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Mindsprings was set up by Alistair Appleton to explore the benefits of meditation in the modern world. Much clinical research these days concentrates on working with addiction and depression. We’re interested in working with wellness and the promotion of mental health before the illness sets in. HOME What We Do Course Trio CONTACT Mindsprings Meditation with Alistair Appleton Brighten your mind. Put the spring back in your life with therapeutic meditation. Learn to Meditate with Alistair In-Person Retreats Self-Study Courses Live Online Classes GET THE MEDITATION HABIT FOR 2026 Join the Mindsprings Zoom sessions by getting the Mindspringer membership FREE for the first month and then just £10 until June 2026! Use code MEDITATE2026 at the checkout here . What We Do Courses Online courses to access immediately. Tackle your anxiety. Brighten the mind. Read More > Retreats Whether a city weekend or a glorious weekend in nature. Meditate with Alistair in person. Read More > Classes Join Alistair on Zoom for weekly hour-long sessions. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Read More > Videos Read More > Browse hours of free recordings and teaching. Subscribe for the full amazing library. "Can I trust you? My mind is sore, vulnerable. Sometimes I'd rather not look." You don't have to trust me with your precious human mind. Mindsprings is only here to help in your own exploration and development. Ultimately, you are the sole proprietor of your mind. That said it's good to have someone to hold your hand. I've been meditating for more than 2 decades, teaching for more than 15 years. I'm a qualified psychotherapist with lots of clients. Most importantly, I know first-hand what anxiety and mental anguish feels like. You can experience the relief and liberation of meditation straight away with our powerful self-study courses. Take a look below: Beingfulness Bring some joy back to your whole life with Alistair's foundational mediation course. Read More Mastering the Monsters of Anxiety Part one of the Mindsprings Anxiety course. Read More Tapping into Freedom Unblock the unconscious patterns that weigh down your life. Read More Course Trio Any questions? We'll try and get back to you within 24 hours! Submit Thanks for submitting! CONTACT

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Page Title Thank you! I see that you've enquired about compassionate conversations with me. I know it's never easy to ask for help, so thanks for trusting me thus far. I will read over your message and get back to you within 48 hours with a suggestion of how to proceed, and some proposed dates. I look forward to speaking to you soon! Alistair

Page Title Thank you! You enquired about psychotherapy with me. I know it's never easy to ask for help, so thanks for trusting me thus far. I will read over your message and get back to you within 48 hours with a proposed date for our 20-minute free Zoom assessment. I look forward to speaking to you soon! Alistair

MENTORING As you may know, I've been working as a qualified, UKCP-accredited psychotherapist for more than 8 years and see clients on Zoom for long and short-term work. This is profound work that looks to free up the unhelpful patterns that build up over a lifetime. I use integrative psychotherapy and energy psychology to work with trauma. If you're interested in this psychotherapy work, then you can find out more here . But sometimes that intense, long-term work is not what is needed. And so, from March 2026, I am offering one-to-one mentoring: compassionate conversations where we can discuss single issues in one or two sessions. In a friendly, 45-minute conversation, held in a warm and relational space, we might look at: spiritual issues from any direction where a Buddhist lens might prove inspiring advice and solutions for your therapy work or meditational teaching relational gridlocks where friends, family or partners are causing you anguish blockages and whirlpools at work or in creative endeavours financial, physiological, work-life conundrums the complexities of the LGBTQ+ experience mid-life issues and positioning yourself for new adventures Compassion conversations can bring a fresh set of eyes to any issue where you're stuck. Even a single session might bring solutions and plans that help you move forward. Less intense than therapy, but perhaps the kindly space you need to move things on. Sessions can be one-offs or on a monthly or sporadic rhythm when they are needed and we can agree time-slots to suit your calendar. A 45-minute session costs £40. You can arrange a session by filling in the form below. If you have any further questions, please message me on therapy@mind-springs.org. Don't struggle on your own when a compassionate conversation might set you right. Please note that compassionate conversations are not a substitute for medical care. If you are in serious psychological anguish, then please contact your GP or medical doctor for treatment. I am not an accredited therapy supervisor, so please check before bringing client work. My mentoring work also adheres to the UKCP Counselling and Psychotherapy guidelines, which can be found here . All discussions remain strictly confidential in line with those guidelines. For deeper, prolonged work that involves the treatment of trauma, please read my psychotherapy page here . Request a Mentoring Session Please take a moment to fill out the form. First Name Last Name Email Phone number Give brief outline of what you would like to discuss Submit

PSYCHOTHERAPY Thank you for your interest in my therapy work. Sometimes you might find that patterns from the past have left you 'stuck' in painful and unfulfilling life situations. And no matter how much you try to rescue yourself with your old solutions, things seem to stay stuck or get worse. Working with a trained and kind therapist can really help free up these stuck moments in a human life. Talking, reflecting, seeing things in a new way. Using energy work to unlock trauma patterns and safely dismantle dysfunctional coping strategies from early in life. Being heard. All of these can be gifts to yourself at the crucial pathways of your existence. I've been working as a therapist for more than 12 years now and believe that short, sustained stretches of psychotherapy (12 to 24 weeks) can make a massive difference to your mental health. Here’s a little about my training and how I work: I’m a qualified Psychotherapeutic Counsellor with an MA in Advanced Psychotherapy from Middlesex University. I trained at the Minster Centre with an integrative approach that highlights an awareness of the body and our relationships with one another. I have been a fully accredited member of the UKCP since 2014. My background in somatic meditation informs my work with clients. As a queer man I feel an affinity with the LGBTQ+ community and our mental health I’m also trained as a practitioner in AIT, a form of energy psychology that shows very powerful results in removing the energetic blocks left by the traumas of our past life. I work as a private practitioner in Penzance, Cornwall. Since 2020, most of my practice has been conducted online. We can arrange a free 20-minute consultation on Zoom and then decide if we are a good fit… Sessions are £70 a therapeutic hour (50 mins) and are arranged by private consultation. Please contact me via the form below. Or if you have any further questions, then please email me at therapy@mind-springs.org Request a Psychotherapy Assessment Call Please take a moment to fill out the form. First Name Last Name Email Phone number Give brief outline of the issues you would like to explore Submit

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Alistair Appletons Mindsprings In-person retreats and events IN PERSON Join me in stunning locations across Europe for weekends and longer retreats together. Mindsprings began on Holy Island and since then I have had the pleasure to teach in London, Dublin, Scarborough, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Iceland, Holland and Sweden. Please take a look to see what's coming up... 9 tickets left Oferta de membresía Dundreggan May 2026 Retreat sáb, 02 may Inverness Leer más BOOK 0 tickets left Oferta de membresía Holy Island Summer Retreat 2026 dom, 23 ago Holy Island Centre for Peace Leer más Details Oferta de membresía Cabilla October Retreat jue, 15 oct CABILLA CORNWALL Leer más BOOK

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Resources for LGBTQ+ and Allies in the Legal Profession This is a collection of resources and guided practices following Alistair's presentation 'Rainbows Brighten the Workplace'. Please feel free to browse and do get in touch in you have any questions. Excellent Online Resources https://pinktherapy.com/resources/ https://genderedintelligence.co.uk/ https://switchboard.lgbt/ https://www.consortium.lgbt/about-us/ https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/tips-for-everyday-living/lgbtqia-mental-health/useful-contacts/ https://www.lawcare.org.uk/get-information/articles/lgbtq-lawyers/#links Four Exercises to Break the Stress Spiral THE DECOMPRESSION BREATH THE EYE STRETCH THE CALM POINT THE HA! Principles of Allyship don’t be prejudiced take action against discrimination have humility re. LGBTQ+ issues Four Thoughts Your Human Life is Precious It is Also Fleeting What You Do Matters Place Your Energy Wisely

Would you like to support the Mindsprings community and get great access, make savings and roam all the material? This is the place to choose a supporting membership package. SUPPORTING MEMBERS Want to access all the classes? Get 10% off all retreats? Supporting members are generous souls who make a monthly contribution to Mindsprings and get free access to what we offer here. Becoming a MINDSPRINGER allows you to book all the Zoom sessions you like, browse the hundreds of video-teachings and guided meditations in the Mindsprings library, get 10% off in-person and online retreats, and 20% off the online study courses like Mastering the Monsters of Anxiety and Beingfulness. Mindspringer GBP 20 20GBP Cada mes Access the online classes and the library and save on retreats and courses! 30 días de prueba gratuita Iniciar prueba gratuita Access Alistair's weekly online sessions for free Access the complete video library Get 10% off in-person and online retreats Get 20% off the online courses for anxiety, or Beingfulness Don't let money stop you accessing everything that Mindsprings Meditation offers. If these subscriptions are too much for your budget, please don't hesitate to drop me a line and I can offer you a bursary rate. No problems!