Silent Retreat Day – Calming Anxiety
£5.00 £30.00
Saturday 26th September
10am-3pm with Resident Teacher Gen Kelsang Leksang
A special opportunity to enjoy a day of silence and connect with your inner peace.
Our silent day retreat offers an opportunity to find the pause button for a day and relax.
This day consists of three 1 hour sessions with advice for calming the mind and guided meditations. During the breaks there is time to relax and reflect in our beautiful, spacious and peaceful centre.
Course venue : Kadampa Meditation Centre Birmingham. 44 Blucher Street, Birmingham. B1 1QJ
Description
It’s very easy to feel like there’s no time left in our week to care for ourself and that looking after our body and mind is an unaffordable luxury. We can even feel guilty when we do manage to carve out a little time to rest and recharge.
However, without developing a healthy mind, our ability to help others is very limited. Our lives can feel so busy and it can feel like we are constantly on the go mentally. This can be tiring and can rob us of our opportunity to really enjoy our life.
Our Silent day retreats provide the perfect opportunity to take a break from it all. The days consist of three 1 hour sessions – containing advice for a happy life and guided meditations.
On this retreat the emphasis will be on letting go of anxiety through engaging in calming meditations and finding balanced perspectives.
The sessions will be guided by our Resident Teacher, Gen Kelsang Leksang and suitable for beginners as well as those with experience.
Refreshments and a light vegetarian lunch of prepared sandwiches will be provided.
Participants are encouraged to take a break and switch their phones off for the day to make way for the development of a peaceful mind.
Benefits of this retreat:
- Switch off your phone for a day and relax
- Step back from life to find fresh perspectives
- Connect with your own inner source of calm
- Learn how to revisit these experiences in every day life
This retreat is suitable for people new to meditation as well as those with experience.
The teacher
The teacher of this class is Gen Kelsang Leksang, she has been an ordained Buddhist nun for 18 years. She has been studying under the guidance of the meditation master Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso for over 20 years and was first appointed as resident teacher at KMC Birmingham in 2007.
Known for her caring and positive manner, she has the ability to inspire people to improve their own lives by showing how Buddha’s teachings are relevant to the experiences of modern-day people.
When is it?
Saturday 26th September, 10am – 3pm
Where is it?
Kadampa Meditation Centre Birmingham. 44 Blucher Street, Birmingham. B1 1QJ
The Schedule
Session 1: 10 – 11am
Break 11 – 11.45am
Session 2: 11.45am – 12.45pm
Lunch: 12.45 – 2pm
Session 3: 2pm – 3pm
What does it cost?
- £30 advance booking (£35 on the door)
- £5 for members attending in person
- Or why not consider a membership which includes multiple weekly classes and weekend workshops for only £35/month?
We are a registered charity, so every penny from our courses and memberships helps us keep things running and allows us to share practical methods for developing inner peace across Birmingham and the West Midlands.
Everybody welcome
