Here is what to expect from this hands-on training, hosted by meditators David Attenborough and Kate Whitworth
Learn how to meditate like a Buddhist monk in Bangkok
We aim to leave you refreshed and inspired, highly energised, more aware and better equipped to be present with your present moment, rather than checking your email or worrying about the next six months.
Content
David Attenborough is an expert in the art of the Buddhist meditation skill of Theravada meditation
Kate Whitworth is a Tibetan Buddhist teacher and Ambassador of The Tibetan Buddhist Center, co-founder of Heartspace Nepal and founder of Tibetan Madhabs
Course content
How to meditate – the basics
The emotion state that meditating requires
How meditation integrates the breath
The mind’s suspension between past and future
What it feels like to meditate
Day 1
Day 1 will teach you about inner calm, releasing intense focus on just a few things and how to practice meditation with just this moment
Day 2
Day 2 will focus on two basic techniques that can help you to concentrate better and better control your thoughts
Day 3
Day 3 will focus on the process of replaying the past in anticipation of the future, noticing the struggle and shame you feel
Day 4
Day 4 will teach you how to increase your attention to your breath and the feel and taste of food
Day 5
Day 5 will teach you how to relax before the next course
Day 6
Day 6 will teach you how to identify the patterns you are repeating and the rest you can do later
Day 7
Day 7 will move to interpreting your mind’s state, building the skill you have learned
Day 8
Day 8 will incorporate techniques for integrating mindfulness into your daily life, rest and relaxing
Day 9
Day 9 will include a day of dinner and recitation before resuming work
Day 10
Day 10 will end on a personal level, and you can choose whether you want to do this every day or do a shorter training session each day
Course duration
Duration of the course is one to three days, each day lasting two to four hours (plus optional dinner/drink and group chanting).
Enquiry
Please do not take this course if you have anxiety, OCD, depression, major anxiety disorder, panic disorder, agoraphobia, phobias, OCD, suicidal thoughts or similar. You will also be taught the safest way to meditate (for example, what to do on fears of or panic attacks). Please take full responsibility for your own personal wellbeing and safety.
Optional extras
Perform some meditation skills and texts:
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Should you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us on
The Tibetan Buddhist Center
Melissa Davey, Education Programme Manager, TBC
Tel: +61 (0)11 732 6547
Direct URL: http://www.tibetictancenter.org/events/training-you/
Place of event: Shanmukham Temple Bangkok, Chaowarat Promenade
Shanmukham Temple Bangkok, Sai Siam Mall Centara Laem Chabang 5 E/B (entrance is in Airport Champs-Elysees)
Tel: +662 (0) 679 90060
Direct URL: http://www.facebook.com/TibetictanCenter
About David Attenborough
Born in 1925, David Attenborough was a presenter of Planet Earth, a planet-visiting TV wildlife documentary series, that was viewed by hundreds of millions of people worldwide. He has also presented Blue Planet II (2000), series one and two of Life on Earth (2001), Life in Cold Blood (2000), series four of Lost Worlds (2002), The Big Blue (2001), series two of Life on Earth (2004), Frozen Planet (2008), Life Story (2008), and New Evidence (2011).
In 1997, Attenborough produced, starred in and narrated the award-winning Numb3rs, a forensic television drama series about rare memory investigators. He also co-wrote with his son, Peter, The Only Way is Essex, a prime-time entertainment series about young people in the UK.
With his wife, Jane, and daughter, Jane Cartwright, he directed the film Evolution of Animals (1975) and some of his books include The Birds of Britain (1958) and How to Train Your Dragon (1992). He narrates his own BBC nature programme series, Omnibus.
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