Upcoming Training & Practice Events
| Date | Event | Details | Venue | Timing | Investment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 12th Jan | Mindful Monday | Informal mindfulness learning, practice & reflection group | The Quaker Friends Meeting House, Tunbridge Wells | 7-8.30pm | £6 per session or £20 for 4 in advance |
| Sun 25th Jan | Mindful Walk | Guided mindful walk + easy Mindful Movement/Qi Gong based practice | Tunbridge Wells Common, Start at Linden Park Cricket Club | 9-10am | £3 |
| Mon 26th Jan | Mindful Monday | Informal mindfulness learning, practice & reflection group | The Quaker Friends Meeting House, Tunbridge Wells | 7-8.30pm | £6 per session or £20 for 4 in advance |
| Fri 6th Jan | Sunrise Mindful Walk | Guided mindful walk + easy Mindful Movement/Qi Gong based practice | Dunlorlan Park (meet top car park), Tunbridge Wells | 7.30-8.30am | £3 |
| Sun 8th Feb | Mindful Walk | Guided mindful walk + easy Mindful Movement/Qi Gong based practice | Tunbridge Wells Common, Start at Linden Park Cricket Club | 9-10am | £3 |
| Mon 9th Feb | Mindful Monday | Informal mindfulness learning, practice & reflection group | The Quaker Friends Meeting House, Tunbridge Wells | 7-8.30pm | £6 per session or £20 for 4 in advance |
| Thurs 12th Feb | Sunrise Mindful Walk | Guided mindful walk + easy Mindful Movement/Qi Gong based practice | Dunlorlan Park (meet top car park), Tunbridge Wells | 7.30-8.30am | £3 |
| Fri 20th Feb | Sunrise Mindful Walk | Guided mindful walk + easy Mindful Movement/Qi Gong based practice | Dunlorlan Park (meet top car park), Tunbridge Wells | 7.30-8.30am | £3 |
| Sun 22nd Feb | Mindful Walk | Guided mindful walk + easy Mindful Movement/Qi Gong based practice | Tunbridge Wells Common, Start at Linden Park Cricket Club | 9-10am | £3 |
| Thurs 26th Feb | Sunrise Mindful Walk | Guided mindful walk + easy Mindful Movement/Qi Gong based practice | Dunlorlan Park (meet top car park), Tunbridge Wells | 7.30-8.30am | £3 |
| Mon 2nd March | Mindful Monday | Informal mindfulness learning, practice & reflection group | The Quaker Friends Meeting House, Tunbridge Wells | 7-8.30pm | £6 per session or £20 for 4 in advance |
| Sun 8th March | Mindful Walk | Guided mindful walk + easy Mindful Movement/Qi Gong based practice | Tunbridge Wells Common, Start at Linden Park Cricket Club | 9-10am | £3 |
| Monday 16th March | Mindful Monday | Informal mindfulness learning, practice & reflection group | The Quaker Friends Meeting House, Tunbridge Wells | 7-8.30pm | £6 per session or £20 for 4 in advance |
| Sunday 22nd March | Mindful Walk | Guided mindful walk + easy Mindful Movement/Qi Gong based practice | Tunbridge Wells Common, Start at Linden Park Cricket Club | 9-10am | £3 |
| Monday 30th March | Mindful Monday | Informal mindfulness learning, practice & reflection group | The Quaker Friends Meeting House, Tunbridge Wells | 7-8.30pm | £6 per session or £20 for 4 in advance |
Useful Resources
These are a few resources that may be useful to those wishing to deepen their understanding of mindfulness alongside strengthening the habit of mindfulness practice in daily life.
Mindfulness - Finding Peace in a frantic world
Danny Penman & Mark Williams
An easy to read book that serves as a down to earth beginners guide to mindfulness, meditation and building a daily practice to support wellbeing
Plum village
Plum Village is a Zen Buddhist Monastery and tradition of mindfulness pioneered by the late Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh.
The website and app are full of simple and practical applications of mindfulness that can be used in everyday life as well as information exploring the Buddhist roots of mindfulness practice and psychology.
www.plumvillage.org
Full Catastrophe Living - Using the wisdom of your body and mind to face stress, pain & illness
Jon Kabat-Zinn
The big 'bible book' of mindfulness! Jon Kabat-Zinn was an early pioneer for bringing secular mindfulness into the mainstream and this book is fundamental to the subsequent development of the 'gold standard' 8 week training programmes of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
Insight Timer
A useful app to help you time your meditation practice, set a daily bell of mindfulness as a reminder to stop regularly & drop into presence + a huge library of guided meditations to suit all
www.insighttimer.com
A Path with a Heart
Jack Kornfield
A beautiful book exploring the roots of mindfulness and how it can support everyday life.
The Way Out Is In
A podcast that explores mindfulness practice using the Zen Buddhist Plum Village tradition (established by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh) as a framework for discussion. The podcast can be found on Spotify and all other mainstream podcast platforms.