Please join us for a donation-based session from 11:30am-1pm, where we will begin our year with stillness and the cultivation of compassionate awareness!
This session will be followed by a 6 week course on Thursday Evenings
21 January to 25 February 2016
This 6-week group process, facilitated by clinical psychologist Sue Cooper, integrates the wisdom of Buddhist psychology and meditation, a powerful practice for deepening our awareness of the present moment and developing a more compassionate relationship to ourselves and others.
In a contained and nurturing atmosphere, we will explore different ways to develop understanding, inner calm and balance, through a combination of meditation, self-reflection and psychological enquiry. Each session will include Qigong (Chi Kung), an ancient gentle movement meditation which greatly enhances our experience of the integration of body, heart and mind. There will be an opportunity in each session for analytic reflection, as well as for contemplative silence, providing an experience of both the psychological and meditative approaches to inner healing. For those only wanting an evening of silent practice, there will be the option to leave before the listening and talking meditation, but if you are new to this approach, you are encouraged to attend the full session.
No previous experience of psychotherapy or meditation is required, but if you are involved with either or both, this process will support and complement that work.
The course requires an intention to attend all sessions and payment is required for the course as whole. The dates outlined may be subject to change, due to unforeseen circumstances and any sessions cancelled by Sue will be rescheduled.
