Mindfulness for Stress Course

Mindfulness for Stress is an 8-week course where you will learn life-long skills to reduce stress and anxiety, find greater resilience and boost your wellbeing. Find out more about our Mindfulness for Stress Course and its benefits.

WHAT’S INCLUDED? 

• A supportive online group space where you can share learnings and get direct feedback from your teacher 

• A toolkit of practices, including meditation, mindful movement and everyday ‘habit releasers’

• Lifetime access to your course materials, guided meditations and resources on our online e-learning platform the Community of Practice

HOW YOU WILL TAKE PART 

This course runs online, with weekly sessions across 8 weeks. You will be guided by an experienced teacher and learn alongside a supportive group of up to 15 other people.

The course will consist of:

• 2 - 2.5 hour weekly live learning sessions with instruction, practice and group sharing with other participants  

• Home practice: daily meditations of 10 - 20 mins and ’mindfulness in daily life’ exercises

• Optional learning materials to watch, listen and read in your own time each week

Our mission is to make mindfulness accessible to everyone, if you are experiencing financial challenges we offer places on a pay-what-you-can basis, see our Pricing Rates for more.

BOOK MY PLACE

Event details

WHERE

This is an online Course.

Course materials are on our learning platform the Community of Practice, where you will also be able to share thoughts and questions with your teacher and group via an online discussion forum.

Weekly live sessions will be held on Zoom.

WHEN

This is an 8-week course which will:

Start: Monday, 22 June 2026

End: Monday, 10 Aug 2026

Please note, bookings for this event will close on Wednesday 17 June at 15:00.

SESSION TIMES:

Mondays 16.30 to 18.30 (the first session is 2.5 hours - 16:30 - 19:00).

Please note times are by the United Kingdom clock.  If you are joining from elsewhere in the world you can use this Time Zone Converter. 

Your Teacher

Stanter Kandola

 Stanter was diagnosed with severe Rheumatoid arthritis in her teens, Stanter Kandola – founder of ‘Open Mind’ – was told that she would end up in a wheelchair.  Instead, she embarked upon a journey of self-discovery and is now a freelance mindfulness teacher and coach, delivering mindfulness workshops and courses across Yorkshire.

For the last 29 years, Stanter has embraced a holistic approach to her health and wellbeing, exploring different ideas and techniques from established teachers such as Tara Brach and Ken Wilber, incorporating their teachings into her daily life.  She also discovered the practice of mindfulness.

An experienced and qualified manager, adept at coaching and training delivery, Stanter holds a BA in Social Anthropology (School of African and Oriental Studies University of London, 1997) and is a fully Accredited Breathworks Mindfulness teacher (2014).  In 2017 she trained with the ‘Mindfulness in Schools Project’ qualifying to deliver their ten-week Dot B programme to children. Stanter played a leading part in developing a pain clinic in West Yorkshire, which was nominated for an outstanding performance award at national level.

Stanter has delivered mindfulness sessions – either one-to-one bespoke sessions or group workshops – to local government; NHS staff; fostering services; Neurological Centre, Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Survivors services.  She is experienced in working with complex clients suffering from long-term health and mental health conditions, and trauma including Manchester Bombing victims. 

Stanter has defied her original prognosis.  She has walked on hot coals, lived on the River Ganges, meditated in the desert and by the ocean. 

She lives life to the full.

Cost

For our Cancellation & Refund Policy, please see here.

Pricing Guidelines

Breathworks is a charitable organisation with a mission to make the benefits of mindfulness accessible to everyone. To help remove barriers for people in financial hardship, we offer a limited number of concessionary and bursary places on events and courses. We operate our booking system on the basis of self-assessment and trust. Please have a careful read of our eligibility guide below, and contact us if you have any further questions.

Concessionary Rate

Applies to individuals with an income of less than £22,000 a year (or less than £25,000 if you live in London). If your annual income is higher than this and would like to discuss your eligibility for a concessionary place for other reasons, please contact us.

Bursary Places

A limited number of bursary places are reserved for individuals with significant barriers that limit them from affording the Concessionary Rate. As we want as many people as possible to benefit from Breathworks courses, we ask you to consider how much you are able to fund yourself. Subject to available funds, our charitable fund will cover the remainder of the course fee. To apply, please complete this form and click submit.

Organisation Rate

For organisations booking on behalf of their employees (cost is for one place).

Please note: you will be required to submit an application form AFTER the payment page. Completion of this form is necessary to take part in the course.