Grant Rix has generously offered to teach at the Dharma Centre on four consecutive Wednesdays in May as follows:
Wed 4-May, 11-May, 18-May & 25-May, 2022, 6:00 – 7:30 pm
All are welcome; entry by dana (donation) to the Centre. These teachings will not be streamed.
Description
Boost overall wellbeing and enhance cognitive performance through mindfulness and meditation.
Mindfulness helps us live with awareness, openness, non-judgemental curiosity and warm-heartedness.
Meditation can be thought of as an inner science of the mind.
Practices such as mindfulness of breathing, body-scanning and loving-kindness, help the nervous system self-regulate: producing feelings of calm, clarity and connection.
As this foundation of calm develops, so too does the opportunity to explore the inner workings of mind and to gain insights into its essential nature. With increasing confidence in the nature of mind comes greater degrees of freedom in daily living.
For the beginner, this course is a chance to learn the basics. For the more experienced, a chance to refresh motivation and clarify the view of meditation. For all, an invitation to commit to daily practices that research shows can reduce feelings of undue stress, anxiety and depression, and increase overall wellbeing.
Biography
Grant Rix has been studying and practising meditation all his adult life and has completed numerous retreats, including graduating from a unique three-year study and meditation programme that took place at the Wangapeka Retreat Centre during the mid-00’s under the guidance of his principal teacher, Tarchin Hearn. Other teachers Grant has studied and retreated with include the Ven. Namgyal Rinpoche, Lama Mark Webber, and Sonia Moriceau.
Having completed traditional foundational practices and continuing with studies of Mahāmudrā and the four foundations of mindfulness, Grant has a sound understanding of methods common to Buddha Dharma as well as modern secular approaches to mindfulness practice and research.