FRIDAY MEDITATION WITH PAUL

Service Description

Every Friday at 1.30pm at The Wise Lotus in Letchworth An opportunity to enjoy meditation, whatever your experience. Taking gentle guidance and inspiration from teachings such as the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Chinese Zen and secular mindfulness, we can explore what it means to meditate and what makes for an authentic practice. This class is run by Paul Goddard. Paul says: 'Although always interested in meditation, it was not until my late thirties that I became determined to practice. I knew meditation held something for me, but what I didn't know. I joined a Chinese Zen, lay charity and have taken one or two, residential retreats for the last twenty years or so. I also meet regularly with a Theravada group. My appreciation of early Buddhism has grown and the investigative teaching of the Four Foundations of mindfulness has become an important part of my meditative development. My personal aim is not alignment with any tradition but authenticity of practice and the lifelong work this involves. I'm currently in training to offer secular mindfulness and have held the weekly meditation group at Garden House Hospice for the past ten years.