Jennifer Hannibal
Meditation has always been a significant part of Jen’s life; it helped her create change in a life filled with chronic pain. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) gave her the tools to start thriving instead of just surviving in a world where the medical system offered little hope.
Her first degree in Complementary Therapy, specialising in Shiatsu, included deep study of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), 5 Element Theory, Qi Gong, Tai Chi, Mindfulness, massage, Westernised psychological practices, and counseling.
During her travels in her 20s, she explored countless contemplative traditions. In 2017 during a Vipassana Retreat in Java, clarity struck and Jen knew she wanted to pass on the gift of meditation.
In 2024, she graduated from the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice at Bangor University with a Master’s degree in Teaching Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction. Since then, she has facilitated courses, private tuition and retreats for mental health charities and on a grassroots level, as well as corporately. She has worked with a range of general public clients, including those with complex mental health.
Walking the path of reclaiming feminine wisdom practices and honouring her Cornish heritage, these essential facets of her personal practice may emerge naturally and intuitively into her services. Menstrual Cycle Awareness (MCA) as a spiritual practice changed Jen’s life just as significantly as meditation did in her 20s. Wishing she knew then what she knows now, she gratefully passes this wisdom on to others.
To practice being ‘Mind-full’ as opposed to ‘Mind-less’, is a skill we cultivate by developing awareness. ‘Mindlessness’ can be seen as sloppy attention to the details of our lives, but as we deepen our focus and pay attention to the present moment we can ‘wake up’ from autopilot and move back into the driving seat.
Waking up is not just the business of ‘awakened’ beings, but the business of everyone. We have all experienced a moment of clarity or insight, whether sitting on a meditation cushion, getting in the ocean, walking the dog or simply drinking a cup of tea.
In taking a mindful approach to our inner nature; sensations, thoughts and feelings, we craft a new relationship with ourselves. We become a valuable friend that can observe and guide us through the weather of our lives with skill and grace.
In practising mindfulness we learn tools and techniques that empower us to be mentally hygienic.
Everybody is born with awareness, the practice of meditation helps us to cultivate access to it.
Since the turn of the 20th century, we have known about the importance being physically hygienic; but how about our mental hygiene? Just like our bodies, our minds need training to function at their best.
My intention is to teach you the tools to keep yourself mentally hygienic and make myself redundant in the process.
My offering to you is an opportunity to build a self-practice that will empower you to have an active and powerful role in your wellbeing.
Your self-practice will cultivate an awareness that enables you to remain focused, make skilful decisions, have skilful interactions, befriend yourself and align with your core values.
Sustainable change happens from the inside out.