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“Life is available only in the present moment.” 

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 Thich Nhat Hanh   Taming the Tiger Within: Meditations on Transforming Difficult Emotions

Too often we can spend our day lost in a sea of uncontrolled thoughts. Wanting material things that we think will make us happy, dwelling negatively on the past or fearing the future. 
Mindfulness is the awareness that we cultivate when we  pay attention, in a non-judgmental and non-attached way to the present moment and everything that it contains. Our thoughts, feelings and our sensory perceptions of the world. We train our mind to recognise and appreciate the present moment.
This gives us the perspective to see things for how they really are instead of them being clouded by our emotions or preconceived ideas. This perspective not only allows us to experience calm in the chaos but it also means we can be much more skillful in our response to any given situation.


“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”
​Victor Frankl

Course Content - Mindfulness for Health and Wellbeing


Over the course we will explore a variety of topics including:
  • Stress and time pressures
  • Physical pain
  • Difficult emotions
  • Taking care of yourself and nurturing our wellbeing
  • Living at an elevated level of function

​The meditation techniques that we cover include:
  • Body Scan
  • Counting the breath
  • Following the breath
  • Mindful movement including walking meditation
  • Mindful living
  • The practice of presence​
This mindfulness course was put together by Zen Master Daizan Skinner, and as such draws on the centuries of experience and understanding passed down in the Zen school. The course that I teach is not Buddhist or religious, nor does it require you to be anything but inquisitive and interested in your own development.
​You need no prior experience to do this course, but to gain the full benefits you need to commit to 25 mins practice each day for the full 8 weeks.

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Course Content - Mindfulness for Insight and Grounding

To quote Daizan on this course;  “The practise of meditation and mindfulness is not only good for you. It could also lead you to finding your true self and living your most powerful and authentic life.”

This course is a natural progression for those people who have completed the Mindfulness for Health and Wellbeing course and are ready to deepen their practice and understanding. Like the first course it is centered on practice. But here we do go more deeply into the history and philosophy behind the methods and as such it is more overtly Buddhist. However in my view Zen Buddhism itself is essentially a practice and not a belief system.
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  • Working with the Breath                                     Breathing Meditation
  • Uncovering your Fundamental Adequacy              Unborn Meditation
  • Your Burning Question                                        Meditating with a Koan
  • From Sickness to Health                                       Soft Ointment Meditation
  • Cultivating Guts                                                  Energising your hara
  • Standing Strong                                                  Energising the legs
  • Activity’s Wheel Runs Free                                    Unblocking and Re-Orientation​​
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