Mindfulness toolkit
Thursday, September 8 ¦ 7.30pm – 8.45pm ¦ £10
Meditation and mindfulness course with Buddhist nun Gen Nyingpo. Explore essential mental tools utilised to increase mindfulness and focus, and make progress in meditation.
Training in basic mindfulness is a tool for managing our emotions and controlling our thoughts and feelings. During this talk we will learn about mindfulness, concentration, attention, and alertness. Through improving these aspects of mind you will come to experience increased happiness and peace of mind. Using instructions given in the text, How to Understand the Mind, Buddhist nun Gen Nyingpo will explain the essential mental tools that we utilize to make progress in meditation. • How meditation works • Essential tools for meditation: concentration, mindfulness and alertness • How to overcome distraction
Meditations to reduce stress and anxiety
Thursday, November 10 ¦ 7.30pm – 8.45pm ¦ £10
Guide meditations and give a practical talk on the subject of reducing stress and anxiety.
Feeling anxious or overwhelmed by the stresses and demands of everyday life are increasingly common in society. At this event Buddhist nun, Gen Nyingpo will explore meditation methods and ways of thinking derived from the Buddhist teachings that will help us to let go of our stressed and anxious minds and deal with our negative emotions more confidently and effectively. Everybody is welcome – no need for any previous experience of meditation.
Wokingham is a historic market town in Berkshire. The meditation and mindfulness course will take place in the Wokingham town hall (home of the tourist information centre).
Check out our meditation events in Reading – one and half-day workshops, retreats and drop-in meditation sessions.
About the speaker
Gen Kelsang Nyingpo is the Resident Teacher at Kadampa Meditation Centre in Reading. She has a wealth of experience having been ordained as a Buddhist nun for 25 years and taught for many years internationally.
Other events
We hold weekly meditation classes in Reading and various meditation events and retreat in locations across the South-east. You may also be interested in our regular online meditation courses.