1 The London Buddhist Centre 51 Roman Road E2
020 8981 1225
lbc.org.uk
breathingspacelondon.org.uk

2 Jambala Charity Shop 247 Globe Road E2
020 8709 9976

3 Evolution Gifts 59-61 Roman Road E2
020 8981 7219
evolutiongifts.co.uk

4 The Lamas Pyjamas Charity Shop 83 Roman Road E2
020 8980 1843
lamaspyjamas.com

5 Bodywise Natural Health 119 Roman Road E2
020 8981 6938
bodywisehealth.org

6 The Buddhist Arts Centre Eastbourne House Bullards Place E2
020 8983 6134
londonbuddhistartscentre.co.uk

Wellbeing, Meditation and Buddhism are the focus of a wide variety of drop-in sessions, day events, weekends, courses and festivals held regularly at the London Buddhist Centre.

Wellbeing

Breathing Space is the London Buddhist Centre's Mindfulness for Health programme. We provide Mindfulness Based Approaches (MBAs) to help prevent relapse into depression and addiction, and to manage stress and anxiety.

Clinical research has shown that Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), is one of the most effective ways of preventing relapse into recurrent depression. Another approach, Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP), helps prevent relapse into addictive behaviour. Both courses help you become more aware of the habits of thinking that can lead into depression or addiction and teach you ways to change these habits.

Breathing Space is one of only a few providers of MBCT and MBRP in the UK. Our teachers are trained and supervised by a NHS consultant psychiatrist.

11.30am-12pm Talk: ‘It’s about happiness.’
Recovering from depression or addiction isn’t just about no longer being ‘unwell’ – it’s also about discovering life’s genuine pleasures and an authentic happiness. With Tim Segaller, former Breathing Space Manager.

12.30-1.15pm Taster session: Mindfulness Based Approaches
Experience a taster class of mindfulness for health plus Q&As. With Subha, Breathing Space teacher.

1.30-2.15pm Talk: ‘How to stop doing the things you don't want to do’
How the practice of mindfulness can help us understand our own destructive behaviours and equip us to make wiser choices in the future. With Satyadaya, Breathing Space teacher.

2.30-3.15pm Taster session: Mindfulness Based Approaches
Including Q&As. With Sanghasiha, Breathing Space teacher.

Meditation

Mindfulness Meditation

More awareness, more life! The more aware we become the more fully and deeply we can live. We will be teaching the 'mindfulness of breathing' practice at:

11.45-12.40/12.45-1.40/1.45-2.40/2.45-3.40/3.45-4.40

Buddhism

Film: Lotus in the City

This film is a moving and intimate story of what it is it like to practise Buddhism and meditation here and now in the modern metropolis.
Showing on the hour in the library at: 11/12/1/2/3/4

12.00-12.45pm Talk: 'Stop the world, I want to get off!'
Joy, pleasure, even bliss can be a part of our experience but even so everyone suffers, oftenin small waysand sometimes with great loss and hardship. Srivati will talk about how we can creatively respond to the fact that humanlife involves suffering.

1.00-1.45pm  Talk: 'The Meaning of Faith in Buddhism.'
What we have faith in brings meaning and purpose to our lives. But do we really need faith? What does Buddhism say? With Jayaka.

2.00-2.45pm Talk: 'Reconnect With Joy.'
Vandanajyoti explains how the Buddha's teaching on the Four Noble Truths can help us to experience pleasure more fully, be able to bear difficulty more easily and find a deeper joy within.

3.00-3.45pm  Talk: ‘The Taste of Freedom.'
The Buddha is quoted as saying, “just as the ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so do my teachings have one taste, the taste of freedom". Satyadaya explores this theme.

4.00-4.45pm Buddhist Ritual
An opportunity for the curious to experience a short Buddhist ritual known traditionally in the Pali language as ‘Puja’. Chanting and ritual can help to engage the heart and imagination and enrich our lives. Led by Maitreyaraja.