Courses and Booking
DAYTIME Course:
Exploring Buddhist Practice
The Buddha discovered the path to true happiness 2,500 years ago and now people in the West are benefitting more and more from his practical advice. Join us on this new course which, over 13 weeks, will explore practical ways to calm our busy minds and change our lives for the better. Surprisingly, this doesn't mean 'becoming religious' but rather, exploring how we create our own pain and learning different ways of dealing with the difficulties in our lives.
This course is open to everyone over 18. There is no pressure to become a Buddhist - this course is simply intended to help you live your life in a more peaceful and fulfilling way.
EVENING Course:
An Introduction to Buddhism
6 Tuesday Evenings plus optional Wednesday evening on 5th March
All we really want is to be happy. Yet our moments of happiness are all too brief and inevitably followed by the opposite: frustration, disappointment, anxiety, and anger. The Buddha called these ups and downs of life The Worldly Winds and he taught practical ways to deal with them and create peace and contentment in their place. This course will help you to cultivate your own greater sense of peace and contentment.
Each week will begin with a guided meditation and then, after a tea break we will introduce practical, down-to-earth teachings to help you transform your life. You don't need to be a Buddhist to join us (or even want to be one).
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. 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
In this five-week course you will learn three meditations: Mindfulness of the Body, Mindfulness of Breathing and Loving-Kindness Meditation Everyone over 18 is welcome (you don't have to be a Buddhist or wish to become one).