Wednesdays, 7pm, Looking Deeply, Mindfulness Course

Plum Village UK is a network of people in the UK who practise mindfulness and aspire to develop peace and happiness in ourselves and in the world by living according to the teachings on global ethics of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. His teachings, which can be followed by people of all ages and any religion or none, are notable for their emphasis on joy, engagement in the world, and integrating the practice of mindfulness into daily life. We are a registered educational charity which offers a programme of courses, retreats and events and encourages and supports local groups that meet to practise mindfulness.

Plum Village UK - Be Calm Be Happy

An empowering, supportive course & wonderful opportunity to deepen your practice alongside others

Looking Deeply is a 6-week follow on course from Be Calm Be Happy in which we will build on the learning from this foundation, refreshing and extending our own practice in the Plum Village tradition.The benefits of Looking Deeply are to ground ourselves more fully in Thay’s teachings, giving deep, strong roots to our peace and contentment. We can do this most beneficially as a Sangha, a group of people coming together to practise and support one another on the journey.Looking Deeply develops the themes and learnings from Be Calm Be Happy and takes us deeper into Thay’s teachings, exploring topics of helping us to become more aware of our ’territory’, which is - body, feelings, mind, and consciousness. Together we will discover how to develop our mindfulness further into our experiences and life.

<h2>What to expect </h2>The course is held online via zoom, enabling you to participate from wherever you are geographically based.In each session we will <ul><li>meditate together</li><li>consider a topic relating to the weekly theme</li><li>undertake a short reflection exercise to help us look at how this is relevant to my life</li><li>have time for feedback and discussion. </li></ul>We will recommend meditations from the Plum Village App for you to use during the week. If you do not already use it, you can access it here <a href="https://plumvillage.app/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://plumvillage.app/</a>You will get most out of this course by making the time to regularly practise the meditations and reflecting on the weekly theme to deepen your mindfulness during the week between each session. The Plum Village App will be a very valuable resource to support your practices.

<h2>Themes for the sessions</h2><ul><li>Arriving Home</li><li>Mindfulness of the Body</li><li>Mindfulness of Feelings</li><li>Mindfulness of the Mind</li><li>Impermanence</li><li>Connectedness</li></ul>

<h2>Schedule for the Course</h2>The course is held on Wednesday evenings, 7-9 pm UK time (2 hours per session). Beginning on 9th February at 7 pm it will run until 16th March. Please ensure you are available for all the dates.

<h2>Course leaders</h2>“I found the beautiful, thoughtful, generosity of the Course Leaders (Vari and Lauri), their humour, candour and compassion most helpful”.“I appreciated the gentleness and kindness of the Course Leaders and the way they taught the different meditations with examples from their own lives.”“The way you work together is very natural and professional”This course is led by two experienced practitioners in the Plum Village Tradition, Dharma teacher Vari McLuskie and Be Calm Be Happy Course Co-ordinator Lauri Bower.Vari was ordained by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh in 1995 into the Order of Interbeing and as a lay Dharma teacher in 2012. Vari arrived home on her first Plum Village mindfulness retreat with Thich Nhat Hanh in 1990. Life became brighter, calmer, more enjoyable and understandable. She began to recognise how, supported by a mindfulness practice community, she could cultivate peace, love, and understanding in herself every day. It was clear that developing these qualities in herself also truly benefitted others. She put mindfulness practice and sangha at the centre of her life. Bit by bit; building her practice, accepting her shortcomings, encouraging herself through the difficulties – perceived and otherwise. Through difficult times in her life she has practiced seeing that there cannot be happiness without suffering (“no mud, no lotus”)– through the premature death of a beloved friend, through the sudden deaths of my parents, through the challenges of parenthood, through work and health challenges.Vari has been an ordained Dharma teacher since 2012 and combines this responsibility with work as a Strategic Consultant. She has shared mindfulness in corporate settings, with female offenders and victims of sexual abuse as well as through Plum Village UK retreats and the Be Calm, Be Happy courses which she co-developed. Vari is based in the Midlands having lived many years in London.Lauri has been practising meditation for 30 years and met Thich Nhat Hanh’s teachings in 2006, from which point she committed to putting mindfulness practice at the centre of her life. In 2008 she began researching a PhD on Thich Nhat Hanh and his teachings of mindfulness and Engaged Buddhism. With her PhD complete Lauri began teaching mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) courses and is delighted to bring this experience to a course devoted to the Plum Village mindfulness tradition. Mindfulness has become a crucial aspect of Lauri’s life and she has experienced firsthand the healing and transformational aspects of this practice. Lauri has also been teaching mindfulness for 5 years and is continually inspired by the positive changes that it can bring. She has 15 years of experience running retreats.

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