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.
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.
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,
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
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
