Our hearts and minds are with all those affected by the war right now in Ukraine.
Mindfulness Association tutor Kristine Mackenzie-Janson will be offering a compassion practice at this free Poems for Peace event on Saturday 12 March at 4.30pm UK time.
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“With peace poetry by Dr. Barbara Payman (poet and former psychotherapist) and others, with very special guests Ukrainian-born Dr. Janina Scarlet (clinical psychologist and author), Naomi Shihab Nye (award winning poet and writer), and meditations led by Dr. Steven Hickman (clinical psychologist and executive director, Center for Mindful Self Compassion), Michelle Becker (senior teacher trainer, Center for Mindful Self Compassion), Kristine Mackenzie-Janson (mindfulness and compassion teacher, Mindfulness Association, UK)”
Perhaps you might like to join them…
Author: Lisa Hellier
Originally from Glasgow, Lisa now lives in Pembrokeshire west Wales where the midges are "less ferocious". Lisa works alongside Jacky Seery in the communications department. With a BAHons in Graphic Design, Lisa has worked freelance as a designer working in many media over the years, from leaflet and brochure design, designing illustrative town and village maps, to training to work creatively with children and adults with Community Arts group Arts Alive in Crickhowell, and more recently with older members of the community mainly on collaborative textile projects. Her first visit to Samye Ling in 1992 was to spark a journey into Buddhist teachings which created a strong connection with Samye Ling. In 1994 she took the first year's Mindfulness & Compassion course which has led to her now studying on the Msc Mindfulness Studies Course run by the University of Aberdeen, where she researching the place of mindfulness in the delivery and practice of the creative arts.
