Some of our classes are offered with the option of attending either in person or online via Zoom. Your choice will apply for the duration of the session.
If you register for online classes, you will receive a follow-up e-mail with the instructions for connecting via Zoom.
Please hold your payment until January. This helps us maintain alignment with our fiscal year. We will reserve your place in class without payment. Thank you.
Mindfulness meditation is a practice that provides us with the tools to deal with the stresses and challenges of everyday life, opening us to new possibilities, emotional healing, and freedom from suffering.
This 16-week course will continue with the focus on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness. It will include teaching, guided meditation instruction and support with establishing a stable meditation practice; cultivating mindfulness in everyday life; dealing with difficult emotions and hindrances to present moment awareness.
This course is suitable for anyone who has completed the 8-week Introduction to Meditation course, or has experience with mindfulness practice, and would like to deepen their understanding and practice.
This 8-week course, based on the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program, provides a solid grounding in the basic skills of mindfulness meditation, helping to reduce stress, quiet the mind and develop the ability to be present and at ease with life as it unfolds in each moment of experience. The course includes instruction and support with establishing a stable meditation practice, and cultivating mindfulness in everyday life.
A one-day retreat, to help integrate the teachings and the practice, will be held on Saturday, May 31 from 9 am to 3 pm.
Regular weekly attendance during the course is important. Weekly instruction, and practicing within a group of meditators provides support for learning meditation and developing a practice. Please consider your schedule and ability to commit to the 8 weeks before registering for the course.
The course instructor will contact you prior to the course start date to welcome you and discuss any questions.
The natural cycle of life includes impermanence, change, growth and decay. As human beings, we are participants in this natural cycle, yet we live in varying degrees of awareness to this truth. Understanding the truth of impermanence opens us to a new relationship with life, allowing us to participate in each moment of our lives more fully, freeing ourselves from the patterns of reactivity that cause suffering... awakening to the mystery and the wonder of simply 'being'.
In this 16 week winter session, we will continue with the focus on impermanence, engaging with guided meditation practices, contemplations and awareness exercises in relation to death and dying.
This course is suitable for anyone with a solid foundation in meditation practice and Dharma teachings, and with permission of the teacher.
Three days of mindfulness will be offered this session on January 26, February 23 and March 23 (weather dependent).
Please email info@wrdharmacentre.com to register. Registration is limited to 15 people.
Additional information will be sent out to registrants prior to the day.
Program fees help to support the operating costs of the Centre.
In keeping with the Buddhist tradition, the teachings are given freely. Meditation instructors and Dharma teachers are paid by Dana (voluntary giving/donation).
Teacher dana may be offered by e-transfer to sue@wrdharmacentre.com.
For those facing financial challenges, arrangements can be made to reduce or waive course fees.
Everyone is welcome to attend, regardless of ability to pay.