Are you able to sit still and quiet your mind while connecting with your body? or is your mind like a busy monkey jumping from branch to branch, from through to thought?

Meditation means ‘a cessation of the thought process’

Meditation is not worship or prayer. Meditation means awareness. Whatever you do with awareness is meditation. Watching your breath or Pranayama is meditation; listening to the birds or talking a walk in nature can be meditation. As long as these activities are free from any other distraction to the mind, it is effective meditation.

The word meditation, is derived from two Latin words : meditari (to think, to dwell upon, to exercise the mind) and mederi (to heal).

This course will talk you through different techniques to quiet the body and mind to allow for meditation and mindfulness.

Each week you will learn a different technique which will include: body preparation and positioning; Pranayama (breathing); one pointedness; utilisation of mantras; visualisation and body scan.

Cost: for this course I will accept donations to cover the costs of running it.

Address: Flat 10, Stratfield House, 260 Baring Road, SE12 0UP.

Transport: from Bromley North (and walk 500 metres to my house), or you can take the 261 bus. There is plenty of parking in Coopers Lane, Park View and other adjoining roads as well as on the flat’s own car park, which is accessible through Railway Children Walk.

Commitment: I will run the course if I have a minimum of 6 people prepared to attend every Monday 7:30-8:30pm, from the 31st of October to the 28th of November.