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Are you ready to live your most powerful and authentic life?

"What is important is not the right doctrine but the attainment of the true experience.

It is giving up believing in belief."

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D.T. Suzuki

The myth-specialist and philosopher, Joseph Cambell wrote, “People say that what we’re seeking is a meaning for life. I don’t think that’s what we’re really seeking. I think that what we’re seeking is an experience of being alive, so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive”.

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The practice of meditation and mindfulness is not only good for you. It could also lead to you finding your true self and living your most powerful and authentic life. This knowledge and practice has been carried and passed on like an Olympic torch down through the centuries. Many generations of Zen Masters have devoted their lives to this way. This course is designed to help those who wish to explore who you really are and living this true life for the benefit of all.

The course is for those who have attended the Meditation and Mindfulness for Wellbeing course and who wish to experience meditation beyond wellbeing.

 

The course empowers individuals so they can practice effectively within an encouraging support network and practice deeply at home. It is taught by Dinah, who studied under Zen Master Daizan Roshi. She is a 400 hour meditation, mindfulness and yoga teacher accredited by Zenways, The International Mindfulness Teachers Association, The College of Mindful Clinicians and The Yoga Alliance. 

 

The course is accredited by the International Mindfulness Teachers Association and is, therefore, a globally-recognized credential in the field of mindfulness instruction. The course is not Buddhist, spiritual or religious and does not require you to be anything but curious to explore your own development.

Introducing the Zen Masters who have infused this course with their wisdom and experience. 

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Shinzan Roshi

Born in 1935 in Niigata, Japan, he graduated from Doshisha University with a degree in Economics. In his twenties he failed in three business ventures, experiencing great hardships. Contemplating suicide, he was by chance transformed upon meeting a Zen nun. He was 31.

After completing his koan study, Shinzan Roshi took the unusual step of visiting every Zen Master in Japan seeking to test and deepen his insight.

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Shinzan Roshi went on to found Zendo Kyodan (Zenways Sangha), a primarily lay-based Zen organisation dedicated to fostering true awakening in the modern world.

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Daizan  Roshi

Julian Daizan Skinner is the first Englishman to go to Japan and become a Roshi or Zen Master in the rigorous Rinzai tradition of Zen. 

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ver many years of strict training, in Japan and the west, Daizan Roshi received Dharma Transmission and permission to teach in both the Rinzai and Soto lineages of Zen. He has also undergone training as an enlightenment intensive master with Lawrence Noyes, leading student of the creator of enlightenment intensives, Charles Berner. Daizan Roshi received inka from Shinzan Miyamae Roshi of Gyokuryuji, with whom he continues to study

Together with his students, he has established, “Yugagyo Dojo”, a Zen training place in London. Daizan Roshi was teaching at The Buddhist Society, the oldest non-sectarian Buddhist Society in Europe, until his retirement from the post in December 2011.

8 week course outline

The eight week course is designed for those seeking deeper insight into the nature of being. The course follows the same approach as the Meditation and Mindfulness for Wellbeing, however the content is different in order to support the new meditation practices. 

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The Meditation and Mindfulness for Wellbeing course is foundational and necessary preparation for the Insight Course where you are now ready receive a new meditation each week in order to deepen your practice. 

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The course continues to blend traditional Zen with secular scientific research. The practices in themselves are simple but not to be underestimated in their power to bring about insight and self discovery. 

 

Week 1 | Orientation 

Mindfulness of the breath Meditation

 

Week 2 | Stress

Fusho Meditation

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Week 3 | Physical Pain

Koan Meditation

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Week 4  | Emotional stress, Anxiety and Depression

Soft Ointment Meditation

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Week 5 | Role Stress and Time Pressure

Building Hara Meditation

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Week 6 |   Taking care of yourself

Energising Meditation

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Week 7  | Elevated function

Naitan Meditation

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Week 8 |  Changing your life

Bringing it all together Meditation

Copyright 2024 Dinah Sershi

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