Offering therapeutic photography and mindful photography workshops throughout Yorkshire and online, we focus on merging photography with mental health. Mindful Photography UK, a community interest company, empowers communities to adopt reflective photography techniques for personal growth and to encourage healing through photography. We support mindful photography for beginners and help participants express emotions through photography.
It is not just about the photography - I have been sharing this line for years now. It seems a little ironic when we are surely all about photography? But whenever we meet up and share experience in our workshops there is something more powerful that happens…. There is ❤️ compassion ❤️ story telling ❤️ …
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A participant enjoys her first experience of Mindful Photography. It’s been a very busy week which started with video making in Harrogate, then teaching online, speaking in a conference and I even managed to get some boxing and swimming in there too! “Take your time, slow down….”Speaking about the impact of Mindful Photography UK in …
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I have just loved delivering sessions with the participants at the Orb in Knaresborough. To be honest we’re struggling to say goodbye as the group are enjoying it so much and making such deep connections between wellbeing and photography, the positive environment just radiates Mindful Photography enthusiasm ! Copyright Mindful Photography UK 2024 Here are …
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We are thrilled to be partnering with Forensic Response UK to deliver a year long community project linking photography, wellbeing and mindfulness. Copyright Mindful Photography UK 2024 Our project will celebrate the seasons and we have various ways in which we’ll involve our Mindful Photography community across the UK. We invite anyone to join the …
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I’m privileged to be part of the Speaking Out Conference hosted by Ros Jones. Speaking Out Summit – Domestic Abuse and the Workplace Check out the poster for more information about this event taking place on Wednesday 23rd October 2024 10am to 4pm at Scarborough Rugby Club. Tickets are still available at £35 for the whole day and …
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Copyright participant, Orb. 2024 This image was taken by a participant and she called it hidden beauty. We recently worked with Orb Community Arts delivering two half day sessions at their premises in Knaresborough. What a welcoming charity they are - promoting positive mental health through the creative arts. Right from the outset, I knew …
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We’ve just finished three months working with Rural Arts as part of our partnership with Rise 2 Thrive. Mindful Photography UK workshop 2024. Our first session took us to the James Herriot Museum where we explored the theme of ageing. We concentrated on story telling and picked out artefacts, furniture, paintings and items that resonated …
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We’re really enjoying delivering Mindful Photography sessions on behalf of our Rise2Thrive partnership. Later this summer we worked with Humankind in Scarborough, we decided to steer away from the norm and instead work en plein air. Copyright @mindfulphotographyuk We met up for four hours (which included lots of eating picnics and snacks) but we worked …
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What is mindful photography and is it really an accessible way to achieve a calmer mind ? We are going to tell you from our experience, it is! Mindfulness involves the practice of paying attention to the present moment and being more aware of our thoughts and feelings. It's important to acknowledge that not everyone …
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We are thrilled to have been selected as a trusted delivery partner on Rise2Thrive a programme to support confidence within the people of North Yorkshire. *See below who we will be working with. We will use therapeutic photography technique to help participants identify their strengths and support them to THRIVE! Through selected themes, structured photography …
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