Manchester Buddhist Centre

The two med­it­a­tions we teach

The two tra­di­tional Buddhist med­it­a­tions we teach are the mind­ful­ness of breath­ing to encour­age a calm state, and a loving-kindness med­it­a­tion for positivity.

Mind­ful­ness of breath­ing meditation

This prac­tice is a way to become calmer, more centred and con­cen­trated, tak­ing the breath as the object of atten­tion and noti­cing it com­ing and going in a relaxed, open way. Set­tling the atten­tion on the breath lets our mind quieten down and aware­ness deepen.

Mind­ful­ness is the abil­ity to keep up a con­tinu­ous flow of atten­tion to what is hap­pen­ing in any given moment

Loving-kindness med­it­a­tion

This prac­tice fosters a gentle but rad­ical trans­form­a­tion in our emo­tional life, using our feel­ings and responses as the object of con­cen­tra­tion. Over time we can become more emo­tion­ally resource­ful, pos­it­ive and compassionate.

Course con­tent

Our courses cover the essen­tial aspects of Buddhist meditation

• Pos­ture
• Mind­ful­ness
• Med­it­at­ing with the breath
• Med­it­a­tion to develop positivity
• Work­ing with dif­fi­culties in meditation
• The con­nec­tion between body and mind
• How med­it­a­tion can help in daily life

Course dates

Dates of the next courses and classes

Are you sit­ting comfortably?

You can med­it­ate on cush­ions on the floor, in a chair or lying down. The aim is to be com­fort­able and full instruc­tions are given at the class.

Are you in pain?

Breath­works courses in mindfulness-based pain and stress man­age­ment use the prac­tices and prin­ciples of med­it­a­tion and mind­ful­ness to help people learn to live well with phys­ical pain and other difficulties.