Meditation is the basis for all inner work.
This course focuses on establishing or enhancing a meditative practice by exploring contemporary approaches to the art of meditation.
You will be encouraged to build up a core practice that works for you, using a more gentle and natural approach towards finding the stillness within you. We meditate to know ourselves- a process of coming into a caring and intimate relationship with our own consciousness and awareness.
Requirements for meditation which we will cover are:
- Patience - allowing it to naturally flow and not trying to force an outcome
- Commitment - a loving inclination to commit to a core practice
- A deep tolerance within - how to approach your practice with compassion and tenderness, simply enjoying the act of meditation and always giving yourself permission to play
- Allowing the possibilities - begin to see meditation as an exploration without boundaries
- Stillness - to find and sit with the stillness. You never have to create stillness within your meditation, it is always there within you. Learn how to effectively access the stillness, to go deeper into your inner world
- Breathwork - understand how focusing on the breath in meditation acts as an anchor and centring point, which brings much needed concentration and gentle focus and helps the mind to slow down and settle. The breath sets the tone of the meditation.
- Dealing with thoughts - in meditation thoughts will always be part of the experience. They should never be regarded as a problem - you will learn how to listen to your thoughts in meditation, to get to know and understand their value and what they are not
- Posture - is important for meditation. Three elements need to be regarded: alignment, relaxation and resilience, which you will see work together to enhance your meditative practice
- Alignment - learn how this is achieved through the elongation of the torso and with the head, holding both in perfect alignment
- Relaxation - is found through finding ease within the body and we will look at different ways to achieve this
- Resilience - understand how correct alignment and relaxation provide the ability to sit quietly for the committed time of the meditation
Some of the many benefits of a regular meditative practice include a reduction in stress levels, bringing a sense of well- being, enhancing spiritual practices and a boost in intuitive abilities.
Course Schedule
There are 10 sessions for this course
1 | Tuesday 15th January 2019 | 6:30pm - 8:00pm |
2 | Tuesday 22nd January 2019 | 6:30pm - 8:00pm |
3 | Tuesday 29th January 2019 | 6:30pm - 8:00pm |
4 | Tuesday 5th February 2019 | 6:30pm - 8:00pm |
5 | Tuesday 12th February 2019 | 6:30pm - 8:00pm |
6 | Tuesday 19th February 2019 | 6:30pm - 8:00pm |
7 | Tuesday 26th February 2019 | 6:30pm - 8:00pm |
8 | Tuesday 5th March 2019 | 6:30pm - 8:00pm |
9 | Tuesday 12th March 2019 | 6:30pm - 8:00pm |
10 | Tuesday 19th March 2019 | 6:30pm - 8:00pm |
This course is taking place in-person at our college in London
You can find the address and travel directions on our contact page - we'll also include all the information in your enrolment email.
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