Making Mindfulness Safer: Deepening Through Practice

In this second session, Rehena Harilall continues our exploration of what it means to offer mindfulness in ways that honour the complexities of trauma, culture, identity, and systemic inequity. Whether you are joining for the first time or returning from the initial workshop, we will begin with a brief grounding in the key ideas that shape trauma-aware and socially responsive mindfulness teaching.

From there, the session moves into a more experiential and inward-facing inquiry. Through guided practice, reflection, and spacious opportunities for shared insight, we will look at how our own histories, conditioning, and cultural contexts influence the ways we show up as practitioners and teachers. This approach supports a deeper understanding of safety, belonging, and cultural sensitivity from the inside out.

This session will offer:

· Embodied and reflective practices to help you apply trauma-informed awareness to your own lived experience as a teacher

· Culturally attuned, trauma-sensitive frameworks that illuminate how identity, culture, and power shape mindfulness practice
Flexible opportunities for shared reflection and insight, supporting you to explore questions, challenges, and emerging themes in community

· Practical tools for navigating harm, repair, and ethical dilemmas, and for fostering safety and belonging in your mindfulness spaces

Designed as a welcoming and collaborative space, this session supports both newcomers and returning participants in deepening their understanding of trauma-informed, inclusive mindfulness practice—enriching both inner awareness and teaching presence.

Event details
🗓️ Date: Wednesday 22nd April 2026
⏰ Time: 12:00–13:30 (UK time)
💻 Location: Online via Zoom
🎟️ Tickets: £10-£20 or a donation

About Rehena Harilall

Rehena is a respected facilitator with decades of experience in psychology, community work, self-healing and Buddhist-informed mindfulness practice. She specialises in trauma-informed approaches that centre equity, inclusion, and cultural responsiveness in mindfulness teaching.