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Essence of Meditation
Meditations Retreat for beginners and beyond!
Margo van Greta
Sunshine Room, The Park
28 + 29 October

Essence of Meditation is a weekend retreat with an introduction on basic Buddhist meditation techniques.
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.
This weekend is an excellent introduction to meditation for those who are new, as well as a highly appropriate for those who have a current practice and wish to deepen it.


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​
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Margo van Greta
Involved with the Dharma since 1987, Margo has studied and practised both in the east and the west. She is an FPMT registered teacher for Discovering Buddhism. She has taught "Buddhism in a Nutshell", "Meditation 101", and Discovering Buddhism. She spends one month a year in retreat, and is keen to bring the Buddhist teachings and practices into our western culture, our lives and hearts through evening classes and retreats. She lives in the Findhorn Community since 1991, and she started the Togme Sangpo study group with the encouragement of her main teacher Lama Zopa Rinpoche. 


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​Venue: Sunshine Room, The Park, Findhorn, 
When: Saturday 28 October, 10am-5pm, 
Sunday 29 October, 10am-5pm 
Suggested donation: £95-50 (sliding scale) 

Bookings: togmesangpo37@gmail.com​ ​
Accommodation can be found on our local B+B list: 
findhorn.cc/services/bed-breakfast-list/
Meals: bring your own lunch.

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