Year at a Glance
Upcoming guided meditation courses and retreats.
Strong Mind Toolkit
Weekly Thursdays
with Gen Kelsang Lamchen
8 week series of talks, meditations and practical take-aways that help us get mentally stronger.
Learn how to build strong, stable, states of mind and enjoy better resilience, adaptability and lasting inner harmony and balance.
Fear Less, Live Happier
Sunday 29th March
with Gen Kelsang Lamchen
Resident Teacher, Gen Lamchen will give the blessing empowerment of the Green Tara, a special transmission of inspiration and insight from this enlightened spiritual guide.
More info here.
Timetable:
10:30am-12:30pm
Blessing Empowerment of Green Tara
Lunch
2:30-3:30pm
Teaching and meditation on how to fear less and live happier. By building our inner wisdom we can create a safe space within and find release from sorrow and fear.
Break
4:00-5:00pm
Liberation
From Sorrow - guided chanted prayers
Inner Peace Day Retreat
Saturday 4th April
With Justin Rodway
A day of talks and guided meditations
Enjoy a relaxing day of meditations that leave us feeling deeply peaceful and learn how to carry this feeling through to daily life.
Session times:
10:30-11:30
12:15-13:00
14:00-14:45
15:15-16:00
Sunday 5th April
Family Class
With Gen Kelsang Lamchen
A practical meditation class for the whole family. Explore how to meditate, build a peaceful mind and find happiness from within.
10:30-11:30am
Nyugnay Retreat
Purification & Fasting Retreat
Fri 10th - Sun 12th April | unguided
This two day retreat, which is done in conjunction with Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara practice, is very powerful for purifying negative karma of body, speech, and mind, pacifying strong delusions and increasing our compassion.
This practice involves taking the Mahayana precepts (a promise to avoid all non virtue for 24 hours), conjoined with the practice of prostrations. Through this we improve our practice of discipline and our mind of compassion. In order to participate in this retreat, you must take precepts each morning you participate.
You may engage in one or two days of the retreat but please note it is not possible to drop in to individual sessions. Retreat details This practice is done over two days, with the eight Mahayana precepts being taken at the beginning of each day.
On the first day it is customary to abstain from all meals apart from lunch. On the second day we engage in a complete fast, abstaining from all food and drink for 24 hours. On both days, we do three sessions of meditation, combining prostrations with chanted meditation.
Those who are unable to engage in a complete fast can participate in the sessions on the second day, provided they take the Mahayana precepts on that day.
Gen Kelsang Lamchen, the Resident Teacher of KMC Bristol, will give an introduction to the Retreat on Friday evening from 7.30 – 8.30pm. For those who are new to this retreat and wish to participate in the retreat you must attend this introductory talk. The sessions in this retreat do not contain teachings, but guidance will be given to you on how to engage in the retreat
Session times:
5 Tips to Reduce Overwhelm
Saturday 18th April
with Natalie Franco
Half-day course of guided meditations and talks
5 simple tips, with practical meditations that we can use again and again to reduce overwhelm and create space, clarity and calm
10:30-11:30am
Break
12:00-1:00pm
Beyond Self - The Power of Altruism
Saturday 25th April
with Gen Kelsang Lamchen
Developing an altruistic attitude of mind strengthens and broadens our love, compassion and wisdom. When integrated with our daily life altruism counters feelings of loneliness, isolation and disconnection and adds value, meaning and purpose.
Moving beyond the self challenges our own position and enables us to gain perspective. Altruism helps us to accept our differences whilst moving towards finding workable solutions within our relationships.
More widely, the beautiful, powerful mindset of altruism builds a brave, wise path of kindness through difficult times. By developing altruism we remove negativity from the world and give back love and kindness.
Session times:
10:30-11:30
12:00-13:00