Mindfulness and Buddhism

Mindfulness and Buddhism

CPD

This continuing professional development practice day for mindfulness teachers and therapists will take place online using Zoom.

Students and participants of mindfulness today are often intrigued by its Buddhist roots and enthusiastic to learn more. As mindfulness teachers, we can greatly enhance our teaching and enrich the experience of our participants by learning more about Buddhist theory and practices that still hold so much relevance for us today.

This practice day will look at what the Buddha taught on mindfulness and the relevance of the teachings today. Mostly, we will practice mindfulness in the Plum Village tradition, as taught by Buddhist Zen Master, Thich Nhat Hanh, so you will get to immerse yourself in the practice in a way that will deepen your understanding and experience.

We will enjoy mindful movement, mindful walking, mindful eating, deep relaxation, the sound of the bell and the contemplations of looking deeply, compassionate listening and inter-being. We will explore a couple of the key Sutras (discourses on mindfulness) and what they mean for us today. We will be introduced to the Five Mindfulness Trainings, developed by Thich Nhat Hanh from the original Buddhism precepts, and providing a global ethic for living peacefully and productively in our modern world.

Participants will experience a deeper connection with the roots of mindfulness and have greater confidence to bring some of this to their teaching practice.

Today is mostly a mindfulness practice day, in the Buddhist Plum Village tradition. A chance to immerse yourself in mindfulness and to learn about some of the key practices of the Plum Village tradition.

Tony has developed a 38-page full-colour booklet to accompany this CPD day, which includes history and facts about Buddhism, the principle teachings of Buddhism, many Plum Village traditions and practices and a list of further resources. You will also receive a digital copy of Happiness: Essential Practices from Plum Village by Thich Nhat Hanh, and a delightful booklet on The Four Noble Truths, written by Venerable Ajahn Sumedho of Amaravati Monastery in the UK. The links for these booklets will be provided immediately when you have purchased this product.

There is a schedule provided below but we may not stick to it rigidly and will flex the day according to what is most of interest and value to participants.

We aim to finish no later than 4:45pm.