For a start, Hogetsu will be leading the meditations every Thursdays for 4 weeks, and then support the members of the group in leading the meditations with supervision every fortnight and gradually once a month.
First session starts October 15th.
Please register here on Eventbrite
Mindfulness can help you to stay calm, focused and better manage the pressures of life. Mindfulness encourages us to pay attention to the full range of our experiences.
Everyone can benefit and enjoy Mindfulness, but you might like to try it especially if you are:
- feeling stressed or overwhelmed
- struggling to concentrate
- feeling like a failure – see also ‘Perfectionism’
What is Mindfulness?
Mindfulness teaches you to pay attention to the present moment through simple breathing and meditation practices.
It can help you manage your thoughts and feelings: through Mindfulness, you practise the ability to notice thoughts and feelings, and to disengage from worry and detrimental negative thinking.
Prof Jon Kabat Zinn, the founding director of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School describes Mindfulness as “the awareness that emerges through paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgementally, to the unfolding of experience, moment by moment.”
You can practise Mindfulness anywhere – on your own, through group sessions, or one-to-one.
For the last three years the Chaplains have offered weekly sessions on meditation and Mindfulness, attended by staff and students, beginners, and those with a regular meditation practice. You can also contact the Chaplains if you like a one-to-one conversation about your experiences of meditation or Mindfulness, or to ask questions chaplaincy@imperial.ac.uk .
South Kensington Campus
Mindfulness – Tuesdays 13:05-13:50, Chaplaincy
Buddhist Meditation – Fridays 13:05-13:50, Chaplaincy
Further information and advice
You can find more about Mindfulness by following the links below:
- Mindfulness for Students
- Be Mindful is a campaign by the Mental Health Foundation, raising awareness about the benefits of mindfulness
- Mindfulnet – everything you need to know about Mindfulness on one website
- Headspace offers some great meditation advice