Five day MBI Teacher Training Retreat

Mindfulness in Context

with Christina Feldman, Akiñcano M. Weber and Yuka Nakamura (assisting)

Meditation Center Beatenberg

February 20 - 25, 2018 (Tuesday - Sunday)

This standalone study and practice retreat is the first of four modules making up ‘The Mindfulness Course’, offered by Bodhi College. This retreat will examine Buddhist roots of contemporary mindfulness based appli-cations, focussing on understanding key mind functions from a Buddhist Psychology point of view, discerning different facets and allies of mindfulness and assessing their respective roles in developing insight and trans-forming distress and dissatisfaction. We will explore the Satipatthana Discourses to understand the ways in which this teaching underpins and informs contemporary mindfulness.

Format: Mornings will be dedicated to silent, sustained practice. Afternoons and evenings will be opportuni-ties for teaching and collective inquiry.

Requirements: The retreat is open to people teaching MBIs and those currently training to do so.

Important: This is a standalone and donation-based module. While we encourage following all four retreats during 2018-19, it is not essential.

Registration: Registration is through Bodhi College - opening for bookings in August. To sign up to the news-letter for notifications, and to read the full course description, please visit www.bodhi-college.org.

Christina Feldman has been studying in the Tibetan Mahayana and the Theravada traditions since 1970. She is a co-founder of Gaia House Retreat Center in England, a guiding teacher at IMS in the US and teaches insight meditation worldwide. She is the author of about twelve books. For the past ten years she has also been teaching students in training to become mindfulness teachers on postgraduate cours-es at Exeter, Nijmegen and Oxford Universities as well as leading retreats for mindfulness teachers and students. www.dharma.org/Christina-Feldman

Akiñcano Weber is a Buddhist teacher and psychotherapist. A former monk, he practiced for 20 years in European and Thai Forest monasteries. Particular interests are early Buddhist texts, stillness and con-templative psychology. He is co-founder of Bodhi College and is a guiding teacher of Atammaya Cologne, Germany, part of the CPP programme, the MBSR-Institute Freiburg. He lives in Cologne, Germany and teaches meditation and Buddhist Psychology in secular and traditional contexts in Europe and overseas. www.akincano.net

Yuka Nakamura, PhD, has been practicing in several Buddhist traditions (Vipassana, Dzogchen and Zen) since 1993 and has practiced for long periods in the US (IMS, Spirit Rock), Burma and Japan. She was trained as a Dharmateacher by Fred von Allmen and has been teaching since 2014 in Europe and in the US. She is a trained psychologist and MBSR-teacher and -trainer. www.yuka-nakamura.ch

Five Day Retreat: Mindfulness Teachers’ Development Programme

Akiñcano M. Weber and John Peacock Assistant Yuka Nakamura

February 21 – 26, 2017 (Tuesday – Sunday) “The Big Picture (MTDP Module 3) - The construction of experience: Aggregates (khandhas) and Dependent Arising (paticca-samuppāda)” – course no. 17.02 A look at the teachings on the Aggregates and Dependent Arising offer effective conceptual maps to disclose the complexity of what we call “experience". They open up possibilities for insight and transformation of dynamic patterns that run through our everyday lives. Both teachings address what Buddhist Psychology calls “becoming” and “identification” and offer specific tools and a psychologically pragmatic approach to mindfully re-form and ultimately free ourselves from self-constructs. Format: The daily schedule will be comprised of sustained silent meditative practice in the mornings; afternoons will be given to teaching and discussion blocks; evenings will be dedicated to personal practice and group enquiry. Requirements: The retreat is open to those currently training in or teaching mindfulness based applications. Bookings: Since this is a “Guest Course” registration needs to be done through Bodhi College first. Please also read the full description of the material covered in this retreat at https://bodhi-college.org. This and future modules can be booked separately.

Akiñcano M. Weber is a Buddhist teacher and psychotherapist. A former monk, he practiced for 20 years in European and Thai Forest monasteries and studied Buddhist Psychotherapy in London (M.A.). Particular interests are early Buddhist texts, stillness and contemplative psychology. He is a co-founder of Bodhi College and part of the MBSR teacher training team in Freiburg, Germany. He lives in Cologne, Germany, with his wife and teaches internationally. www.akincano.net

John Peacock, is Associate Director of the Oxford Mindfulness Centre and teaches on the Master of Studies programme in MBCT at Oxford University. John is a Gaia House guiding teacher, and co-founder of Bodhi College. John is both an academic and a Buddhist practitioner of nearly forty years. Trained initially in the Tibetan Gelugpa tradition in India, he subsequently spent time in Sri Lanka studying Theravāda. He lectured in Buddhist Studies at the University of Bristol, and has been teaching meditation for more than twenty five years.

Yuka Nakamura (assistant) has practiced Buddhist meditation since 1993 in the Theravada, Dzogchen and Zen traditions including extended retreat periods in the US, Burma and Japan. She is a psychologist (Dr. phil.) and MBSR teacher and has been trained as a Dharma teacher by Fred von Allmen. Until 2014 she was a professor of psychology at the School for Education, Zurich. She is the co-founder of the Center for Mindfulness in Zurich where she teaches MBSR and also trains MBSR teachers.

Meditationszentrum Beatenberg, Moos 820a, CH-3803 Beatenberg-Waldegg Tel +41 (0)33 841 21 31, info@karuna.ch, www.karuna.ch

Five Day Retreat: MBI Teacher Training Christina Feldman and Akiñcano M. Weber

February 20 - 25, 2018 (Tuesday - Sunday) «Mindfulness in Context» Retreat for Teachers of Mindfulness Based Interventions (MBI). This standalone study and practice retreat is the first in a series of four that will examine Buddhist roots of contemporary mindfulness based applications. The retreat will focus on understanding key mind functions from a Buddhist Psychology point of view, discern different facets and allies of mindfulness and assess their respective roles in developing insight and transforming distress and dissatisfaction. We will explore the Satipatthana Discourses to understand the ways this teaching underpins and informs contemporary mindfulness.Format: Mornings will be dedicated to silent, sustained practice. Afternoons and evenings will be opportunities for teaching and collective inquiry. Requirements: The retreat is open to people teaching MBIs or those currently in training to do so. Important: This is a standalone and donation-based module. While we encourage following all four retreats during 2018-19 it is possible to attend only this one. Registration: Registration needs to be done through Bodhi College first. Please also read the full description of the entire series here: www.bodhi-college.org

Christina Feldman has been studying in the Tibetan Mahayana and the Theravada traditions since 1970. She is a co-founder of Gaia House Retreat Center in England, a guiding teacher at IMS in the US and teaches insight meditation worldwide. She is the author of about twelve books. For the past ten years she has also been teaching students in training to become mindfulness teachers on postgraduate courses at Exeter, Nijmegen and Oxford Universities as well as leading retreats for mindfulness teachers and students. http://www.dharma.org/Christina-Feldman

Akiñcano Weber is a Buddhist teacher and psychotherapist. A former monk, he practiced for 20 years in European and Thai Forest monasteries. Particular interests are early Buddhist texts, stillness and contemplative psychology. He is co-founder of Bodhi College and is a guiding teacher of Atammaya Cologne, Germany, part of the CPP programme, the MBSR-Institute Freiburg. He lives in Cologne, Germany and teaches and teaches meditation and Buddhist Psychology in secular and traditional contexts in Europe and overseas. www.akincano.net Meditationszentrum Beatenberg, Moos 820a, Waldegg, CH-3803 Beatenberg

Tel +41 (0)33 841 21 31, info@karuna.ch, www.karuna.ch

Five Day Retreat: MBI Teacher Training Christina Feldman and Akiñcano M. Weber

February 20 - 25, 2018 (Tuesday - Sunday) «Mindfulness in Context» Retreat for Teachers of Mindfulness Based Interventions (MBI). This standalone study and practice retreat is the first in a series of four that will examine Buddhist roots of contemporary mindfulness based applications. The retreat will focus on understanding key mind functions from a Buddhist Psychology point of view, discern different facets and allies of mindfulness and assess their respective roles in developing insight and transforming distress and dissatisfaction. We will explore the Satipatthana Discourses to understand the ways this teaching underpins and informs contemporary mindfulness.Format: Mornings will be dedicated to silent, sustained practice. Afternoons and evenings will be opportunities for teaching and collective inquiry. Requirements: The retreat is open to people teaching MBIs or those currently in training to do so. Important: This is a standalone and donation-based module. While we encourage following all four retreats during 2018-19 it is possible to attend only this one. Registration: Registration needs to be done through Bodhi College first. Please also read the full description of the entire series here: www.bodhi-college.org

Christina Feldman has been studying in the Tibetan Mahayana and the Theravada traditions since 1970. She is a co-founder of Gaia House Retreat Center in England, a guiding teacher at IMS in the US and teaches insight meditation worldwide. She is the author of about twelve books. For the past ten years she has also been teaching students in training to become mindfulness teachers on postgraduate courses at Exeter, Nijmegen and Oxford Universities as well as leading retreats for mindfulness teachers and students. http://www.dharma.org/Christina-Feldman

Akiñcano Weber is a Buddhist teacher and psychotherapist. A former monk, he practiced for 20 years in European and Thai Forest monasteries. Particular interests are early Buddhist texts, stillness and contemplative psychology. He is co-founder of Bodhi College and is a guiding teacher of Atammaya Cologne, Germany, part of the CPP programme, the MBSR-Institute Freiburg. He lives in Cologne, Germany and teaches and teaches meditation and Buddhist Psychology in secular and traditional contexts in Europe and overseas. www.akincano.net Meditationszentrum Beatenberg, Moos 820a, Waldegg, CH-3803 Beatenberg

Tel +41 (0)33 841 21 31, info@karuna.ch, www.karuna.ch