Mindful Men: 4 week meditation and mindfulness course for men

What: 4 week meditation and mindfulness course for men.
When: Monday Evenings in February (6th, 13th, 20th and 27th) at 7pm.
Where: Tasmen - The McDougal Building, 90 Davey Street, Hobart
Cost: $60 ($40 Concession).

This experiential course will explore mindfulness in the lives of men through the instruction of meditation and movement as well as through discussion and the sharing of our experiences. Men have profound capacities for tenderness, intimacy and care as well as strength, creativity and inspiration. Not often finding the support needed for such inner qualities to arise the intention of this course is to create a safe space for men to deepen their self-understanding while developing mindful awareness in both meditation and relationship to others.

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How are mood, stress and our sex lives related?

You’re feeling down or chronically stressed. Is your sex life suffering the consequences? Low mood, stress and our (waning) sex lives often are closely related, right? Maybe not for men; recent research has found that depression and anxiety symptoms may only be related to sexual difficulties for women. These intriguing results have sparked the interest of researchers at Macquarie University, who are now trying to get to the bottom of these complex and under-researched relationships.

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Men's Groups in Tasmania

Many men have enquired about the whereabouts and contacts for various Men's Groups around Tasmania.  To this end TASMEN has collected a number of groups that have agreed to be put on the site with their information. These groups are independently organised and conducted and any requests for more information must be directed to the particular group identified in the listing.

Solutions for Men - Healthy lifestyle advice, counselling, psychological therapy

The Australian Institute of Male Health and Studies will soon be offering a range of unique specialised services to males, including: healthy lifestyle advice, counselling, psychological therapy, and mental health support. Services to be offered within our Solutions for Men program, will be tailored specifically for males, and provided by highly trained professional practitioners.

Father time key to well-being

Fathers can shake off their "assistant parent" tag by spending more time with their children without having mothers around. They would improve their parenting skills and the family would benefit if fathers and children got together more, an Australian study found. "Kids need their fathers for them to be around and doing the organising part of their lives. Our culture is to leave it all to mum," said one of the study's authors, University of Melbourne academic Margot Prior. The study, published in December in the journal Early Child Development and Care, involved 110 families in Melbourne with children aged between three and 12. Fathers who spent significant time with their children said they felt the youngsters' well-being was improved, their own sense of worth rose and it promoted them from the role of "assistant parent".