***THIS COURSE IS FULL, BOOKING IS NOW CLOSED***

STARTS FRI 16 JAN

An opportunity to deepen and bring greater commitment to your yoga practice.

Over six Friday evenings, we will be looking into the essence of twists, forward bends, back bends, inversions, balances, core work and sun salutations, with key yoga principles woven in.

We will be moving away from what it looks like to what it feels like: unlocking true understanding of these areas from more...

THIS COURSE IS NOW FULLY-BOOKED AND IN-PROGRESS. PLEASE KEEP AN EYE ON OUR WEBSITE FOR THE NEXT COURSE WHICH WILL BEGIN IN LATE SPRING.

This course will help you uncover genuine ease, contentment and meaning in life through exploring profound yet simple teachings. Come together with others to learn, discuss and discover the means to uncover how to become the change you want to see.

Each session will be partly introducing meditation and partly about the Buddhist more...

“To study the Buddha way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to to be actualized by myriad things.”
– Dogen

This evening Chandranishta will share her personal experiences with psychotherapy and Buddhism and how it has changed over time.

In her words:

“Both psychotherapy and Buddhism have a lot to offer in terms of a deeper understanding of the human condition and offering ways to alleviate more...

The Breathworks Mindfulness for Health course has helped thousands of people learn how to manage chronic pain, illness, fatigue, or anxiety with greater ease through mindfulness and compassion.

This evidence-based programme was developed by Vidyamala Burch, founder of Breathworks, drawing on her personal experience of managing severe pain with mindfulness and meditation. It integrates meditation, pacing, mindful movement, and group sharing to build skills that improve quality of more...

What would it be like to turn all that we do into practice? Would we experience the world, ourselves and others differently?

Come and found out at Sangha Works – turning the ordinary into the extraordinary!

We start with a check-in, then choose tasks to work with as practice. These usually involve cleaning the centre, tending the shrine and light gardening work, but can include more! We can offer sitting down jobs as well as more active jobs.

Come along more...

If you already have experience of the Mindfulness of Breathing and Metta Bhavana (Loving Kindness) meditations that we practise in our sangha, join us on a Wednesday lunchtime to meditate with others and take your practice deeper.

Every Wednesday at the Bristol Buddhist Centre. The meditation finishes at 2pm, with the option to stay on until 2.30pm for tea and a chat.

To view details of our beginners’ class, click here.

If you’re curious about and new to meditation, or haven’t yet been acquainted with the practices we follow in our community (Mindfulness of Breathing and Loving Kindness meditations), come along to our drop-in class for beginners on a Wednesday evening.

You’ll be guided through the stages by an experienced practitioner, with the opportunity to discuss your experience and ask questions.

***THIS COURSE IS FULL, BOOKING IS NOW CLOSED***

STARTS FRI 16 JAN

An opportunity to deepen and bring greater commitment to your yoga practice.

Over six Friday evenings, we will be looking into the essence of twists, forward bends, back bends, inversions, balances, core work and sun salutations, with key yoga principles woven in.

We will be moving away from what it looks like to what it feels like: unlocking true understanding of these areas from more...

‘DYING INTO LIFE’

On this day we celebrate the Buddha’s final passing into Nirvana.

Bhadra and Naravira will help us explore the theme of death and what it might have
to teach us about living. Two aspects of the Buddha’s death, the ‘spiritual death’ of
the Buddha and ‘the rebirth’ that came after this. We will explore the spiritual
significance of dying in the Buddhist context and what spiritual death may release more...

THIS COURSE IS NOW FULLY-BOOKED AND IN-PROGRESS. PLEASE KEEP AN EYE ON OUR WEBSITE FOR THE NEXT COURSE WHICH WILL BEGIN IN LATE SPRING.

This course will help you uncover genuine ease, contentment and meaning in life through exploring profound yet simple teachings. Come together with others to learn, discuss and discover the means to uncover how to become the change you want to see.

Each session will be partly introducing meditation and partly about the Buddhist more...

This ceremonial handover of the chairship will mark the moment when Vimalavajri officially becomes chair. There will be meditation, talks and ritual – more details to follow!

The Breathworks Mindfulness for Health course has helped thousands of people learn how to manage chronic pain, illness, fatigue, or anxiety with greater ease through mindfulness and compassion.

This evidence-based programme was developed by Vidyamala Burch, founder of Breathworks, drawing on her personal experience of managing severe pain with mindfulness and meditation. It integrates meditation, pacing, mindful movement, and group sharing to build skills that improve quality of more...

What would it be like to turn all that we do into practice? Would we experience the world, ourselves and others differently?

Come and found out at Sangha Works – turning the ordinary into the extraordinary!

We start with a check-in, then choose tasks to work with as practice. These usually involve cleaning the centre, tending the shrine and light gardening work, but can include more! We can offer sitting down jobs as well as more active jobs.

Come along more...

If you already have experience of the Mindfulness of Breathing and Metta Bhavana (Loving Kindness) meditations that we practise in our sangha, join us on a Wednesday lunchtime to meditate with others and take your practice deeper.

Every Wednesday at the Bristol Buddhist Centre. The meditation finishes at 2pm, with the option to stay on until 2.30pm for tea and a chat.

To view details of our beginners’ class, click here.

If you’re curious about and new to meditation, or haven’t yet been acquainted with the practices we follow in our community (Mindfulness of Breathing and Loving Kindness meditations), come along to our drop-in class for beginners on a Wednesday evening.

You’ll be guided through the stages by an experienced practitioner, with the opportunity to discuss your experience and ask questions.

***THIS COURSE IS FULL, BOOKING IS NOW CLOSED***

An opportunity to deepen and bring greater commitment to your yoga practice.

Over six Friday evenings, we will be looking into the essence of twists, forward bends, back bends, inversions, balances, core work and sun salutations, with key yoga principles woven in.

We will be moving away from what it looks like to what it feels like: unlocking true understanding of these areas from within, allowing you to fully more...