WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4th @7pm Join Alan Hughes for a relaxed session for everyone where you can find out everything you need to know about our teacher training pathway. Learn to teach our BAMBA APPROVED 8 week Mindfulness Based Living Course (MBLC) Our next Level 1 training begins on 20th September in person at Samye Ling…
Cultivating Presence Retreat – 10-15th March – with Alan Hughes As mindfulness teachers, our presence is one of the fundamental qualities that we bring to our teaching. This reflects the stability of our mindfulness; the extent to which we are grounded in awareness itself. Mindful awareness increasingly becomes our reference point, rather than the contents…
Tutors: Kristine Janson Dates: 21st- 26th March 2025 Booking info: Please contact info@mindfulnessassociation.net for the booking link. Times: The retreat starts at 7pm on Friday 21st March and finishes at 12.30pm on Wednesday 26th March 2025 Location: Online via Zoom Cost: £473.00 which can be paid in five monthly instalments of £94.60. If you cancel this retreat less than eight weeks before the…
‘This may indeed be a pivotal moment for our species to come to our senses … mobilising in the mainstream world … the power of mindfulness” Jon Kabat-Zinn On the first day of a mindfulness teacher training I look around the room. I see a circle of people who are each on the brink of…
Wednesday 28th September – Join us at 7pm You are welcome to attend our online open evening with Q&A. Join us to meet with tutors from our MSc Teaching Mindfulness and Compassion course. This relaxed session is a chance to find out about this unique teaching course and to ask any questions you may have.…
Eighteen months into this new Masters degree course I thought I would add some of my own reflections to those of our students on this course, after our second year retreat at Samye Ling. If you want a life changing course – go for this course. It’s been amazing – the sense of growth from…
Don’t recall / Let go of what has passed Don’t imagine / Let go of what may come Don’t think / Let go of what is happening now Don’t examine / Don’t try to figure anything out Don’t control / Don’t try to make anything happen Rest / Relax right now and rest “Six…
MONDAY OCTOBER 11th @7pm Join us for an informal open evening session for our MSc Teaching Mindfulness & Compassion Course with the University of the West of Scotland. The course is recruiting now, for a January start. If you’d like to join us then you can go to this page : HERE : for more…
This Saturday 25th September at 7pm UK Time (UTC+1) Course: MIndfulness Level 2: Responding with Compassion “If you want others to be happy practice Compassion. If you want to be happy, practice Compassion” ~ HH Dalai Lama We can train in Compassion, and we start by cultivating a little kindness. towards ourself. Join Kristine Mackenzie-Janson…