Book your place with a deposit of £20 + Donation (Book & App included)
Suggested donation of £120 in addition to deposit
Using mindfulness as a tool we can learn to work with thoughts to become more creative and energetic, and better able to face life’s challenges.
Life with Full Attention is an eight-week practical course that puts mindfulness back into its Buddhist context. While considering the demands of modern life, the course guides us towards the limitless potential of our mind and reality itself.
The course is for newcomers, for those wanting to revisit the fundamentals of mindfulness practice or those wanting to renew their inspiration. The course assumes you do not have lots of free time and is designed to be integrated into busy lives.
What to expect?
In each class, we will explore an aspect of mindfulness that you’ll be putting into practice over the following week – from day-to-day mindfulness, to mindfulness of reality. We will also meditate, and share in small groups how we’re getting on with applying mindfulness. You will receive a copy of the book, and be encouraged to read it between each class.
For the first time, this course will be accompanied by a new Life With Full Attention app that’s been specifically designed to support those taking part.
Structure of the Course:
Week 1: Day-to-Day Mindfulness
Attending to the small things so that we can concentrate on the big ones and what's important in life.
Week 2: Mindfulness of the Body and its Movements
Stepping back from thoughts into our direct physical experience to gain a greater perspective.
Week 3: Mindfulness of Vedana - feeling-sensation
Exploring how life feels – the texture of life. These are the building blocks of our experience, moods, and emotions.
Week 4: Mindfulness of Citta - Mind
Understanding that everything we experience, we experience through the mind. Cultivating our mind towards greater happiness.
Week 5: Mindfulness of Dhammas – Bringing the Teaching to Mind
Training ourselves to notice that when we act out of positive states of mind, we feel happier, more creative, tolerant, and expansive.
Week 6: Mindfulness of Art, Objects and Nature
Enriching our lives with art and beauty. Mindfulness is about more life – we need to remember to appreciate and enjoy things.
Week 7: Mindfulness of Other People
Making a conscious effort to see things from other people's point of view, so that feelings of concern and appreciation naturally arise.
Week 8: Mindfulness of Reality
Connecting with a life-changing, transcendental insight into how things really are – a wholly new way of perceiving beyond the duality of science and religion.
Please, be aware that the event is non-refundable and non-transferable.