| Themes . | Subthemes . | Illustrative data extracts . |
|---|---|---|
| Reasons for applying | To cope with the COVID-19 transition | ‘… from going from a really busy life to a houseful, always cooking for people to nothing. . . [the mindfulness course] did bring me through a really, really dark tunnel’ (AC70f) ‘. . . I was looking for something that I could reach out to other people. . . something that stopped the loneliness’ (AC70f) ‘I came on the course because I wasn’t coping very well’ (PM74f) |
| Availability of time and space | ‘I wouldn’t have done it [if there was no lockdown] as I would have been doing other things . . . COVID has given me a Thursday for another opportunity’(KS66m) ‘. . . it’s been a time to try new things really’ (ZD68f) ‘I think if it hadn’t been for Covid, we probably wouldn’t have done because life is busy, busy and you know you don’t, we have sort of had very little other things, or a few other things to do during the epidemic’ (DH78f) | |
| Experience of the mindfulness therapy | A way to cope with COVID-19 | ‘. . . three minutes to calm myself down if I feel anxious. I haven’t been able to see my family for a long time and it was starting to get to me, so it did help me enormously’ (GW69f) ‘. . . having been shielding. . . for the last three months. . . it’s been relaxing. . . I’ve thoroughly enjoyed it and I’m grateful for it’ (JB71f) ‘Because I find it difficult to not plan ahead and the whole uncertainty of the current situation where we don’t know, whether we’ll be able to go back to work, whether we’ll be able to visit family, all those things. I found it [mindfulness course] really helpful in living in the present and not planning ahead all of the time’ (MD67f) ‘And it’s so nice to for somebody to say it’s okay. You know, um, I think that came up for me. And all that nourishment, to sort of nourish one’s soul’ (GS84f) |
| Noticing ourselves | ‘I now can recognise that I’m not being patient with her’ (SD71m) ‘. . . it’s made me switch off from other things. . . take stock. . .’ (DC69m) ‘I’m no longer ashamed of being this way anymore. I’m no longer hiding it’ (AC70f) ‘It’s such a joy to be able to see something good in cases where things aren’t good. And things happening to be able to find that happiness, that loveliness, and that peace from it just coming into your body. And you just feel it’ (JD76f) | |
| Connecting at home | Benefits of connecting online | ‘…it’s worked really well, and so much more relaxed with Zoom, it’s been nice meeting everyone in this way’ (DC69m) ‘Having the Zoom meeting. . . for me, was better than. . . taking the time to go somewhere. . . It was nice to be able to just pop up, here we are’ (LR71f) ‘I couldn’t have done that course if it had taken place somewhere because physically, I wouldn’t have been in a position to take myself there and back and the walking involved and so on. . .whereas being at home. . .yes, it made it very easy for me’ (BU66f) |
| Invited into homes | ‘. . . it’s a strange dichotomy. . . we were less together because we were not face to face, but on the other hand, we’re in everyone else’s home. So, we’re kind of, in a sense, more connected, because. . . of that instead of . . . office building or something’(DC69m) ‘. . . it’s been a lot more cosy experience, almost a one to one experience, although I can see everyone along the top rail there which makes it a group experience’(KS66m) | |
| Connection in isolation | ‘I think a word that’s come out of this is community, and we’ve probably made our own community in this group’(GS84) ‘[I got out of the course] far more than I was expecting. . . getting to know so many people and I was really surprised. . . when people opened up to how they were feeling and what effect this. . .Coronavirus had on them’(BU66f) ‘Seeing all your faces has meant a lot to me. . . I haven’t seen anybody’(GH80f) ‘I realise that there is a community out there that has the same problems and the same issues’(AC70f) | |
| Age and Accessibility | ‘For so many people our age, technology is an obstacle rather than an aid’(SD71f) ‘I’m on an iPad. So I have to flick over when somebody on the second page. But then I think it’s been a learning experience. And part of it has been that we’ve had to concentrate on that, and it actually has helped. And because we concentrate on what I’ve got to do next you forget you’re anxious. You forget you’re struggling. That in itself has actually been a useful tool’ (AC70f) |
| Themes . | Subthemes . | Illustrative data extracts . |
|---|---|---|
| Reasons for applying | To cope with the COVID-19 transition | ‘… from going from a really busy life to a houseful, always cooking for people to nothing. . . [the mindfulness course] did bring me through a really, really dark tunnel’ (AC70f) ‘. . . I was looking for something that I could reach out to other people. . . something that stopped the loneliness’ (AC70f) ‘I came on the course because I wasn’t coping very well’ (PM74f) |
| Availability of time and space | ‘I wouldn’t have done it [if there was no lockdown] as I would have been doing other things . . . COVID has given me a Thursday for another opportunity’(KS66m) ‘. . . it’s been a time to try new things really’ (ZD68f) ‘I think if it hadn’t been for Covid, we probably wouldn’t have done because life is busy, busy and you know you don’t, we have sort of had very little other things, or a few other things to do during the epidemic’ (DH78f) | |
| Experience of the mindfulness therapy | A way to cope with COVID-19 | ‘. . . three minutes to calm myself down if I feel anxious. I haven’t been able to see my family for a long time and it was starting to get to me, so it did help me enormously’ (GW69f) ‘. . . having been shielding. . . for the last three months. . . it’s been relaxing. . . I’ve thoroughly enjoyed it and I’m grateful for it’ (JB71f) ‘Because I find it difficult to not plan ahead and the whole uncertainty of the current situation where we don’t know, whether we’ll be able to go back to work, whether we’ll be able to visit family, all those things. I found it [mindfulness course] really helpful in living in the present and not planning ahead all of the time’ (MD67f) ‘And it’s so nice to for somebody to say it’s okay. You know, um, I think that came up for me. And all that nourishment, to sort of nourish one’s soul’ (GS84f) |
| Noticing ourselves | ‘I now can recognise that I’m not being patient with her’ (SD71m) ‘. . . it’s made me switch off from other things. . . take stock. . .’ (DC69m) ‘I’m no longer ashamed of being this way anymore. I’m no longer hiding it’ (AC70f) ‘It’s such a joy to be able to see something good in cases where things aren’t good. And things happening to be able to find that happiness, that loveliness, and that peace from it just coming into your body. And you just feel it’ (JD76f) | |
| Connecting at home | Benefits of connecting online | ‘…it’s worked really well, and so much more relaxed with Zoom, it’s been nice meeting everyone in this way’ (DC69m) ‘Having the Zoom meeting. . . for me, was better than. . . taking the time to go somewhere. . . It was nice to be able to just pop up, here we are’ (LR71f) ‘I couldn’t have done that course if it had taken place somewhere because physically, I wouldn’t have been in a position to take myself there and back and the walking involved and so on. . .whereas being at home. . .yes, it made it very easy for me’ (BU66f) |
| Invited into homes | ‘. . . it’s a strange dichotomy. . . we were less together because we were not face to face, but on the other hand, we’re in everyone else’s home. So, we’re kind of, in a sense, more connected, because. . . of that instead of . . . office building or something’(DC69m) ‘. . . it’s been a lot more cosy experience, almost a one to one experience, although I can see everyone along the top rail there which makes it a group experience’(KS66m) | |
| Connection in isolation | ‘I think a word that’s come out of this is community, and we’ve probably made our own community in this group’(GS84) ‘[I got out of the course] far more than I was expecting. . . getting to know so many people and I was really surprised. . . when people opened up to how they were feeling and what effect this. . .Coronavirus had on them’(BU66f) ‘Seeing all your faces has meant a lot to me. . . I haven’t seen anybody’(GH80f) ‘I realise that there is a community out there that has the same problems and the same issues’(AC70f) | |
| Age and Accessibility | ‘For so many people our age, technology is an obstacle rather than an aid’(SD71f) ‘I’m on an iPad. So I have to flick over when somebody on the second page. But then I think it’s been a learning experience. And part of it has been that we’ve had to concentrate on that, and it actually has helped. And because we concentrate on what I’ve got to do next you forget you’re anxious. You forget you’re struggling. That in itself has actually been a useful tool’ (AC70f) |
| Themes . | Subthemes . | Illustrative data extracts . |
|---|---|---|
| Reasons for applying | To cope with the COVID-19 transition | ‘… from going from a really busy life to a houseful, always cooking for people to nothing. . . [the mindfulness course] did bring me through a really, really dark tunnel’ (AC70f) ‘. . . I was looking for something that I could reach out to other people. . . something that stopped the loneliness’ (AC70f) ‘I came on the course because I wasn’t coping very well’ (PM74f) |
| Availability of time and space | ‘I wouldn’t have done it [if there was no lockdown] as I would have been doing other things . . . COVID has given me a Thursday for another opportunity’(KS66m) ‘. . . it’s been a time to try new things really’ (ZD68f) ‘I think if it hadn’t been for Covid, we probably wouldn’t have done because life is busy, busy and you know you don’t, we have sort of had very little other things, or a few other things to do during the epidemic’ (DH78f) | |
| Experience of the mindfulness therapy | A way to cope with COVID-19 | ‘. . . three minutes to calm myself down if I feel anxious. I haven’t been able to see my family for a long time and it was starting to get to me, so it did help me enormously’ (GW69f) ‘. . . having been shielding. . . for the last three months. . . it’s been relaxing. . . I’ve thoroughly enjoyed it and I’m grateful for it’ (JB71f) ‘Because I find it difficult to not plan ahead and the whole uncertainty of the current situation where we don’t know, whether we’ll be able to go back to work, whether we’ll be able to visit family, all those things. I found it [mindfulness course] really helpful in living in the present and not planning ahead all of the time’ (MD67f) ‘And it’s so nice to for somebody to say it’s okay. You know, um, I think that came up for me. And all that nourishment, to sort of nourish one’s soul’ (GS84f) |
| Noticing ourselves | ‘I now can recognise that I’m not being patient with her’ (SD71m) ‘. . . it’s made me switch off from other things. . . take stock. . .’ (DC69m) ‘I’m no longer ashamed of being this way anymore. I’m no longer hiding it’ (AC70f) ‘It’s such a joy to be able to see something good in cases where things aren’t good. And things happening to be able to find that happiness, that loveliness, and that peace from it just coming into your body. And you just feel it’ (JD76f) | |
| Connecting at home | Benefits of connecting online | ‘…it’s worked really well, and so much more relaxed with Zoom, it’s been nice meeting everyone in this way’ (DC69m) ‘Having the Zoom meeting. . . for me, was better than. . . taking the time to go somewhere. . . It was nice to be able to just pop up, here we are’ (LR71f) ‘I couldn’t have done that course if it had taken place somewhere because physically, I wouldn’t have been in a position to take myself there and back and the walking involved and so on. . .whereas being at home. . .yes, it made it very easy for me’ (BU66f) |
| Invited into homes | ‘. . . it’s a strange dichotomy. . . we were less together because we were not face to face, but on the other hand, we’re in everyone else’s home. So, we’re kind of, in a sense, more connected, because. . . of that instead of . . . office building or something’(DC69m) ‘. . . it’s been a lot more cosy experience, almost a one to one experience, although I can see everyone along the top rail there which makes it a group experience’(KS66m) | |
| Connection in isolation | ‘I think a word that’s come out of this is community, and we’ve probably made our own community in this group’(GS84) ‘[I got out of the course] far more than I was expecting. . . getting to know so many people and I was really surprised. . . when people opened up to how they were feeling and what effect this. . .Coronavirus had on them’(BU66f) ‘Seeing all your faces has meant a lot to me. . . I haven’t seen anybody’(GH80f) ‘I realise that there is a community out there that has the same problems and the same issues’(AC70f) | |
| Age and Accessibility | ‘For so many people our age, technology is an obstacle rather than an aid’(SD71f) ‘I’m on an iPad. So I have to flick over when somebody on the second page. But then I think it’s been a learning experience. And part of it has been that we’ve had to concentrate on that, and it actually has helped. And because we concentrate on what I’ve got to do next you forget you’re anxious. You forget you’re struggling. That in itself has actually been a useful tool’ (AC70f) |
| Themes . | Subthemes . | Illustrative data extracts . |
|---|---|---|
| Reasons for applying | To cope with the COVID-19 transition | ‘… from going from a really busy life to a houseful, always cooking for people to nothing. . . [the mindfulness course] did bring me through a really, really dark tunnel’ (AC70f) ‘. . . I was looking for something that I could reach out to other people. . . something that stopped the loneliness’ (AC70f) ‘I came on the course because I wasn’t coping very well’ (PM74f) |
| Availability of time and space | ‘I wouldn’t have done it [if there was no lockdown] as I would have been doing other things . . . COVID has given me a Thursday for another opportunity’(KS66m) ‘. . . it’s been a time to try new things really’ (ZD68f) ‘I think if it hadn’t been for Covid, we probably wouldn’t have done because life is busy, busy and you know you don’t, we have sort of had very little other things, or a few other things to do during the epidemic’ (DH78f) | |
| Experience of the mindfulness therapy | A way to cope with COVID-19 | ‘. . . three minutes to calm myself down if I feel anxious. I haven’t been able to see my family for a long time and it was starting to get to me, so it did help me enormously’ (GW69f) ‘. . . having been shielding. . . for the last three months. . . it’s been relaxing. . . I’ve thoroughly enjoyed it and I’m grateful for it’ (JB71f) ‘Because I find it difficult to not plan ahead and the whole uncertainty of the current situation where we don’t know, whether we’ll be able to go back to work, whether we’ll be able to visit family, all those things. I found it [mindfulness course] really helpful in living in the present and not planning ahead all of the time’ (MD67f) ‘And it’s so nice to for somebody to say it’s okay. You know, um, I think that came up for me. And all that nourishment, to sort of nourish one’s soul’ (GS84f) |
| Noticing ourselves | ‘I now can recognise that I’m not being patient with her’ (SD71m) ‘. . . it’s made me switch off from other things. . . take stock. . .’ (DC69m) ‘I’m no longer ashamed of being this way anymore. I’m no longer hiding it’ (AC70f) ‘It’s such a joy to be able to see something good in cases where things aren’t good. And things happening to be able to find that happiness, that loveliness, and that peace from it just coming into your body. And you just feel it’ (JD76f) | |
| Connecting at home | Benefits of connecting online | ‘…it’s worked really well, and so much more relaxed with Zoom, it’s been nice meeting everyone in this way’ (DC69m) ‘Having the Zoom meeting. . . for me, was better than. . . taking the time to go somewhere. . . It was nice to be able to just pop up, here we are’ (LR71f) ‘I couldn’t have done that course if it had taken place somewhere because physically, I wouldn’t have been in a position to take myself there and back and the walking involved and so on. . .whereas being at home. . .yes, it made it very easy for me’ (BU66f) |
| Invited into homes | ‘. . . it’s a strange dichotomy. . . we were less together because we were not face to face, but on the other hand, we’re in everyone else’s home. So, we’re kind of, in a sense, more connected, because. . . of that instead of . . . office building or something’(DC69m) ‘. . . it’s been a lot more cosy experience, almost a one to one experience, although I can see everyone along the top rail there which makes it a group experience’(KS66m) | |
| Connection in isolation | ‘I think a word that’s come out of this is community, and we’ve probably made our own community in this group’(GS84) ‘[I got out of the course] far more than I was expecting. . . getting to know so many people and I was really surprised. . . when people opened up to how they were feeling and what effect this. . .Coronavirus had on them’(BU66f) ‘Seeing all your faces has meant a lot to me. . . I haven’t seen anybody’(GH80f) ‘I realise that there is a community out there that has the same problems and the same issues’(AC70f) | |
| Age and Accessibility | ‘For so many people our age, technology is an obstacle rather than an aid’(SD71f) ‘I’m on an iPad. So I have to flick over when somebody on the second page. But then I think it’s been a learning experience. And part of it has been that we’ve had to concentrate on that, and it actually has helped. And because we concentrate on what I’ve got to do next you forget you’re anxious. You forget you’re struggling. That in itself has actually been a useful tool’ (AC70f) |
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