{"id":172208,"date":"2026-01-20T20:18:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T20:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.talkingmats.com\/?p=172208"},"modified":"2026-01-20T20:18:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T20:18:20","slug":"exploring-spirituality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.talkingmats.com\/exploring-spirituality\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Spirituality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Following the successful piloting phase we are delighted to be running a Focused Foundation Training with the new Exploring Spirituality Resource.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>23rd March 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scion House, University of Stirling Innovation Park, FK9 4NF<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>9.30 &#8211; 4.00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00a3150 including Resource.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the Exploring Spirituality Resource? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This Resource offers a gentle, yet systematic approach to exploring spirituality for those who may find this challening because of cognitive and \/ or expressive difficulties.  It was developed in partnership with the University of Aberdeen, Centre for Theology and Autism and The Arts and Humanities Research Council. It involved collaborative work with people from Muslim, Sikh, Buddhist, Pagan, Christian, and Jewish faiths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why attend this training? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.talkingmats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/reward.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-170067 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Foundation Training will help you to;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use\u202fTalking Mats\u202fto support\u202fpeople to share their feelings, thoughts and views.\u202f\u202f&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Learn how issues that arise can be explored further through careful planning.\u202f&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reflect on your own communication.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Discover Talking Mats\u202fresearch and evidence base.\u202f&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.talkingmats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/personal_ritual.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-172210 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>The focused content will help you feel confident using the Exploring Spirituality Resource.   It contains the following Topics:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Your faith community &#8211; explore what your faith community means to you.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Place of worship &#8211; reflect on access and sensory need in your place of worship.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spiritual practices &#8211; designed for anyone, regardless of faith, to reflect on personal spiritual practices.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Beliefs &#8211; consider your core beliefs and values.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What paricipants in the pilot study said:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The Resource structure is great, and we found that it supported the flow of the conversation well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>It&#8217;s a great Resource that taps into identity at a very deep level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who should attend<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Faith leaders<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Healthcare and Social care professionals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anyone interested in facilitating conversations about spirituality<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to book<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are only 12 places available on this course.  Book now via our website shop using either card payment or Purchase Order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.talkingmats.com\/product\/focused-foundation-training-with-exploring-spirituality\/\" style=\"color:#584974;background-color:#52d6bf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Book here <\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the successful piloting phase we are delighted to be running a Focused Foundation Training with the new Exploring Spirituality&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[761,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-172208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inclusion","category-participation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Exploring Spirituality - Improving Communication, Improving Lives<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Talking Mats is a social enterprise whose vision is to improve the lives of people with communication difficulties. 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