MINDFULNESS & MEDITATION: PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
This hybrid 108 hour training course will provide you with not only all the tools you need to guide people into the peaceful depths of their own presence. It will also provide you with a clear understanding of human psychology and how it can be navigated into states of deep peace and a lucid clarity in everyday life.
It is open to anyone wishing to help others to become more at peace with themselves, others and the world, or simply wishing to establish a deeper understanding of human nature and intelligence.
The first four, themed, modules will be for your own embodiment and take you deep into the subtleties of human intelligence. This will provide you with a lucid, experiential understanding of the dynamics of human experience, and the deconstruction of perception at the heart of the meditative experience. They will be presented in everyday language, free from spiritual and scientific jargon, so that you can more easily find your way within the subtleties of your own experience.
The first module will be based on the core Buddhist Mindfulness texts: Annapanasati Sutta and Satipatthana Sutta, and will explore the Buddha's understanding of different states of consciousness and factors of meditation and mindfulness.
The second module will be based on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, and will include reference to the role that yama and niyama play in supporting the infolding of awareness through dharana, dhyana and samadhi.
The third module will be based on the the art of somatic meditation for everyday life, and will use intimacy with the body to pacify and clarify the mind into its source: awareness, or the Intelligent Presence of Consciousness.
The fourth module will be based on the the art of non-doing, with reference to both Zen and Dzogchen. Each module will include practice of sitting (meditation), the second will include lying down (yoganidra).
The fifth module will explore the art of teaching, based on your experience in the first four modules. In practice this is the art of talking people into silent stillness, both sitting and lying down. This will include:
The comprehensive course notes will:
This will provide you with a stable experiential foundation so that you can teach on the basis of your own experience, without hearsay or wishful thinking. You will learn, experientially, how different approaches to internal experience yield different fruit, and how to recognise their advantages and disadvantages. This will allow you teach with confidence in different contexts and to people with different levels of experience.
The final module will take place in person in Istanbul, but will also be available online for those unable to attend in person. You will be provided with a set of comprehensive practice and teaching notes to guide your practice and your teaching. It will include scripts for talking people into silence with different themes.
Online: Central European Times
December 9, 10, 10.30-13.00 & 17.00-19.30
December 11 18.00-20.30
December 15, 18.00-20.30
December 16, 17 10.30-13.00 & 17.00-19.30
January 14 10.30-13.00 & 17.00-19.30
January 15 18.00-20.30
January 19 18.00-20.30
January 20 10.30-13.00 & 17.00-19.30
February 11 10.30-13.00 & 17.00-19.30
February 12 18.00-20.30
February 15 18.00-20.30
February 16 10.30-13.00 & 17.00-19.30
March 17 10.30-13.00 & 17.00-19.30
March 18 18.00-20.30
March 22 18.00-20.30
March 23 10.30-13.00 & 17.00-19.30
April 13, 14 10.30-13.00 & 17.00-19.30
April 15 18.00-20.30
April 19 18.00-20.30
April 20, 21 10.30-13.00 & 17.00-19.30
In Person in Istanbul:
Saturday May 4 & 5
The course will be recorded and available online for two months.
This hybrid 108 hour training course will provide you with not only all the tools you need to guide people into the peaceful depths of their own presence. It will also provide you with a clear understanding of human psychology and how it can be navigated into states of deep peace and a lucid clarity in everyday life.
It is open to anyone wishing to help others to become more at peace with themselves, others and the world, or simply wishing to establish a deeper understanding of human nature and intelligence.
The first four, themed, modules will be for your own embodiment and take you deep into the subtleties of human intelligence. This will provide you with a lucid, experiential understanding of the dynamics of human experience, and the deconstruction of perception at the heart of the meditative experience. They will be presented in everyday language, free from spiritual and scientific jargon, so that you can more easily find your way within the subtleties of your own experience.
The first module will be based on the core Buddhist Mindfulness texts: Annapanasati Sutta and Satipatthana Sutta, and will explore the Buddha's understanding of different states of consciousness and factors of meditation and mindfulness.
The second module will be based on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, and will include reference to the role that yama and niyama play in supporting the infolding of awareness through dharana, dhyana and samadhi.
The third module will be based on the the art of somatic meditation for everyday life, and will use intimacy with the body to pacify and clarify the mind into its source: awareness, or the Intelligent Presence of Consciousness.
The fourth module will be based on the the art of non-doing, with reference to both Zen and Dzogchen. Each module will include practice of sitting (meditation), the second will include lying down (yoganidra).
The fifth module will explore the art of teaching, based on your experience in the first four modules. In practice this is the art of talking people into silent stillness, both sitting and lying down. This will include:
- how to establish the body in comfortable stability sitting
- how to establish the body in comfortable stability lying
- how to accommodate discomfort and pain
- how to support relaxation of the body
- how to support relaxation of mind
- how to refine your vocabulary so your clients minds are not overstimulated
- how to refine the timing of your guidance
- how to talk people out of silence
- how to create safe space
- how to support people experiencing resistance and catharsis
The comprehensive course notes will:
- outline the history and theory of mindfulness, meditation and yoganidra
- clarify the meaning and significance of mindfulness, meditation, the meditative mind, awakening and enlightenment
- clarify the meaning and significance of samadhi, satori, kensho, jhana, dhyana etc
- clarify the differences and relationships between attention, attentiveness, absorption, concentration
- clarify the differences and relationships between perception, thinking, feeling, awareness, consciousness and Consciousness
- outline themed scripts for talking people into seated silence
- outline themed scripts for talking people into supine silence
- present the Buddha's theory of the meditative mind
- present Patanjali's theory of the meditative mind
- relate traditional theories of meditation to contemporary neurological understanding
- clarify the significance and role of imagination, visualisation, effort, intention and surrender
This will provide you with a stable experiential foundation so that you can teach on the basis of your own experience, without hearsay or wishful thinking. You will learn, experientially, how different approaches to internal experience yield different fruit, and how to recognise their advantages and disadvantages. This will allow you teach with confidence in different contexts and to people with different levels of experience.
The final module will take place in person in Istanbul, but will also be available online for those unable to attend in person. You will be provided with a set of comprehensive practice and teaching notes to guide your practice and your teaching. It will include scripts for talking people into silence with different themes.
Online: Central European Times
December 9, 10, 10.30-13.00 & 17.00-19.30
December 11 18.00-20.30
December 15, 18.00-20.30
December 16, 17 10.30-13.00 & 17.00-19.30
January 14 10.30-13.00 & 17.00-19.30
January 15 18.00-20.30
January 19 18.00-20.30
January 20 10.30-13.00 & 17.00-19.30
February 11 10.30-13.00 & 17.00-19.30
February 12 18.00-20.30
February 15 18.00-20.30
February 16 10.30-13.00 & 17.00-19.30
March 17 10.30-13.00 & 17.00-19.30
March 18 18.00-20.30
March 22 18.00-20.30
March 23 10.30-13.00 & 17.00-19.30
April 13, 14 10.30-13.00 & 17.00-19.30
April 15 18.00-20.30
April 19 18.00-20.30
April 20, 21 10.30-13.00 & 17.00-19.30
In Person in Istanbul:
Saturday May 4 & 5
The course will be recorded and available online for two months.