Being present
Coming back to the here and now, again and again, instead of being lost in thought.
Acceptance & Commitment Training
ACT helps you live a more meaningful life. It’s a highly evidence-based approach that brings together acceptance, mindfulness, values and committed action to grow your psychological flexibility — the science-backed key to a more resilient, richer life.
Six skills that build psychological flexibility
Together, these six skills — practised gently over time — have been shown across thousands of studies to lead to a more resilient, meaningful life.
Acceptance
Making room for difficult feelings rather than fighting or avoiding them.
Defusion
Unhooking from unhelpful thoughts — seeing them as thoughts, not commands.
Self-as-context
Resting in the part of you that notices — steady, whatever passes through.
Values
Getting clear on what truly matters to you — your own compass for living.
Committed action
Taking small, meaningful steps toward your values, one at a time.
Real training — not just recordings
Most online ACT programmes are just video recordings. Ours is different: when you takeACT for Beginners as a self-study course, you also join an online community — so you can ask questions of fellow learners and of your teacher, Shamash Alidina, directly.
You can learn from the comfort of home, access high-quality training from anywhere, and go at your own pace. If you later want in-person training, you’ll have a strong foundation to build on.
Two ways to begin
ACT for Beginners
New to Acceptance and Commitment Training? Start here. Interactive, online, and welcoming — with community support throughout.
Find out more →ACT-based Mindful Movement
Learn to combine ACT with mindful movement, skilfully. For total beginners to ACT and/or mindful movement — and ideal if you’d like to share these skills with clients.
Ask about this course →“I believe in a happier, kinder and more playful world. I commit to maximising deep happiness for all.”— Shamash