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Programme 2010 

Friday evening 29th-Sunday 31st January
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Weekend
Due to weather conditions towards the end of 2009, some people could not attend 2 of our weekend courses relating to this subject. Therefore this weekend offers the opportunity to look into stress reactivity and how our relationship with this can perpetuate further suffering in our body/mind through worry, anxiety and some physical malfunctions. We explore how each of us can turn around and help maintain a way of life which is still and active in response to daily life and the challenges it can bring.

26th to 28th February 2010

Buddhist Retreat Weekend

For those following the Serene Reflection Meditation Tradition (Soto Zen) This weekend is an opportunity for the Sangha to meditate, share discussion, working meditation and ceremony within a retreat schedule. Beginners are welcome and meditation instruction is given.

20th-21st February

Yoga Gi Gong Weekend

This weekend is led by Katia Marynower from Paris a renowned Yoga & Qi Gong teacher. You will need to speak and understand French for Katias workshops. Contact Katia for more details on Paris 01 43 28 41 04  (from outside France 0033 1 43 28 41 04)          

e-mail : katia.marynower@free.fr

Friday evening 5th – Sunday 7th March
Mindfulness & Behavioural Weekend: Living with Fear
(Understanding & Coping with Worry & Anxiety)
Fears & anxieties can become overwhelming and cause us to worry or avoid certain situations. This can lead to feelings of endless worry and search for reassurance. This workshop is led by Peter Henderson who has many years of experience working with people who have suffered from fears & anxieties involving many conditions and situations. He trained under the guidance of Professor Isaac Marks an internationally recognised authority on the treatment of fear and anxiety. His unique blend of a mindfulness meditative and a behavioural approach offers the opportunity to learn to live with the feelings, develop understanding and choose to take helpful actions which can lead to freedom from being driven by our emotions and feelings.

19th - 23rd April 2010

Buddhist Retreat: 'The Platform Sutra'

Led by Rev Master Hakuun Barnhard a senior monk from Throssel Hole Buddhist Abbey in Northumberland www.throssel.org.uk This five day retreat includes meditation, Dharma interviews, lectures & discussion. It is for those familiar with the Tradition of Serene Reflection Meditation.

The Platform Sutra or the Sutra of Hui Neng is a Buddhist scripture composed in China. It is one of the seminal texts in the Chan/Zen schools. It centres on discourses given at Shao Zhou Temple attributed to the Sixth Patriarch Hui Neng. Key topics of this discourse are immediate enlightenment, the direct perception of one's true nature and the unity in essence of being free from attachment, non-dualism and wisdom.

1st-2nd May

Yoga Gi Gong Weekend

This weekend is led by Katia Marynower from Paris a renowned Yoga & Qi Gong teacher. You will need to speak and understand French for Katias workshops. Contact Katia for more details on Paris 01 43 28 41 04  (from outside France 0033 1 43 28 41 04)          

e-mail : katia.marynower@free.fr

7th – 9th May 2010

'Mindfulness: The Development of Practice & Teaching'

This workshop is to support people who are using, or wishing to adopt mindfulness based approaches in their work. Developing your own personal practice and teaching mindfulness is a lifetimes work. It is a process, which is never-ending. In Europe there are currently no formal qualifications or certifications which regulate good practice with mindfulness based approaches. This requires each of us working in these fields to inquire deeply into our own practice and to continuously question our own integrity and intentions. To be aware of the boundaries of our skills and to share our understanding is important to the development of good practice. Our intention is to offer two workshops each year for this purpose.  For further information and description please contact us

15th May 2010

Zazen Day led by Guy Mokuho Mercier
Born in Paris in 1946, Guy Mercier practiced zazen for the first time with Master Deshimaru in 1973 and accepted to become his disciple in March 1976 by asking him for the monk ordination. That same year, he was registered as a dendoshi (missionary) with the Sotoshu Shumucho. Since then, he has actively participated in the life of the sangha, organizing the summer camps, taking responsibility for the kitchen (tenzo) in 1977 and 1978 at Val d’Isère, then helping the set up La Gendronnière in 1979-80.
After Master Deshimaru’s death, he remained active in the Paris sangha. From 1986 to 1991, he was again tenzo at La Gendronnière, where he lived from 1991 to 1997. While there he oversaw major roadwork and brought all the buildings up to European security standards.Today he is the treasurer of the IZA and head of the Tours Dojo, and leads sesshin in France and abroad.
For registration/information contact:
Daniel Guillaume Tel 02 99 94 48 80 or mobile 06 83 49 92 23 or dan.guillaume@free.fr
 

12th-13th June 2010

Yoga Gi Gong Weekend

This weekend is led by Katia Marynower from Paris a renowned Yoga & Qi Gong teacher. You will need to speak and understand French for Katias workshops. Contact Katia for more details on Paris 01 43 28 41 04  (from outside France 0033 1 43 28 41 04)          

e-mail : katia.marynower@free.fr

18th-20th June 2010

Soto Zen Retreat Weekend

Led by Rev Master Myfanwy McCorry from Dragon Bell Temple in Exeter
www.dragonbelltemple.org
This retreat is open to newcomers as well as those who have done some practice. The weekend will include Dharma talks, questions & answers and the opportunity for private spiritual counselling.

Please bring loose comfortable clothing & your meditation cushion or bench if you have one.
For people coming from the Channel Islands transport is provided from and back to the port of St Malo.

Therapuetic Assistance.  

We are both UK and Channel Island registered psychotherapists, specialising in Cognitive Behavioural and Mindfulness Based Group centred therapies.  We are willing to offer time with anyone in need of help on an appointment or residential basis and again any costs are by guided donation or exchange.

Peter or Mo Henderson

La Ville Davy

22100 St Helen

France

Tel. 0033 2 96 83 33 53

E-mail:  villedavy@orange.fr