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.
Mindfulness meditation teaches us how to find peace of mind and ease of being amidst the stresses and challenges of everyday life. Mindfulness practice cultivates the ability to be present and aware, and to live life from a place of clear and wise intention. As we learn to relate to our present moment experience through awareness and clear intention, the world begins to open up for us in a new way.
This 16-week session will include teaching, guided meditation instruction and provide support with practice. The focus will be on The Four Foundations of Mindfulness.
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, October 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.
In this 16-week fall session the focus will be on Element Awareness practice -- a powerful and transformative meditation and contemplation practice based on the six elements: earth, water, fire, air, space and consciousness.
We will explore the elements through direct awareness of the body, internal and external world of experience, and consciousness -- cultivating conditions where insight can arise dissolving the illusion of separation, allowing us to realize through direct experience the truth of impermanence, non-self and our deep interconnection with the world around us.
This course is suitable for anyone who has a solid foundation in meditation, a regular sitting practice, and would like to deepen their practice.
Days of mindfulness will be offered on September 27 and October 25.
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.
This course is offered as a child-parent course.
In this 8-week course children/youth and their parents/caregivers together will learn specific ways of paying attention to their breath, their body, their thoughts, their feelings and the world around them. Research shows that this way of paying attention (mindfulness) increases attention and focus, reduces stress, anxiety and depression and increases well-being.
Individual exercises are geared to each participants age.
Teens do not need to attend with their parents, but may choose to do so.
An information session for parents will be held on September 20. Regular classes begin on September 27 and end on November 22. There will be no class on Thanksgiving weekend (October 11).
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.