Habits of Happy People
Weekly classes during September 7.30 – 8.10pm
FEE: £23 (whole 5-week course) / £7 per class / free with membership
10 minute breathing meditation ¦ 15 minute practical instructions ¦ 15 minute guided meditation
A five week course – Happiness is much simpler than we think!
In this course you will discover simple meditation methods that will make you really happy.
You will understand through teachings and guided meditations how to cultivate the positive minds that not only make your life better, but are important for your mental health.
Of course, one of the best habits you can develop is a daily meditation practice that will help you to be happy each day, no matter what life throws at you.
You will discover how:
Meditation can help your happiness
To avoid the cycle of negative thoughts
To Improve your mental health with positive thinking
Everyone is welcome, each class is stand alone, so you can drop in to any individual class.
The course is taught by experienced meditation teacher Darren Vass and is suitable for everyone.
7th Sep – Forgiveness
14th Sep – Joy
21st Sep – Love
28th Sep – Contentment
5th Oct – Wisdom
Meditation and Mindfulness Toolkit
Weekly classes during October/November 7.30 – 8.10pm
FEE: £19 (whole 4-week course) / £7 per class / free with membership
10 minute breathing meditation ¦ 15 minute practical instructions ¦ 15 minute guided meditation
Would you like to be able to meditate effectively?
Meditation has many benefits from simply allowing you to feel more relaxed and less stressed, to being able to learn how to keep a positive, peaceful outlook on life regardless of circumstances. The results you experience from meditation depends entirely upon the effectiveness of your meditation technique.
In this 4-week course, Darren Vass will explain the essential elements of meditation, the ‘nuts and bolts’, that will help you understand how to improve your meditation every day.
There are 4 aspects of the mind that you will need to understand if your mind is to have the strength, power, and stability to meditate.
19th Oct – Motivate yourself to be happier
26th Oct – Focus and Feel Good
2nd Nov – The Secret of Mindfulness
9th Nov – Keeping the Mind Peaceful
The Buddhist Way of Loving Kindness
Weekly classes during November/December 7.30 – 8.10pm
FEE: £19 (whole 4-week course) / £7 per class / free with membership
10 minute breathing meditation ¦ 15 minute practical instructions ¦ 15 minute guided meditation
Love is the key to a happy and meaningful life. Which is why we want to make sure we are letting our love shine.
The more we are able to love others purely, the happier we will be, and the more all of our relationships will be fulfilling. But what does loving others ‘purely’ mean? So often in our loving relationships we also experience pain and conflict. This pain isn’t coming from our love, but rather from our attachment or ‘sticky desire’, which generally leads to false expectations and an inability to see the other person’s point of view.
On this course we will learn to distinguish clearly between love and attachment, and see how we can skilfully use our relationships to increase the former while decreasing the latter. In particular Darren will teach and guide a profound meditation on love that naturally enables us to our hearts more fully to others so that we empathise with them and how they see things.
Nov 16: The source of all of our pain
Nov 23: Living meaningfully with love
Nov 30: Love is your protector
Dec 7: Love without Pain
Teacher
Meditation teacher Darren Vass guides this course. Darren has many years experience of meditation and is on our Teacher Training Programme.
Meditation is becoming increasingly recognized as an effective means to reduce stress and improve our quality of life, however it also has much deeper and far-reaching benefits that have been understood by Buddhist practitioners for thousands of years.
The benefits of meditation include:
– Effective means to reduce stress & anxiety
– Improves mindfulness & concentration
– Promotes a more positive approach to life
– Aids relaxation and letting go of tension
Each class consists of two guided meditations and instruction. Anyone can practice meditation and everyone is welcome to attend.