Make Friends with Your Mind

Schedule

Sat Feb 07 2026 at 05:00 am to 07:30 am

UTC+11:00

Location

Rigpa Sydney | Alexandria, NS

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Your mind can be your best friend or your worst nightmare. This session will introduce simple meditation practices that allow us to glimpse the pure mind that underlies all our emotions so that we can find lasting peace and sanity.
📍 Online and Rigpa Sydney, 158 Australia St, Newtown.
A session in the Meditation and Wisdom to Transform Every Day Life series.
Spend time with your best self on a journey from sadness and anger to peace and joy. The timeless wisdom and meditative insights of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition offer many practical methods to help us heal and thrive as we face the everyday challenges of anxiety, depression, anger, physical pain, loneliness, and burnout.

This series of Saturday afternoon sessions offer an introduction to meditation and practical advice from some of the foremost Tibetan Buddhist teachers of our age. Applying these teachings can help us meet the challenges of these difficult times, to heal ourselves, and to bring us to the core of our own peace, compassion and wisdom.
Led by Western meditation instructors with many years of experience, each session consists of:
-Video teachings from Tibetan Buddhist masters including Sogyal Rinpoche, Ringu Tulku Rinpoche, Dungse Jampal Norbu and Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche.
-Meditation practice
-Time for contemplation
-Group discussions and Q&A, offering you the opportunity to explore the teachings and practices in an open supportive environment and to connect with a community of practitioners
Dates and Topics for 2026
7 March A Path to Fearlessness
4 April No session due to Easter retreat
2 May Calming the Mind and Overcoming Anxiety
6 June No session due to the Finding Inner Peace and Contentment retreat
4 July Where Can We Find Lasting Happiness?
1 August Everything is Workable
5 September Overcoming Depression
3 October Accentuate the Positive: How to Work with Negative Emotions
7 November Beating Burnout and Stress
5 December How to Remain Unshaken By Life's Ups and Downs
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Rigpa Sydney, 158 Australia Street,Sydney,NSW,Australia, Alexandria

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