Meditation for Beginners-Edwinstowe Library-Adult Library

• Date: 4 June - 9 July 2024
• Sessions: Tuesdays: 10am - 12pm
• No. sessions: 6
• Venue: Edwinstowe Library, Mansfield
• For ages: 19+
• Group size: 5 - 12
• Cost: FREE - £36

On this course, we will look at what meditation is and how to practice it – using a variety of “tools” and techniques.  We will cover conducive factors on preparation, our imagination, the benefits of meditation, mantras and affirmations, effects of colour and the role of chakras and how to balance these, how to release tension, and the use of our breath. 

By attending this course, you will be able to show secure knowledge of what external factors help to promote and make Meditation easier.  You will be able to show understanding of how breathing techniques can influence Meditation and apply different Meditation techniques to your practice. You will understand how to use the techniques in different situations and circumstances, such as preparing your meditation environment, awareness of our imagination and how to improve.  We will cover the many benefits of meditation for our well-being, how to use mantras and affirmations, the effects of colour, the role of chakras and how to balance these, and how to release tension. 

Resources required by attendees

A drink – water or juice

A cushion and blanket or wrap

Comfortable clothes 

Notebook and pen 

Suggested Reading for the course:

Meditation Working with by Madonna Gauding 

Meditation by Khalid Malik 

Meditation Healing book and card pack by Christopher Titmuss 

Practical Meditation with Buddhist principles by Venerable Thubten Lhundrup 

If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course  please visit our webpage for further information  https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/funding-your-courses/ 

To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:

• Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING.
• Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.

You should be redirected to the Inspire Online Enrolment Form after completing the Eventbrite booking.  If you are not redirected, please use the link supplied in the Eventbrite booking confirmation email.

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.

Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU/EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA-funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas:

• Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield 
• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
• Greater London
• Greater Manchester
• Liverpool City Region
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland
• Tees Valley
• West of England
• West Midlands
• West Yorkshire

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• By phone: 01623 677 200
• By email: [email protected]

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