Table 1.

Outline of treatment package (weekly framework)

Courses	Contents of Courses
Introduction	The process of holding the course and its duration, the benefits of the course as compared to other courses, talking about stress and anxiety, mindfulness in simple language, consent form
Week 1	Reasons for choosing the course, stress and anxiety and their role in life, list of stressors, raisins eating practice, “Mindful Check-in” practice, planning and reviewing practices
Week 2	Triangle of cognition, emotion and body senses, Stress reaction and stress response, mindful breathing practice, mindfulness for everyday stress, planning and reviewing practices
Week 3	Stages of mindfulness, bringing the stages of mindfulness into life, the effects of mindfulness on headache, mental traps and negative self-talk, wandering mind, “mindful breathing” practice, “mindful walking” practice, planning and reviewing practices
Week 4	Benefits of mindfulness for body health, “body scan” practice, dealing with physical pain, Identifying Emotions in the Body, barriers to awareness of emotions, planning and reviewing practices
Week 5	“mindful sitting” practice, regular patterns, being mindful of habits, mindful physical exercises (1), planning and reviewing practices
Week 6	Mindful self-inquiry, reconciliation with hard feelings, discovery of internal rules, mindful physical exercises (2), planning and reviewing practices
Week 7	“loving-kindness meditation” Practice, mindfulness in interpersonal relationships, six qualities of mindful relationship, “mindful listening” practice, planning and reviewing practices
Week 8	“Mindful eating” practice, “mindful exercising” practice, “mindful resting” practice, “mindful communications” practice, communication barriers, reviewing the stressors list, planning and reviewing practices, planning for the future and continuing, finish