Finding Contentment:
An Introduction to Meditation

Find More Peace in Your Life

Have you noticed how busy your mind is?

For most people, thoughts come and go in a torrent. Busy minds use up energy and constantly propel us from one difficult mental state to another.

Wouldn't it be nice if your mind was a little quieter and free from the stories which create anxiety, stress, dissatisfaction, craving, irritation and anger? 
Buddhist meditation can help to move you towards this state. For 2.500 years it has helped people to reduce stress, control anxiety and promote emotional wellbeing and self-awareness... It could help you too.

Regular meditation practice helps us to deal more easily with whatever life throws at us day by day. It also helps us to be kinder and more positive towards ourselves and others so that our lives become more harmonious. 

In this six-week course you will learn four meditations: 

• Mindfulness of the Body, 
• Mindfulness of Breathing, 
• Loving-Kindness Meditation, 
• Just Sitting Meditation.

Week One: Mindfulness of body, feelings, thoughts and breath: Introducing meditation and practising Body Awareness Meditation

Week Two: Using the breath to cultivate one-pointedness of mind: Introducing and practising the Mindfulness of Breathing Meditation

Week Three: Mindfulness of Feelings and exploring the hindrances to meditation, practicing Mindfulness of Breathing.

Week Four: Setting up a daily meditation practice and Introducing and practising Loving-Kindness Meditation 

Week Five: Going deeper, practising the Mindfulness of Breathing and exploring the law of karma

Week Six: Introducing and practising Just Sitting Meditation, and practising Mindfulness of Breathing and Loving-Kindness Meditations.

Everyone over 18 is welcome (you don't have to be a Buddhist or wish to become one).

BOOKING: To book a place please follow the link below. 

Cost:  £89 waged/65 unwaged*. Includes a comprehensive 40 page guide to the course and a list of resources which you might find useful. You may pay by credit/debit card or PayPal. 

*  If you are genuinely unable to afford the cost of the course, please email us at enquiries@yorkbuddhistcentre.org. We don't want anyone to miss out because of lack of funds.