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Being Mindful With The Extreme
A retreat in Yorkshire
Friday May 17th - Sunday May 19th


Mindfulness and meditation can be helpful for creating emotional stability. However, these practices bring greater awareness of all aspects of our lives. This can include painful experiences such as flashbacks, voices and visions.

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Living mindfully with voices PDF Print E-mail

I hope this paper will be of help to people who hear voices and their friends and supporters.  I also hope it will be helpful to the voices which are parts of many people's lives.

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Lets challenge psychiatric labelling PDF Print E-mail
It would be great if you could take the time to sign this petition against psychiatric labelling here.  Also please join the Inquiry into Schizophrenia here An excellent way to challenge the continued use of this unhelpful and misleading term.
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I am beauty and you are flawed PDF Print E-mail
Resisting oppression is an important part of recovery. Below is a poem I wrote to help people who have been sexually terrorised reclaim self understanding and acceptance and give back moral responsibility to the perpetrator.  I reccommend abuse survivors who blame themselves in some way to try reading the poem out loud on a regular basis (with a strong intention). Nothing works for everyone but a number of people have fed-back that they have found it very helpful.  I also reccomend sharing this film about the Great Escape Bedpush 2008. 
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Talking With Voices PDF Print E-mail
By Dirk Corstens, Rufus May and Eleanor Longden

Summary
People who hear distressing voices can be entangled in repressing dialogues with their voices that limit their lives. Talking to the voices as outlined in this article is a technique that enhances a more fruitfull relationship between the voices and the voice hearer. This work is inspired by Voice Dialogue, a method developed by Hal and Sidra Stone. This methodical framework will be explained briefly. The technique and attitude necessary for speaking with the voices will be put forward. Indications and contraindications will be mentioned. Four examples clarify the potentials of this approach.

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New work-shops and Youtube self-help films PDF Print E-mail

I've made some short Youtube films of body-work exercises that are good for grounding, expressing emotion and calming the body and mind, click here to see them.  We also have 5 workshops planned for the new year in Leeds, Manchester and Brighton. For more details on these workshops below please ring Interminds events on 01274 288998, 07511 363493  or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

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