This course will provide a foundation for beginning a meditation practice. There will be instructions on posture and breathing with time for meditation practice and addressing any potential difficulties which arise during meditation.

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A day of retreat focusing on purification through the meditation on Dorje Sempa, or Vajrasattva. The benefit of retreat can be felt especially when it is done in the right environment, supportive of meditation. The retreat will start with a brief explanation of the meditation. Participants will need to have received the Dorje Sempa empowerment to attend. Bring lunch to share.

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This day is suitable for anyone who has already learned the basic principles of meditation but who needs some inspiration and encouragement to renew diligence and sparkle in their daily practice. It will also be helpful for Mahamudra course participants. The programme will consist of silent meditation practice, sitting with a Sangha member.

There will be a short introduction followed by a preliminary meditation to calm the mind. During the day, there will also be a question and answer session with a senior member of Sangha - otherwise it will be purely meditation. Bring lunch to share.

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This course will focus on how to develop calm and inner peace through the path of meditation. This ability will benefit ourselves and all those around us. The stages are like a golden key to a deep understanding of what it is to meditate. They can also be introduced into our lives to help us face and cope with all that arises and to benefit everyone.

The three main highways to calm are using the support of breath, sensations and visualisations. Simple, straightforward instructions will be given on all of these. Suitable for beginners and those who have meditated before.

Clive Holmes has been teaching meditation for the last fourteen years all over the UK. He has completed over a year in intensive retreat and has studied in Europe and India with teachers from Burma, South East Asia, Japan and Tibet. He also has a degree in western philosophy. He is co-editor of "Taming the Tiger"- a highly successful Tibetan therapy book of the Ven Akong Rinpoche that has been published in eight languages.

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We are all very familiar with normal sleep! Yet even in daily life we are to some extent sleep-walking within a world of habits and fantasy of our own creation. This can make us at odds with how things are.

When we cultivate awareness and compassion we can develop the skill of letting go and find a deep sense of enjoyment and appreciation in our lives. Even the things that bother us can be seen in a new light and help us go forward. This course will be about changing our attitudes and outgrowing limiting beliefs. Clarity, openness, courage and strength of mind can be cultivated along with the ability to face and cope with everything that arises.

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