BED! Buddhism for the Energy Deficient: Body and breath: finding accessible ways into meditation is taking place on Sunday 15th November from 10:30am to 1pm.
Join Issy and Angela for a gentle Dharma-infused morning of practice together. We will be sharing ideas and experimenting with different accessible ways into meditation.
Open to anyone in the Sangha with an energy-limiting health condition.
You’re welcome to stay on for an optional lunch afterwards (bring your own lunch and snacks to share, if you like).
Schedule from 10:30am to 1pm:
10:30am: Meditation
11am: Group check-in and dharma discussion
11:45am: Break
11:50 – 12:30: Meditation and group feedback
12:30: Optional lunch together
The event will take place in the Red Shrine room and the Green room, with the blue room available as a quiet break out room should you need. We will set out mats for lying down meditation, cushions and blankets. Please let us know if you need a chair or anything else to be comfortable.
Please don’t attend if you feel like you might be getting unwell. If you would like to wear a mask, that is welcome. We will have some windows open. Blankets and hot water bottles will be available to help keep warm.
If you arrive more than five minutes late please wait until 11am to ring the bell.
Please book below so that we know to expect you and we will send a reminder email. It’s ok to cancel last minute 🙂
Contact Issy or Angela on slack if you have any further questions or email info@sheffieldbuddhistcentre.org
I first became interested in Buddhism as a teenager from a chance encounter with a book found in my school library. I was immediately struck by how Buddhism taught that I could change how I experience the world and that I could grow as a person. However, it wasn’t until many years later at the Sheffield Buddhist centre, that I began to commit myself fully to Buddhist practice as I saw that practicing Buddhist teachings was having a very positive impact on my life and on the lives of others.
I was delighted to join the Still Learning Team in November 2018. My previous work has been as a teacher and as an artist and I feel privileged to be able to bring those skills together with my passion for Buddhism in order to teach children and young people about Buddhism.
I first came into contact with Buddhism in my final year of university when I attended an introductory course at the Sheffield Buddhist Centre. I was instantly captivated by the revolutionary yet practical nature of the Dharma (teachings of the Buddha).
I began to meditate and apply Buddhism into my daily life and found that it actually worked! I had started to view the world differently and in a way that made me happier. I gained great confidence by this and became a committed Buddhist practitioner soon afterwards.
I enjoy sharing with others what I have learnt and how Buddhism has transformed me so I was delighted to join the Still Learning team in October 2013.
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