Essence of Meditation
Margo van Greta
28 + 29 October
​details tbc

Essence of Meditation is an introductory course on basic Buddhist meditation techniques for complete beginners, as well as open to those who would like to refresh their meditation practice. You will be introduced to a variety of meditations, such as; breathing, mindfulness, visualization, and analytical meditation. All of these different terms will be explained, as well as what kinds of skills we develop in meditation and how these might also be useful in our daily lives.
There will be a combination of meditation, introductions, and discussion.
​You will get access to online reading and audio teachings, to support your ongoing practice at home.

Overall, the following topics will be covered during this weekend:

• what is meditation?
• meditation posture and arranging the body
• purposes and benefits of meditation
• different skills that are used in meditation and useful in daily life
• the difference between meditation and simple relaxation
• two main types of meditation – analytical and stabilizing
• obstacles to meditation and their antidotes
• setting up a meditation session
• advice for establishing a long-term meditation practice
• using the benefits of meditation in everyday living
• meditation practice
  • breathing meditations: counting, nine-round
  • mindfulness meditations: scanning the body, bare attention, mind like the sky, mind like the ocean
  • visualization meditations: body of light, purification with light
  • analytical meditations: meditation on equanimity, transforming negative experiences into positive

Venue and detalis tbc.