From Doing to Being: An Introduction to Mindfulness and Insight Meditation

From Doing to Being: An Introduction to Mindfulness and Insight Meditation If your life runs on doing, doing, doing, and part of you wonders whether there's more, this is your invitation to pause. Over four Saturday afternoons, you'll learn simple, grounded mindfulness and Insight meditation practices to settle the mind, befriend your feelings and reconnect with the joy of simply being. No experience needed. Come as you are. The journey We begin by settling into breath and body, open gently toward the heart, and finish by carrying the practice into everyday life. Each week builds on the last, so if you're new, please join all four. Not every session will feel calm, and that's part of the practice. Whatever arises is welcome. Who it's for Complete beginners are warmly welcome, especially busy, tired people who want a space for calm, meaning and contemplation. Already have a practice? Let's practise together. Allow me to nourish you. Changes you may notice • More presence in your everyday life • Closer connection with the people you love • Joy in small things • A kinder inner voice • Hard feelings that pass more easily • Rest without guilt The lineage These practices come from Insight meditation (vipassana), part of the Theravada tradition of Buddhism, one of the oldest living lineages of meditation. They're taught in plain, everyday language, for people of any belief or none. I've trained as a meditation teacher with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach through Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program (MMTCP). I completed my 200-hour yoga teacher training at Trika Kula Ashram with Nataraj Chaitanya and Vishnudev, whose teachings are rooted in the Siddha Yoga lineage of Bhagawan Nityananda and in the meditation teachings of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. What you'll receive • Four live, guided sessions, in person • Simple daily practices to take home each week • A warm, small group and time for your questions • Tools for stress, difficult emotions and self-compassion When and where Saturdays 2.30–3.30pm pm: 21 & 28 November, 5 & 12 December 2026 Arrive from 2pm to settle in, and stay until 4pm for questions. The address and joining link will be sent to your inbox when you book. Places are limited to 8 in person, so there's space for everyone to settle in, share and ask questions. Your contribution This course is offered by contribution. Money, time and effort are all welcome. • Give money: • $55 suggested for the full 4-week course • $15 suggested per session, for experienced meditators dropping in • Any amount you can give. No one is turned away. OR • In kind: • Baked goods (no refined sugar) • Healthy snacks • Chai making • Flowers • Ashram volunteering, e.g. gardening Gifts in kind go directly to the ashram. Get in touch to arrange. Your contribution supports my teaching and the ashram that generously hosts us. You won't become someone else. You'll come home to yourself.