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Guidance for those attending the Day of  Mindfulness meditation who have not previously attended the Meditation in Daily Life 8 week course.

Thank you for choosing to come to the  day of mindfulness practice.

You will be sharing this time with current and past  participants of the Meditation for Daily Life course. They will already have
been studying mindfulness for a minimum of 6 weeks but there is no need for you  to feel left out in any way.

I have provided links on this web page where you will find a  number of resources which will help you get the most out of your day. Please  take the time to read these through and if you have any questions feel free to  contact me (details on the web page).

It is important to approach mindfulness with the spirit of  curiosity and enquiry (such as like a small child might peer round a corner)  rather than have any fixed idea or objective in mind. 

Whatever your ideas and opinions about meditation, it is wise  to see these as merely thoughts and accept ’it is not that’. Ultimately we seek  knowledge and wisdom, but the route is not through thought, in fact thought will  hinder rather than help. It is directly observed experience we seek.
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So suspend judgement, let go of thought (by not paying it  any attention), relax (release the tension in your head and body) and  smile. Being serious doesn’t help, keep your practice light. Having read the attached  documents, practice the 3 minute meditation at least twice a day and most  important, try to smile throughout your waking day. Not like Wallace,  

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more like the Mona Lisa.  It does not mean you are happy, it merely  brings you back into the present. The following are a few extracts from  the course which will give some  useful background, and if you do the suggested  practise (no more than 10 mins in any one day) will help you get the most out of  our day together. You will need Adobe  acrobat to read  these files. 

The following are a few extracts from  the course which will give some useful background, and if you do the suggested
practise (no more than 10 mins in any one day) will help you get the most out of  our day together. You will need Adobe
acrobat to read these files. 

The first article is a description of a  common state of mind. The reference to the Body Scan is a meditation technique
you will experience during the day's meditation.
Click here 

Click here for a download of the body scan. Tracks 1 and 2  16MB mp3 file, will take a while to download ! 

The body scan  is a practice in purposely moving attention around the body shows how simple and difficult mindfulness can be.

Notice how we  cannot control our thoughts, only the way we react or respond to them. 
 
The second article introduces the concept of  breath as meditation object and why it is so useful.
Click here 

This third article includes basic  instructions on the 3 minute breathing space. This meditation technique is  highly effective and I ask you to use it 2 or 3 times a day (perhaps just before  mealtimes) between now and the course start.
Click here 

Key to mindfulness is the concept of 'staying present, being  right here right now'. This
fourth article introduces this. Click  here 

Finally mindfulness meditation is for ALL of daily life,  whatever it be. Rumi had an interesting take on this which I would like to share  with you. 
Click here   Reflect on how you respond to  your own 'unexpected visitors'.

I look forward  to seeing you on the day. 

Feel free to contact me with any questions either by
email or phone 07896 198 162. 
 
Keep smiling 
 
 
Hugh 
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