Peace of Mind | Mindfulness & Meditation
with Charli Van NessAn in–depth journey through breathwork, mindfulness and meditation, designed to optimise mental health, deepen self–awareness, and equip you to share these practices with the people you teach and care for.
Overview
Stillness for a restless world
The mind carries the weight of it the fast–paced, pressured, digital and often sedentary world we inhabit. Peace of Mind is 3–day exploration of practices that alleviate that weight: Dhyana (meditation), Dharana (mindfulness), Yoga Nidra (yogic rest) and Nada Yoga (the yoga of sound). Together they bring stillness to the mind, rest to the body, and a steady return to inner calm and authentic self.
This course is an invitation to strengthen your own mental health, and to grow your capacity to support others – students, clients, loved ones – who may be navigating anxiety, low mood, sleep difficulties, chronic pain, recovery, or simply the noise and overwhelm of modern life. The teachings are practical and adaptive: they can be offered to people with mobility challenges, including wheelchair users, and to anyone who needs a gentler way in to yoga.
Take it as a stand–alone CPD, or count it as a 30–hour elective module on the Shala's 300–hour Yoga Teacher Training programme.
"These practices don't ask you to escape your life – they teach you how to meet it, kindly, from a place of calm."
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- Hours count towards 300–hour certification or CPD hours.
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- Bursary available: one 50% bursary place is offered each year. Learn more →
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After this training, you will be…
Equipped with a working toolkit of meditation, mindfulness, Yoga Nidra and Nada Yoga practices you can draw on.
Confident designing and leading a class focused on mental wellbeing, which is informed, sensitive, and grounded in lived experience of the practices.
More attuned to your own mental health, with daily practices that build emotional balance, focus, kindness, and rest.
Able to adapt these teachings inclusively for students with mobility challenges, those in recovery, and people navigating anxiety, low mood or chronic pain.
What Our Students Say
What our students say
"My mind is blown – again. I cannot believe how much I've learnt. Feeling very grateful for the wonderful Charli, who delivered the course so beautifully and so freely gave us so much. Continuing to meet amazing people and amazing teachers – the journey continues."
CG · CPD Student"Exceeded expectations – wonderful delivery and format. This course wasn't just about learning; we got to experience so much, and with that experience comes understanding and knowing."
CPD Student"Charli's teaching is passionate and engaging. She takes time for everyone in the room and creates a real sense of belonging, which helps the learning land."
CPD Student"Charli's knowledge is deep and spiritual, she connects with students in a personal way, and I was very happy with the range of areas covered in the. A lovely experience."
CPD Student"My mind is blown – again. I cannot believe how much I've learnt. Feeling very grateful for the wonderful Charli, who delivered the course so beautifully and so freely gave us so much. Continuing to meet amazing people and amazing teachers – the journey continues."
CG · CPD StudentYour Teacher
Your teacher Charli Van Ness
Senior teacher across both the 200 and 300-hour programmes, bringing profound depth of knowledge.
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- What meditation is – and isn't
- Dhyana, Dharana and Samadhi: distinctions and how they relate
- Benefits, practice and core techniques
- Teaching meditation to students new to the practice
- Focused attention as a foundation for meditation
- Building self–awareness, emotional balance and kindness in practice
- Practical mindfulness tools for daily life and class settings
- What Yoga Nidra is – and how it differs from relaxation
- Benefits: rest, nervous system regulation, recovery
- Holding space and reading the room while guiding Nidra
- Introduction to Nada Yoga: technique, training and personal practice
- 'Padme Humm' Sound Journey Meditation
- Mantras, mudras and the felt experience of sound
- Trainees split into two groups
- Each group designs a 30–minute class plan
- Plan to integrate Meditation, Breathwork, Nada Yoga, Yoga Nidra, Mudras and Mantras
- Group feedback and reflection
- Group integration and reflection
- Practical guidance on continuing the practice after the course
- Yoga Alliance–accredited module (RYS 300 or YACEP)
- Can be taken as a stand–alone CPD or as an elective module on the Shala’s 300–hour Yoga Teacher Training
- Certificate of completion issued on fulfilment of attendance
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