulness course for those with a long-term condition
An 8-week online mindfulness course for those with a long-term condition to help relieve pain, reduce stress and improve wellbeing. This course will run on Wednesday mornings, 10am-12pm, on the following dates:
29 April
6 May
13 May
20 May
27 May
Half Term break
10 June
17 June
24 June
To take part you will need a computer or tablet with a good internet connection on which you can run Zoom. If you haven’t used Zoom software before, it is easy to use but you will need to download it the first time you use it.
Places are limited so to join the course please register.