In Mindfulness Meditation we are training ourselves to pay full attention, on purpose, to the present – and to do so without judging. This can bring us to a point of deep concentration and stillness, where we receive the Gift of Mindfulness, the potential to wake up to our lives, to our world and to the divine.

Helen Drever leads this retreat which will include lengthy periods of silence (and moments of pure joy!) Simple meditation instructions will be given and no previous experience is needed.

Helen has been practising mindfulness meditation since the early 1990s. She began teaching and leading groups while working on the management team at Chalice Well in Glastonbury. She now leads mindfulness groups in-house for Devon County Council staff and eco meditation walks in the Devon landscape for OrganicArts. Her teaching style emphasises kindliness, creativity, and our intimate involvement with the unfolding creation that holds us. Helen worships at Exeter Cathedral and attends Buddhist retreats at Gaia House.

Please note: to support the deep stillness created among us, all participants are asked to avoid any trips out from Othona for the duration of this course.

There is no Course Fee for this long weekend, but free will donations ('dana' in Buddhist terminology) may be made in thanks for Helen's teaching.

(You could stopover to Monday and enjoy our annual Dawn Chorus morning. Click here for details)