Words for Waking Waves
Refreshing the mind, bringing calm closer to the surface.
The A-Z of Mindfulness Misunderstanding
Discover a letter by letter guide to a world of Mindfulness misunderstanding and myths. And uncover the mindful truth only available in this present moment
Waves of Transformation: Mindful Stress Management (free) courses, tools & guides
We can't end Stress! But we can learn powerful mindfulness practices and healthy habit building behaviours, to transform our relationship with Stress. Waking Waves is delighted to share our collection of free Mindfulness and Stress Management courses, premium wellbeing guides, tools and meditation resources.
These are all free and designed to help you find more calm, lowers your stress and anxiety levels and help prevent Burnout. The health and wellbeing transformation you’ve been waiting for.
12 Days of Festive Calm and Tranquility
Discover mindful calm, tranquility and a welcome break from frantic festivities with Waking Wave’s 12 Days of Mindfulness.
From a STOP practice on Day 1 , lifelong inspiring quotes and the wonders of box breathing to weekly meditations, gifts of gratitude and mindful intentions, we’ve got it all wrapped up for a low stress, high relaxations holiday season
Brief History of Stress
Embark on a 600 million-year journey through the evolution of stress. Understand its impact on our health, brain development, society, and our modern day wellbeing
Fill the gaps in your Mindful Resume
Uncover the gaps in your Mindful Resume and learn the life skills and life-changing achievements you really need: from stress management and regulating emotions, to reducing anxious overthinking and burnout preventing habits. You’ll revisit the Mindful Attitudes you might have missed in ‘School’ and pick up ‘certifications’ to help you build empathetic and compassion-filled relationships. A resume you’ll need your Beginner’s Mind for, with Waking Waves to support you.
The 5-step checklist to Transform Your Relationship with Stress
Discover how you can transform your relationship with stress with our 5-step checklist. Learn how stress is a natural reaction to pressure, threat and difficulty in life. And the key steps we can take to self-assess, invest in self-care and build lifelong habits for greater stress resilience. But most important of all the mindful choices you can make to transform your relationship with Stress and the support Waking Waves provides to make this possible.
50 Mindfulness Paths to Presence
Discover your path to present moment awareness with the "50 Mindfulness Paths to Presence” guide. Understand the fundamentals of mindfulness, from postures and meditations practices to intentions and foundational attitudes. Begin your transformative journey within and be inspired daily with powerful breath and body practices to keep you emotionally balanced, focused and able to manage Stress.
The Mindful Leader’s Burnout Beating “Cheat Sheet”
A cheat sheet won’t end Burnout! But filling organisations with mindful leaders who champion stress awareness, balance business needs with ‘wellbeing protecting’ boundaries and introduce mindful intentions, attitudes and habits, puts us on the path to prevention. From stress types and models of stress to the impact on our health and performance, the Mindful Leader’s burnout Beating Cheat Sheet is packed full of inspiration.
The Hidden Powers of Mindful Awareness
How can I change anything by sitting still in meditation? Whether you sit still or move in mindfulness, there’s a lot going on silently beneath the surface. Mindfulness not only silently transforms your brain but also develops key areas of awareness, crucial to your health and wellbeing. Explore the neurobiological secrets behind the five awareness skills, cultivated in mindfulness and their powerful impact on your mental, physical health and emotional wellbeing
The Mindful Game of Zen-ga
Need to find work-life balance? Build solid foundations of resilience and sustainable wellbeing with “The Mindful Game of Zen-ga”. Explore how different organisational cultures and expectations, can lead us to stress, anxiety and overwhelm and even burnout, if gone unmanaged. And how awareness, breathing practices, intentions and attitudes of mindfulness, can be the key to maintaining our stability, physical and mental health.
The Circle of Compassion
Life’s struggles left you spinning? Discover your world of connection on the Circle of Compassion. Learn how compassion can be turned outwardly and inwardly to support physical, mental and emotional health. How cultivating this powerful emotional response, with mindfulness, can help alleviate stress and anxiety in life and rewire our brains for positivity and resilience. And by showing compassion towards others, foster a sense of belonging, trust, support and empathetic bonding.
Getting in the zone on the Stress Performance Curve
Need to find flow? Get in the zone? Balancing our stress levels with pressure and workload is the key to productivity and healthy balance in work. Too much Stress and we burnout, too little and we are inactive or bored. Take these four crucial steps to find your goldilocks zone: building stress and self-awareness, regular stress assessment and effective mindfulness based stress management techniques
The Carousel of Stress
Stress taking you for a ride? Why not take a spin on the “Carousel of Stress” and discover 95 eye-catching insights. Learn how stress impacts our physical, mental and emotional health and wellbeing and lead to Burnout. How self-caring habits and stress interventions like Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, can provide powerful tools, resources and coping strategies too.
Finding Wellbeing Balance in Times of Stress with Make-A-Wish
How we found balance in times of Stress at the Make-A-Wish “No Limits CEO and Chair Summit” in Utrecht. A morning plenary sharing the origins and impact of stress, from acute to chronic, which impact our performance, physical and emotional wellbeing and put us on a road to burnout. Interactive workshops giving practical tools and strategies to bring calm, focus and balance. So we respond, not just react to stress.
The Wheel of Mindfulness
Not sure where to start in Mindfulness? Find your new beginning on “The Wheel of Mindfulness” and discover 88 inspiring ways to can find a life of greater happiness and wellbeing. Learn the attitudes, practices and benefits of mindfulness for your health and management of Stress. Discover guides and resources and the most common myths, along your journey too.
6 Mindful Gifts of Gratitude
Got plenty of reasons to be grateful? Discover your “6 Mindful Gifts of Gratitude” to help you rewire your brain for positivity and build a greater sense of wellbeing and happiness. Learn how cultivating gratitude can lower stress levels, enhance emotional regulation, and build lasting resilience in life and work.
8 Mindful Paths to Healthy Sleep
Tired of restless nights, struggling for sleep? Explore the “8 mindful paths to healthy sleep” through the wellbeing enhancing powers of Mindfulness. Learn how it improves sleep quality and efficiency, reduces stress and rumination and helps regulate emotions. Discover 8 practices and guided meditations to help you put sleep troubles behind you. And experience a healthier, happier, more rested you.
6 Mindful Powers of “The Breath” 😮💨
Discover the 6 Mindful powers of The Breath. We breath at least 17,000 times a day but barely pay attention. And yet, our breath is a powerful way to unlock vitality, tranquility, focus, balance, renewal, and transformation for better physical and mental, health and wellbeing. Learn how conscious and controlled breathing influences cognitive function, helps regulates the autonomic nervous system, lowers our stress levels and allows us to cultivates a sense of calm and ease.
The Health Impact of “Allostatic Load”
Learn about the health impact of allostatic load and how chronic stress can take a toll on your physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Allostatic Load leads to a long list of health issues - including high blood pressure, hypertension, hormonal imbalances, immune dysfunction, sleep and mood disorders, cognitive decline, anxiety, and emotional reactivity. Explore the 4 types of allostatic load and their effects on our stress response. And how you can reduce allostatic load through exercise, stress management, self-care and healthy habits social support and connection and healthy habits.
June Joy of Summer 🌤️
June is jam-packed with joy, hope and happiness. A favourite for weddings and fun times for exuberant exam finishers. Hopeful new beginnings all round. We hit the outdoors in droves, unpacking summer sandals and packing out parks, beaches and the first festivals. A nostalgic time, with longer evenings to reminisce on the good old days. And a long summer ahead to make new memories. A perfect time of year to take up a hobby, plan more moments of self-care, or simply enjoy more time in nature, while the weather is fine.

