Join us at Gunnersbury Park & Museum for this bespoke mindfulness day with
experienced mindfulness teachers, Karen Liebenguth & Bodhilila Young.
Mindfulness is a practical way of bringing beneficial changes to our life at work and at home. The principle underlying mindfulness is both simple and profound: awareness is transformative.
Bringing more awareness to our day-to-day experience enables us to learn how to better respond to the demands of daily life, to move away from autopilot and habitual, knee-jerk reactions and towards more rewarding communication and relationships. Mindfulness leads to more creative and effective collaborations and decision making and helps us to respond to life’s difficulties with increased emotional resilience.
Activities on the Day:
During the day we will be sharing key concepts of mindfulness, some scientific evidence of the benefits of mindfulness as well as offering you some guided mindful practices that you can immediately apply to make space for greater ease, focus and perspective.
This unique mindfulness day offers the added benefit of spending some time in nature, amidst the beauty of Gunnersbury Park. Being outdoors greatly facilitates a mindfulness practice and enhances our general wellbeing. We naturally slow down when we’re in open, green space and our senses heighten as we connect to what’s around us.
What to Bring:
Please wear comfortable clothes and shoes as we will be spending time both indoors and outdoors. Tea and coffee will be provided but please bring your own lunch and snacks. Alternatively, there is a café in the park where you can buy lunch.
Mindfulness Teachers:
Karen Liebenguth is an accredited mindfulness teacher and supervisor as well as a certified coach and MBTI facilitator. She regularly teaches 8-week mindfulness courses for stress and for health at the West London Buddhist Centre and is a mentor for students on the Breathworks training for mindfulness teachers. She offers tailored mindfulness programmes for the workplace and has worked with organisational clients including Kew Gardens, The Royal Town Planning Institute, the Trades Union Congress (TUC), K Benchmark, Collinson, Adam & Eve Communications, and Here East.
Karen trained in Eco-therapy and specialises in working with individual clients and groups in natural settings, tapping into the beneficial impact nature has on our physical, psychological and emotional wellbeing. She has been working with individuals, teams and groups for 12 years to foster personal and professional development, mental resilience and wellbeing.
Bodhilila Young has been practising meditation and mindfulness for over 30 years. She is Chair of the West London Buddhist Centre where she teaches meditation, mindfulness and Buddhism. She is an accredited mindfulness teacher and supervisor and the director of the Breathworks Centre of Excellence based at the West London Buddhist Centre. She has been teaching 8-week secular mindfulness courses for stress and for health since 2014 and is particularly interested in mindfulness-based pain management.
Bodhilila is a qualified counsellor and worked for many years as a primary school teacher and nursery manager. Previously she was a professional viola player, working primarily with the London Mozart Players, City of London Sinfonia and Welsh National Opera. She is keen to explore the connections between mindfulness and creativity and especially the links between mindfulness practice and the performing arts.
Advance Booking essential.
If you are interested in participating, please contact learning@visitgunnersbury.org
Booking Details:
Date: Saturday 14th March 2020
Time: 10:30 – 15:30
Ticket price: £3
Venue: Gunnersbury Park Museum, Gunnersbury Park, Popes Lane, W5 4NH
Nearest tube: Acton Town (District and Piccadilly Lines)
Bus route: E3
Parking: Limited parking space available. Please let us know if you are a Blue Badge holder.
Website: www.visitgunnersbury.org