Mindfulness Meditation Courses in Little Clacton
Learn the Art of Living in the Present Moment, at Living in the Light, Essex
“Present to life, as it unfolds. Calmness of mind, inner silence and peace. Harmony in my being. Lovingly kind, I live as an awake presence and radiate boundless love, peace and joy to all beings. This is the essence of living a conscious life.” Katarina Tilley
Do you find it difficult to manage your thoughts and emotions? Do you tend to get anxious about the future? Do you find yourself living in the past? Do you have looping thoughts in your mind that causes you to feel depressed? Do you find it difficult to be present? Do you wish you had more confidence? Would you like to connect with the deeper aspect of you?
Mindfulness meditation may address any of these issues and can help you see yourself, your mind and your habitual patterns, clearly. Mindfulness meditation is a skill whereby you learn to live in the reality of life, which is the present moment.
The courses offered at Living in the Light are designed to enable you to increase your awareness of your inner and outer environment, bring about inner growth, help you transform your current reality, expand your perspective and create great inner transformation.
Your happiness depends upon the state of your mind. Take this opportunity to train your mind and gain mindfulness and meditation skills that relate directly to your life. Embark upon a more fulfilled life in the present moment.
Improve Your Well-Being With This 8 Week Mindfulness Meditation Course
This eight week mindfulness meditation course, consists of 2 hour weekly classes, which are tailored to each group or individual. The aim is that every course delivers maximum benefit to each participant and that its benefits remain with you, long after the course has finished. Course hours: 19:00 - 21:00. This course could also be delivered as a daytime course, please enquire within for this.
On the course you will learn all you need to practice formal meditation and you will be guided in your meditation practice. You will be taught what mindfulness is and how to practice it in your daily life - how to recognise the present moment, understand the importance of living in the NOW and learn how to practice stepping off the automatic pilot and being present. You will learn informal mindfulness techniques, mindful movements and walking meditation, to enable you to practice mindfulness meditation in your daily life and subsequently live a more mindful life. In addition, you will learn the benefits of meditation and mindfulness. You will receive weekly home assignments.
We will discuss stress and its effect on your mind and body. You will learn how to balance your emotions and thereby increase your resilience. You will be taught the power of thoughts and beliefs and their effects. You will witness your thoughts, feelings and sensations in your body. You will learn techniques, to interrupt bothersome thoughts. You will be encouraged to maintain a beginner’s mind. Compassion and loving kindness are beautiful aspects of this course.
We will also examine the deeper aspect of you. We will explore open awareness, letting go and acceptance. A vital aspect of mindfulness is awareness. With greater awareness you may be clearer about your issues and the cause of them, which in turn may inspire you to make the necessary changes in your lifestyle, for improved physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health. People often become ill, because they do not listen to their intuition or inner voice, which can be explained as an inner sudden awareness or gut feeling. This is your true inner guidance.
This course is designed to go beyond the usual mindfulness courses, by inviting you to explore the deeper aspect of yourself, which hold the key to authentic happiness. This mindfulness meditation course has the potential to create a lot of transformation in you and may be the start of a peaceful way of being.
8 Week Mindfulness Meditation Course Options
Option 1. Group mindfulness meditation course: £195 per person, to be paid in full before the commencement of the course. Includes course manual and access to private meditation video recordings.
All payments are non-refundable and non-transferable.
Minimum of 2 and maximum of 4 participants.
Option 2. One-to-one mindfulness meditation course: £275, at least half to be paid before the commencement of the course. Includes course manual and access to private meditation video recordings.
All payments are non-refundable and non-transferable.
Mindfulness Research Prove That Mindfulness Improves Well-Being
Research has shown that mindfulness meditation can increase your well-being, by altering the structure and function of your brain, positively, in just 8 weeks of practice. Studies show that it can reduce your negative mind wandering and help increase concentration, enhance your ability to manage difficult situations, lower your stress, anxiety and depression, lessen your emotional reactivity, change how you think and feel about your stressful experiences, strengthen your immune system, increase your clarity and peace, increase your concentration, productivity and creativity, improve your sleep, raise your self-confidence and increase your self-awareness.
MRI scans have enabled scientists to see the changes to the brains of mindfulness meditation practitioners and confirm that long-term practice of mindfulness meditation, can reduce the size of the amygdala in your brain, which may help to reduce anger, anxiety, fear and aggression. The amygdala are cells located at the base of your brain, which trigger the fight and flight reaction in your body, during stress. The amygdala is associated with fear and stress responses and when it reduces in size, so do the reactions to stressful situations. This enables you to respond wisely to stressful circumstances, instead of reacting, which can have a very negative impact on yourself and those around you.
Mindfulness meditation practice also increases the thickness of the hippocampus, which helps learning and memory. People with depression tend to have greater activation in the right prefrontal cortex than those that are not suffering from depression. The left prefrontal cortex is activated in mindfulness meditation practice and this reduces depression and improves mood. The above are just some of the benefits of mindfulness meditation practice, there are many more.
Your happiness depends upon the state of your mind. Take this opportunity to train your mind and gain mindfulness and meditation skills that relate directly to your life. Embark upon a more fulfilled life in the present moment, with this mindfulness course at Living in the Light, Little Clacton, near Colchester, in Essex. This mindfulness course may be the start of a peaceful way of being.
“The essence of mindfulness meditation, is training your mind to be calm, happy and aware in the present moment.” - Katarina
Meditation Classes, in Little Clacton
I can also provide tailor-made meditation classes, to suit your needs. You can learn guided meditations, mantra meditations and/or mindfulness meditations, either in person at Living in the Light, Little Clacton or Online, on Zoom or on some other suitable application.
You can take as many or as few classes as you wish, and do the classes as frequently as you wish; weekly, fortnight or monthly, to suit your needs. The classes can be organised as daytime classes or evening classes, to suit you. You can do them as a one-to-one or with a friend or with a group of friends.
I will be delighted to assist you in leading a more peaceful lifestyle, so that you can gain a greater quality of life. As part of your classes, you will receive access to private video recordings, of the meditations learned.
Once you have learned to meditate, you will receive an invitation, to join our monthly meditation group, which may help strengthen your meditation practice and enable you to meet like-minded people (please see below for the details about the monthly meditation group).
Cost of each one hour tailor-made meditation class: 1 person £40 each. Two or more friends £35 each.
“Meditation and self-awareness are essential for inner harmony and world harmony.” - Katarina
CMA Accredited Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training, in Little Clacton
Become a teacher of mindfulness meditation and share the joy of meditation and the art of mindful living with others. Mindfulness meditation is first meant to be for ourselves and then it is intended to be shared with others, for the greater good. Be part of a body of people spreading higher awareness, conscious living, loving kindness and peace in our world.
Prerequisite: Having completed the 8 week Mindfulness Meditation Course.
This top quality, CMA accredited mindfulness meditation teacher training course spans 5 months - 1 weekend per month, with a total of 60 hours of tuition. The course is structured in 5 modules. Course hours: 09:30 - 17:30. This course has a proven track record, of initiating transformation in the participants, by way of personal and spiritual growth. As such, it requires 100% attendance.
We will cover many important aspects of mindfulness and meditation practice, including awareness and research. We will also cover all the topics of the 8 week mindfulness meditation course, more in-depth and you will practice and deliver the meditations featured in the 8 week mindfulness meditation course.
You will learn many important teaching skills, including lesson planning, organisation, course delivery, communication and active listening skills, body language and much more.
By participating in this course, you will take an active role and as such, you will receive plenty of opportunities to deliver short meditation sessions to your peers, so that you may gain confidence, in your delivery. You will also carry out peer reviews and receive peer feedback yourself, from your peers.
You will also create a short mindfulness talk and deliver it to your peers, for peer review.
You will be supported throughout the course, to see the course to its successful completion. The course has built-in short one-to-one sessions, with your teacher, to assist you personally and to keep you on track during the course.
During the course you will engage in group work, pair work and role-play scenarios, give a short talk about your mindfulness teacher training journey and participate in learning, through article reading. All the means are provided, for your maximum growth.
During your study time, you will be able to join the CMA, as a student member.
As part of your assessment, you will be asked to write a 1000 word essay on your understanding of mindfulness and meditation and explain how you intend to use it in your life and work. You will also be asked to write a 1500 word essay demonstrating your understanding of the course material, as specified in the assessment criteria. Both these essays have to be passed before a certificate will be issued.
After the course you will be asked to deliver a case study course, to a minimum of 3 people, one of which must not be related to you. In this way you will gain valuable experience that will serve you, in preparation for teaching your own courses.
You will receive the initials MMTLITL after your name, upon successful completion of this course. In addition, you will be able to apply for membership, with the CMA.
Cost of the Teacher Training course: £1095 - includes manual and certificate.
Deposit £595, all deposits are non-refundable and non-transferable.
Following the payment of the deposit, this course can be paid in 5 monthly instalments of £100, thereafter. The first instalment must be paid by the commencement of the next module.
Minimum of 3 and maximum of 6 participants.
Please note that you will be provided with drinks and snacks during your tea breaks, for the entire duration of your course. Kindly, bring lunch for yourself.
Mindfulness Retreats, in Colchester
A beautiful day just for you, in which you will be able to get away from the demands and stresses of your daily life and enter into stillness and silence.
Stillness and silence are very conducive to the nourishment and regeneration of ourselves.
Beginners and experienced meditators are welcome to attend this one day retreat. We will practice guided sitting meditations, a laying down meditation, mindful walking, an active meditation and mindful eating.
Mindfulness is a way of gaining clarity of mind, insight and understanding into our true nature and become aware of how to gain equilibrium between mind and body, by exploring the inner being and by paying deliberate attention moment to moment, in our daily lives.
On this peaceful day, the focus will be on awareness of the present moment and we will examine what interferes with the establishment of mindful awareness, to enable us to practice mindfulness on an ongoing basis in our daily lives.
Mindful awareness enables us to be present with the things that arise within our moment to moment experience, with acceptance, detachment and calmness.
Retreat hours: 10:00 - 17:00. Cost of mindfulness meditation retreat: £70 special rate for current Living in the Light meditation and Reiki students (at the time of paying for the retreat). £85 standard price. Light lunch, snacks, herbal tea and water are included.
All payments are non-refundable and non-transferable.
N.B. Please bring indoor shoes to wear and warm clothes, in case you feel cold, as you will be sitting still for a good part of the day.
Minimum of 4 and maximum of 10 participants.
TRANSFORMATIONAL MEDITATION COURSE COMING SOON
The Four Paths to Happiness Meditation Course, in Little Clacton
The Four Paths to Happiness is a comprehensive and integrated, new transformational meditation course, which has its roots in ancient Eastern philosophy and practices and which includes mindfulness. This course goes deeper than many conventional mindfulness courses.
The aim of the course is that you set up a regular meditation and mindfulness practice, that you learn to look within, at your negative, unhelpful and limiting habits and at your negative tendencies, understand, correct and release those things that cause you suffering.
In addition the course is designed to help you cultivate more love, peace and joy in the present moment. This course will provide you with spiritual guidance, which may lead greater life satisfaction and inner contentment. It is a journey toward spiritual awakening.
You will learn many things on the course, which are not well-known or much practised in the West. This course has its foundation in Katarina Tilley’s 20+ years of meditation, study, observation, awareness, spiritual practices and experience of how to lead a happy life, as prescribed by ancient scriptures and her self-realised Guru Mata Amritanandamayi, better known as Amma.
The format of this course is that it spans 5 months, whereby you attend one weekend day per month. This will give you plenty of practise time and longer term spiritual guidance, which is important.
You will receive prescribed weekly spiritual practices, to carry out between each class.
You will receive a manual for the course.
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Contact Katarina to book your place or request more details about any of the courses or a mindfulness retreat.