Inner Resilience for Difficult Times (Online Via Zoom Option)
En ligne
Dimanche, décembre 4 • 7:00 PM - 8:25 PM
Ken Hood
Ken is known by many in the Guelph community as the friendly Buddhist bookseller at the Bookshelf. Sadly after 36 years he is no longer there but happily for him, teaching more! Ken has been leading meditation groups in Guelph since the late 1980s, most prominently on Sunday mornings at 10:30 am and Wednesdays at 7:30 pm, both drop-in and by donation. His meditation practice is rooted in the Gelug Buddhist lineage from Tibet , however his approach is very open source with influences from Western Theravada Buddhism, neuroscience, Jungian psychology, and Stoicism. Ken’s classes are warm and insightful; offering conversation, stories and teachings that show how meditation can help us to suffer less and be more happy. Ken also offers one-on-one Meditative Counselling. To read more about this, please see Meditative Counselling with Ken. Together with his wife, Jacqueline Gilbey, he is co-owner of Arrive Yoga & Mindfulness Director of Mindfulness and Meditation. For more information, please see Ken’s website www.agoodheart.ca.
Description
“Has the last few years left you felling anxious, off balance or maybe even overwhelmed?”
You are not alone. There has already been so much disruption and uncertainty, and it doesn’t look like it will end anytime soon. So when the outer world becomes less and less stable, it is critical that you build up your inner strength and resources to meet the challenge.

In this 7-part series, Ken and Jacqueline will be teaching a variety of simple meditations and practices to help you weather the storms of your life, more effectively. Through them, you will develop:
A more calm, focused and self-regulated mind-body.
A brighter awareness.
A greater capacity for enjoyment, and for creating positive neural structure (mental sunshine).
A more constructive POV for dealing with difficulty.
A more felt, and hopefully more active connection with others.
A greater ability to “take a hit” and process it.
A deeper sense of inner balance grounded in a more visceral understanding of the ‘everchangingness’ of reality.
And an increasing ability to ‘’take action” regardless of what is happening.