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Mindfulness for Stress - Breathworks accredited

Fri, 9 Jun, 2023 - 15:59

Mindfulness for Stress - Breathworks accredited

Fri, 9 Jun, 2023 - 15:59

8 Wednesdays
20th September - 8th November
7.00-9.30pm
led by Ratnadeva

The Breathwork’s Mindfulness for Stress course has been running for decades and helped thousands of people to reduce stress and to increase the quality of their lives. During the course, you will learn mindfulness skills to cope with and reduce your stress and anxiety. You will gain tools that will help you to develop emotional resilience and to increase your experience of happiness, calm...

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Mindfulness for Health - Breathworks-accredited

Fri, 9 Jun, 2023 - 15:40

Mindfulness for Health - Breathworks-accredited

Fri, 9 Jun, 2023 - 15:40

One of the most transformative courses I have ever done

8 Saturdays
16th September-4th November
2.00-4.30pm
led by Bodhilila

Living with pain or a health condition is challenging. However, much of the suffering caused by ill-health can be overcome. This programme contains the best mindfulness and compassion techniques from 30 years of managing severe chronic pain, and its effectiveness has been demonstrated in a number of scientific trials. This simple 8-week mindfulness and compassion course gives you the tools...

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Meditation course for Newcomers

Fri, 9 Jun, 2023 - 15:04

Meditation course for Newcomers

Fri, 9 Jun, 2023 - 15:04

Six Mondays
19th June - 24th July, 7.00-9.30pm
led by Bodhilila and Tarakarunya

Transform your life for the better with this practical and supportive introduction to meditation.

Offering a lively and accessible grounding in key principles, experienced meditators and teachers Bodhilila and Tarakarunya will offer you the opportunity to experience the benefits and opening that meditation can offer us.

– physical relaxation and better body awareness, with all of the health benefits that can bring
– a sense of...

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Joy and Creativity in Your Practice - an online course

Fri, 9 Jun, 2023 - 14:55

Joy and Creativity in Your Practice - an online course

Fri, 9 Jun, 2023 - 14:55

Starts 14th June
Six Wednesdays, 7.00-9.15pm
led by Bodhilila and Maitripushpa

There’s nothing like feeling inspired or full of excitement and joy. But is that a regular part of our practice – whether it’s meditation, working or talking with others, how we are in ourselves? Well, if it’s not, let’s make it so!

Bodhilila and Maitripushpa invite you to join them on this 6-week online course where we will explore what inspires you, what makes your heart sing...

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Mindfulness for Health - online

Wed, 4 Jan, 2023 - 10:43

Mindfulness for Health - online

Wed, 4 Jan, 2023 - 10:43

An 8-week online course beginning Wednesday 18 January 10.30am-12.30pm

My pain no longer controls my life in the same way, and even during flare ups my quality of life is way beyond what it was before…

For anyone suffering from chronic pain, illness or fatigue and associated anxiety and stress who would like help with managing pain or a health condition and wishes to find ways to improve the quality of their life.

The WLBC is a Breathworks Centre of Excellence.

Learn more here and...

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New Year's Retreat (online) 28 Dec-1 Jan

Sun, 27 Nov, 2022 - 09:23

New Year's Retreat (online) 28 Dec-1 Jan

Sun, 27 Nov, 2022 - 09:23

This Being, That Becomes

This being, that becomes
From the arising of this, that arises.
This not being, that does not become
From the cessation of this, that ceases…
Nidanasamyutta

Reflect on the end of one year and open to the new. These words from the Buddha provide us with a potent and pithy statement of this transition – and of a central Buddhist truth of dependent arising.

Spend this valuable time of ceasing and arising on retreat with Bodhilila and the...

Ratnadeva

Early Buddhism Study Group (Online) - WLBC - Sunday 27 November 4-5.30pm

Thu, 24 Nov, 2022 - 10:26

Early Buddhism Study Group (Online) - WLBC - Sunday 27 November 4-5.30pm

Thu, 24 Nov, 2022 - 10:26

The Buddha lived all of two and a half thousand years ago. However, the writings of the Pali Canon offer us a window onto his words and his personality. Join us for study of these earliest Buddhist scriptures, exploring what message they might have for us in these unprecedented and uncertain times. We will start each session with a brief period of Pali chanting and meditation before we read and reflect on a sutta. Join us for an exploration of...

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The Race Conversation: Live with Eugene Ellis and Bodhilila

Thu, 3 Nov, 2022 - 16:56

The Race Conversation: Live with Eugene Ellis and Bodhilila

Thu, 3 Nov, 2022 - 16:56

Live and online Monday 21 November

Is it possible not to be confused about race? Is it possible to respond authentically to the hurt and discomfort of racism?

The construct of race is an integral part of Western society’s DNA and if we are to address the social injustice of racism, we need to have the race conversation. Yet all too often, attempts at such a dialogue are met with silence, denial, anger or hate. Eugene Ellis’ wonderful book actively supports anyone striving...

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The Life of Things - Animism and the Dharma - An Online Course

Tue, 11 Oct, 2022 - 18:53

The Life of Things - Animism and the Dharma - An Online Course

Tue, 11 Oct, 2022 - 18:53

Six Wednesdays, 9 November - 14 December - 7-9.15pm

‘…a universe conceived of as dead cannot be a universe in which one stands any chance of attaining Enlightenment.’ Sangharakshita, Living with Awareness

One of the most urgent challenges facing humanity is to establish a respectful and sustainable relationship with the natural world. The nature-based spiritual tradition of animism offers both a mythical and a practical basis for such a relationship. Buddhism and animism have long been bedfellows, from when the Buddha roamed the forests...

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Polishing your Inner Jewel - An Online Course on the Six Perfections

Tue, 16 Aug, 2022 - 06:46

Polishing your Inner Jewel - An Online Course on the Six Perfections

Tue, 16 Aug, 2022 - 06:46

There are so many ways we can grow and change. Uncovering and polishing the six qualities of generosity, ethics, patience, energy, meditation and wisdom that we all have in us (a little or a lot) is one way of transforming. Whether we are just dusting them off or discovering them anew, investigating these ‘perfections’ will offer us more self-awareness, confidence and hints of freedom for our journey of life.

Through discussion, meditation, exploration and reflection, Bodhilila and Maitripushpa invite you to join...