Colette Power

I’ve been teaching mindfulness-based courses with a significant emphasis on compassion-based practices since 2011. I’m a Certified Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) teacher and supervisor, a senior Breathworks teacher, trainer and supervisor, and I also teach Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT).

I’m an experienced retreat leader and offer meditation and mindfulness-based retreats in the UK and Europe. I also work with people on a one-to-one basis using mindfulness, self-compassion and enquiry skills. I deliver training across a range of sectors including education, health and business.

Previously, I have worked as a social researcher commissioned by the NHS, and have lectured in sociology, research methodology and women’s and gender studies. I am a qualified Counsellor and taught counselling skills for many years.


Qualifications

  • Certified Mindful Self-Compassion Teacher (Centre for Mindfulness, University SanDiego)
    Trained supervisor (CMRP)
  • MBSR & MBCT teacher (CMRP)
  • Senior Accredited Breathworks teacher and trainer
  • .b teacher (Mindfulness in Schools Project)
  • PhD, Liverpool University
  • MA Women’s Studies, Liverpool University
  • Certificate in Education, Liverpool John Moore’s University
  • Diploma in Counselling, City of Liverpool Community College

Teaching Training Specialisms

  • Mindful Self Compassion
  • Breathworks Mindfulness for Health (for people living with pain & illness) and Mindfulness for Stress
  • Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction
  • Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy
  • Embodied Enquiry
  • The Work that Reconnects – Deep Ecology work

Retreat Lead Experience

I have been co-leading Mindful Self Compassion Intensive and silent retreats for Bangor University since 2016, and leading Breathworks Teacher Training and silent retreats since 2014. I also lead my own personal mindfulness and compassion-based retreats in the UK and Europe.


Retreat Specialisms

  • Mindful Self Compassion Intensive and Silent retreats
  • Mindfulness-based silent retreats
  • Mindfulness-based teacher training retreats
  • Meditation retreats

Personal Practice

I’ve been practising compassion and insight-based meditation since 2005. My practice is informed by embodied enquiry. I have regularly attended silent meditation retreats over the past 12 years with a range of teachers. I’m very interested in seeking ways to apply the insights from meditation practice and dharma teachings to situations of suffering and social-justice.


Further Information

Colette’s website – www.mindfulnesscourse.co.uk.

You can also read Colette’s blog, Missing Class, by clicking HERE. Missing Class examines the class-based inequality that exists in the mindfulness and dharma communities, and the work that must be done within ourselves and within these communities to address it.