MEDITATION FOR QUIETENING THE MIND: GOING FROM OVER-WHELMED TO OVER-WELL

In a sentence: Develop the skill of quietening and focusing your mind, develop quiet confidence & cease feeling overwhelmed by life through meditation and mindfulness practice

Overview:

Would you like to:

· Connect to an inner stillness that is able to withstand the stresses and strains of your daily life, helping you stop feeling mentally & emotionally overwhelmed?

· Feel as if you are in control of your mind, rather than it controlling you?

· Gain greater mental and emotional clarity?

· Open a whole new dimension of personal calm, wellbeing, and happiness? One that you can also share with your friends and family!)

· Improve your effectiveness & efficiency in your daily tasks & work?

Then this is a workshop for you!

Content of the workshop:

Over the two hours of the workshop you will be taught four simple but profound meditation practices that will help you to still & quieten the mind:

· Exercise 1 involves stilling the mind through focus (meditating on the hara)

· Exercise 2 involves quietening the mind by watching the river of awareness (Watching the river go by)

· Exercise 3 involves connecting to stilling the mind by working with your feelings & emotions in a particular way (Engaging/accepting feelings constructively)

· Exercise 4 involves learning how to use our imagination to ‘travel inwardly’ to places of inner stillness and quietude

In addition to the workshop you will receive:

· MP3 recordings of the meditations that are done during the workshop

· Full workshop notes with all the exercises included as well as other relevant articles and materials.

· All together, you will have a very clear idea of how you can continue your practice of quietening the mind through meditation in your daily life after leaving the workshop

About the facilitator Toby Ouvry

Toby is a British meditation and mindfulness teacher, and the founder of Integral Meditation Asia. He has been practicing and teaching meditation for over twenty years, five of which were as a Buddhist monk within the Tibetan tradition. In his teaching and coaching he combines practical meditation techniques from the world’s great wisdom traditions with the cutting edge practices that are currently emerging from both the integral and evolutionary consciousness movements. You can find out more about the work of Integral Meditation Asia and Toby by going to www.integralmeditationasia and www.tobyouvry.com.