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Mindfulness in the Workplace
Well Being and Self Care for Community and Workplace
All of the programmes delivered out of the Sanctuary contribute to the cultivation of wellbeing and self care.
Sanctuary Way (SWAY)
In Ireland, between the years 2010 and 2015, work related stress doubled.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the increase in stress has wide reaching implications, including a cost of 20 billion euro in the EU alone, due to sick days.
However, work related stress does not only affect employee absenteeism. It has numerous organizational consequences including lost productivity, poor job performance, higher rates of employee turnover, increased accident frequency, and greater healthcare and legal spending (Quick, Quick, Nelson and Hurrell,1997).
One of the main factors influencing work related stress is work place culture.
So, how do we go about changing culture?
How do we answer the call of the WHO to create “a healthy working environment… in which there is not only an absence of harmful conditions but an abundance of health-promoting ones”?
The Sanctuary’s SWAY programme is designed to provide the resources and training for organizations to create healthy working environments- to change culture through contemplative practice.
It has been evidenced that mindfulness, compassion and contemplative practices within organisations has decreased employee stress, emotional exhaustion, and job burnout and increased mood and life satisfaction (Shapiro, Astin, Bishop and Cordova, 2005;Galantino, Baime, Maguire, Szapary and Farrar, 2005; Neff, 2011).
Through face to face training, along with online resources, the SWAY programme incorporates experiential practices based in mindfulness, reflection, self-kindness and communication, arming organisational teams with the tools to flourish within the workplace, while helping to sustain personal wellbeing and mental health.

SWAY Programme
All our SWAY programmes can now be run online and tailored to suit your Organisation
Live Well Every Day With Fiona O’Neill
Live Well Every Day With Fiona O’Neill This course is OnsiteCourse Description: Are you tired of feeling tired? Do you lack motivation? ...
A Journey of Wellbeing, Discovery & Illumination With John F. Doherty
A Journey of Wellbeing, Discovery & Illumination With John F. Doherty This workshop is OnsiteWorkshop Description: “Spiritual wellbe ...
The Art of Compassion, With Orla Burchael
The Art of Compassion, With Orla Burchael This course is OnsiteCourse Description: Join Orla Burchael here at the Sanctuary for this very ...
Sound bath Experience With Simone Meschnig
Sound bath Experience With Simone Meschnig This course is ONSITECourse Description: Immerse yourself in the beautiful sounds of Tibetan S ...
Caring For Caregivers Programmes With The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary has been developing and delivering mindfulness and meditation programmes and courses, since its inception in 1998. It has worked ...
Self Care Resources to Help Guide You Through The Pandemic
Free Self Care Resources to help Guide you through the Pandemic
Responding with Compassion
**Participants must have completed the Being Present training.
Weekend 1: Saturday May 14th and Sunday May 15th from 10am- 5pm in The Sanctuary.
*This course will be onsite and broadcast online for those who prefer.
Mindfulness SWAY Half-Day Self Care Programme
For groups of 16-20 people
10.00 am – 2.00 pm
An Cuan Programme
An Cuan Programme is designed to break down barriers and make the activities of the Sanctuary available and accessible to adults of all ages and abilities, with a particular emphasis on people who are going through a vulnerable period in their life.
The word An Cuan means harbour in Irish and it represents presence, resilience and stillness.