When: 9 Apr 2022 - 14 Apr 2022 This teacher-led online retreat offers a safe and supportive environment in which to deepen and extend mindfulness and compassion practice. It provides an opportunity to develop fine tuned sensitivity to our inner process and to how we might helpfully work with our experience moment to moment, including in our interactions with others and with the environment. This retreat is specifically designed to meet the retreat needs of those on Part 2 of CMRP’s Teacher Training Pathway and Master’s Teaching 2 module. It is also suitable for trainees from other training organisations and for more experienced teachers wishing to deepen their connection to the core underpinnings to mindfulness as it is taught in the eight-week course. The retreat structure, teaching process and learning community of fellow participants and teachers provide a scaffold to engage in an individual and collective exploration of human experience, supportive of a deepening understanding of mindfulness as a way of being in the world. What’s involved? This online retreat provides a wonderful opportunity to practice in a supported and sustained way within community whilst taking practice into the heart of one’s home environment. The retreat structure, teaching process and learning community of fellow participants and teachers provide a scaffold to engage in an individual and collective exploration of human experience, supportive of a deepening understanding of mindfulness as a way of being in the world. The retreat will be structured around perspectives on the four ways of establishing mindfulness from Buddhist psychology and an exploration of four heart qualities known as the Brahmaviharas in Buddhist psychology and as the Four Friends for Life in secular mindfulness approaches. These teachings will be offered as a framework to support first-person exploration of experience in formal and informal mindfulness practice – the core curriculum will be the immediacy of personal experience. Whilst having their roots in Buddhist psychology, the themes, teaching, practice guidance and explorations will be presented in terms of their application to secular mindfulness programmes such as MBSR and MBCT. The retreat will include: · periods of both guided and self-directed practice · short talks · sustained periods of silence to enable participants to connect more fully with their inner experience · time to practice mindfulness informally between the scheduled sessions · opportunities for group inquiries with the teachers. The teachers will also be available to talk to people individually if necessary. Who is the retreat for? This retreat is suitable for people who have attended an eight-week MBSR/MBCT (or similar) course and who have a personal practice of mindfulness. It is open to anyone who meets these requirements and is particularly intended for people who teach or are training to teach Mindfulness Based Programmes and others who are integrating mindfulness into their professional work. This retreat will enable mindfulness teachers who wish to be included on the BAMBA Listing of Mindfulness Teachers to fulfill the requirement to attend an annual mindfulness retreat. It also fulfils the TTP retreat requirement at Trained Teacher level. Requirements to attend: Attendance at an 8-week MBSR/MBCT (or similar). In addition, attendance of at least one day of guided silent mindfulness practice is recommended but not required. Please ensure you are able to attend the entire event. Timings: The retreat will start at 4pm on 9th April and end at 12.30pm on 14th April. All times given are UK, BST (British Summer Time). If you are attending from a different time zone, please check equivalent timings in your time zone. What to bring/wear: A mat, cushions and a blanket would be helpful to support your meditation space at home. Location: Online, via Zoom. A Zoom link will be sent nearer to the start date. Please check you have the best internet connection possible. Use of an ethernet cable can improve the quality of the connection. Our rates: Full rate for online event: £345.00 (includes £100 non-refundable deposit) Employer's rate - Recognising the large administrative overhead of dealing with employers, we will be adding a £50 surcharge if the employer is paying directly; where possible we would advise applicants to pay themselves and reclaim on expenses to avoid the charge. We will be applying this to all our offerings with effect from September 2020. The Application Process: Our application and payment process involves the following steps: Payment and Cancellation Policy: Please read our Terms and Conditions for information regarding payments and cancellations. For more information: Please email us at retreats@mindfulness-network.org.
Where: Online Event
Tutors: Karunavira , Sarah Millband
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Please ensure you are able to attend the entire event. If this is not possible, please contact us to discuss before submitting an application.
