Positive Living at The Sussex Beacon
We offer mindfulness and wellbeing courses and a weekly Positive Fitness class, for people living with HIV across Sussex.
Mindfulness Courses
Mindfulness practice and techniques have been recognised across the world and have helped thousands of people to manage difficulties that they may be experiencing such as anxiety, depression / low mood and chronic pain.
Our Mindfulness courses offers ways of living with more ease and awareness, even in difficult times.
We offer monthly continuation sessions once you have completed the full course, which helps to maintain and encourage practice and offer peer support.
Our introductory sessions, before a full course, will introduce novices to the principles and practice of Mindfulness.
We also aim to run at least 1 course for partners and carers of people living with HIV, upon request.
What will you learn?
- Learn to become aware of what is going on within us at the present moment
- Centralise our bodies, thoughts and feelings
- Help free ourselves from habitual patterns of being, thinking and reacting
Throughout the courses you will learn the key factors of Mindfulness practice. This practice encourages us to be aware of what is going on within us in the present moment and avoid ways that often do not serve us very well.
Who runs the course?
The Sussex Beacon Mindfulness course is run by Judy Lewis.
Judy has been a mindfulness practitioner for over twenty years. Having benefited in many ways from the understandings and practices of mindfulness in her own life, she brings a strong commitment to making mindfulness practices accessible to everyone who wants to explore ways that may help them live with more ease, awareness and fulfilment.
How can I start?
Call or email Hattie Yannaghas, Community Services Manager for the Health Management Team, to discuss any queries.
OR MAKE A REFERRAL:
Please click here to complete an online referral form for our Women and Families, Peer Mentoring, Day Service, or Mindfulness or Wellbeing courses
The online referral service is not currently available. Please contact Hattie Yannaghas by email hattie.yannaghas@sussexbeacon.org.uk * or phone 01273 694222 ext 229 to make a referral. Thank you.
*Please do not include unencrypted patient data if contacting by email.
Positive Fitness Class
Exercise and active living can improve our physical and emotional health and help build our resilience and confidence.
The Positive Fitness Class is a physiotherapy supervised group based on individualised exercises and educational support with HIV, general health and physical activity.
The classes are weekly for 1.5 hours at the Sussex Beacon, where we transform our Day Room into a fitness studio! The session include individualised exercise programme as well health talks and peer support.
The purpose of these classes and support sessions is to help address the physical, mental and social health related challenges associated with HIV, medication side effects, complex health needs and ageing.
Positive Fitness Referral
If not relevant to the referrer, has the service user checked with their Consultant or GP or relevant medical professional, that they are fit to take part in this programme or current referrer? If not please make the service user aware that they will need to do this before taking part.
Upon receipt of referral you will be offered a physio assessment to help determine the exercise you can do in the class and establish some practical goals.
Please do not hesitate to contact us to talk discuss your referral.
Please contact Hattie Yannaghas, Senior Project Coordinator, Health Management Team
OR MAKE A REFERRAL:
Please click here to complete an online referral form for our Women and Families, Peer Mentoring, Day Service, or Mindfulness or Wellbeing courses
The online referral service is not currently available. Please contact Hattie Yannaghas by email hattie.yannaghas@sussexbeacon.org.uk * or phone 01273 694222 ext 229 to make a referral. Thank you.
*Please do not include unencrypted patient data if contacting by email.
