8-week Mindfulness Meditation Course: Introducing Zen for Insight

8-week course, in-person and online

Tuesdays 23rd, 30 Nov, 7th, 1st Dec; 11th,18th, 25th Jan and, 1st Feb

In this course, you will learn briefly about the history and origin of Mindfulness. An introduction to selected Zen meditation techniques and practices will help you get a deeper understanding of yourself and the nature of reality. The practices will help you deepen your meditation practice.  

The course introduces Zen mediation practice rather than Buddhist beliefs and is open to people of any or no faith.

To fully participate those attending are encouraged to practice the meditations each day between the weekly sessions.

In order to get the most out of this course, we advise that you have either attended one of our 5-week mindfulness courses or any other 8-week mindfulness course or have a regular daily meditation practice. 

The course is offered over four sessions in the ```````````Autumn term and four sessions in the spring term.

The course is led by Hogetsu Baerndal, Chaplain and Mindfulness teacher at Imperial's Multi-Faith Centre and ONLINE

This course is open to students and staff from Imperial College, Royal College of Art, Royal College of Music and, London School of Economics. Please sign up with your university email address.

If you are not sure if this is the right course for you contact Hogetsu ([email protected]) and she will be happy to advise you. 

Hogetsu follows a Japanese Zen meditation practice. She trained as a yoga and meditation teacher with Julian Daizan Skinner Roshi, the founder of Zenways in London. She is a certified Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) 200 and certified registered Meditation & Mindfulness teacher (RMT) 200.

Host or Publisher Chaplaincy Multi-Faith Centre for Imperial College, RCA & RCM