Mindfulness & Insight Meditation
Hi, I'm Hanne, founder of Women Tree—a nurturing space where you can cultivate greater calm, balance and wellbeing through both formal and informal mindfulness and insight meditation.
Mindfulness is often described as paying attention to the present moment with intention, openness and without judgement.
Whether you're navigating a difficult period or simply wishing to live with greater awareness, mindfulness and insight meditation offer practical skills that support every stage of life. They help you develop resilience, clarity and inner steadiness when facing life's inevitable challenges.
Learning these practices before difficulties arise means you'll already have the tools to respond with greater ease, wisdom and self-compassion when you need them most.
The benefits of mindfulness extend far beyond the time you spend meditating. What you learn becomes a lifelong resource that you can return to again and again.
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Grow into presence
Would you like to experience wellbeing, transform your everyday life through mindfulness and grow into presence?
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Mindful Monday Morning
FREE Weekly Online Drop In Session
10:00-10:30am UK time (during term time)
Are you curious about mindfulness and insight meditation? Would you like to experience a session before committing to a course? Or perhaps you already have some experience and would enjoy practicing with others?
You are warmly invited to join the next Mindful Monday Morning—a gentle opportunity to begin the week by pausing, reconnecting and creating a little space in the midst of everyday life.
Our sessions offer a safe, welcoming and inclusive environment. Although I have mainly taught women so far, everyone is welcome.
There is no expectation to arrive feeling calm, peaceful or experienced. Simply come exactly as you are, bringing whatever is present for you in that moment.
Mindfulness Now
8-Week Online Mindfulness Now Programme
Starting Friday 11 September 2026
10:00am -12:00pm UK time (during term time)
The Mindfulness Now 8-Week Programme is a structured, evidence-based course integrating elements from both Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). It’s designed to support people from all walks of life in managing stress, anxiety, and low mood — while deepening wellbeing, self-awareness and compassion.
Whether you're new to mindfulness or seeking to deepen your existing practice, this course provides a safe and supportive space to explore how mindfulness can transform everyday life.
(Please reach out if you prefer a different moment to start your mindfulness journey and we can find a suitable day/time.)
A to-do list
never ends
until we decide to pause and reconnect.
Hello, I'm Hanne
As a mindfulness teacher, my wish is to inspire you to pause, reconnect with yourself, and discover the calm and wisdom that are already within you. Together, we'll explore simple ways of responding to life's challenges with greater awareness instead of being carried away by habitual reactions.
Through practical mindfulness and insight meditation practices, I offer you tools to help you navigate stress, anxiety and overwhelm while cultivating greater calm, compassion and clarity.
Mindfulness and insight meditation aren't separate from life. Formal meditation isn't the goal in itself—it helps us develop a way of being that naturally becomes part of everyday life. Just as exercising your body makes daily activities easier, training the mind helps you meet life's joys and challenges with greater ease.
One of the most important aspects of mindfulness is learning to trust your own experience. Everything I offer is an invitation. Take what supports and inspires you, and simply leave behind what doesn't.
The 8-week Mindfulness Now programme that I teach is evidence-based and non-religious. It is open to everyone, whatever your beliefs, faith or philosophy.
We are all enough exactly as we are—and there is always room to grow.
Although this may seem like a paradox, lasting change often begins when we meet ourselves with kindness, compassion and acceptance, rather than with criticism or the feeling that we need to be different.
Imagine looking at yourself and your life through a camera lens. By changing the focus or the angle, the whole picture can change. Mindfulness and insight meditation offer you the tools to discover perspectives that bring greater peace, wisdom and wellbeing.
Every mindful moment has the potential to change a life—and through each life, the world.
Hear what others have to say
Jill, London, UK
“Hanne was a wonderful guide for my first steps into mindfulness.”
Marina, London, UK
“I love the wide variety of tools and techniques - which means there is something for everyone.”
Christine, London, UK
“I feel much calmer after each session and have continued to use some of the tips and techniques Hanne covered in the programme.”
Find your calm today
Schedule a free call with me for any other questions you may have - whether about our free drop in sessions, 8 week course, or anything related to mindfulness or insight meditation.