BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//WordPress - MECv7.34.1//EN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.mindfulnessassociation.net/ X-WR-CALNAME:Mindfulness Association X-WR-CALDESC:Being Present | Responding with Compassion | Seeing Deeply X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20260329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=03;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20261025T010000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=4SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H X-MS-OLK-FORCEINSPECTOROPEN:TRUE BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-1a7f33274089feff1baef7286b95fe0e@mindfulnessassociation.net DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260530T220000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260531T170000 DTSTAMP:20230606T110103Z CREATED:20230606 LAST-MODIFIED:20260601 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:6 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:Living Well to Die Well DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]\nThe Mindful Art of Living Fully\nIt starts with a online weekend (£185.00) and the choice to follow with twelve evening sessions online (for an additional £185.00) or book both for £370.00 (payable in five monthly instalments)\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\nHow our participants have benefited from the Living Well to Die Well Course\n[/vc_column_text].carousel-shortcode.carousel-shortcode-id-193add502047c4d0f08e790f273e84ea.owl-carousel .owl-nav div {\n width: 36px;\n height: 36px;\n border-radius: 500px;\n}\n.dt-arrow-border-on.carousel-shortcode.carousel-shortcode-id-193add502047c4d0f08e790f273e84ea.owl-carousel .owl-nav div:not(:hover):before {\n border-width: 0px;\n}\n.dt-arrow-hover-border-on.carousel-shortcode.carousel-shortcode-id-193add502047c4d0f08e790f273e84ea.owl-carousel .owl-nav div:hover:after {\n border-width: 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Listening to others lives and their difficulties – felt less alone great reflections”\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n“I loved the practices, also the teachings, especially the stages of death”\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n“Everything – the variety of practices and the sharing. Particularly valued inputs on process of dying and living without regrets and emphasis on compassion\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n” I thought both teachers were excellent. I loved the tai chi! I’ve done it before and never got on with it but Jackie’s tai chi was something special\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n” I found the course overall very beneficial, particularly liked the Taking in the Good practice, and the Living with out regret”\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n” The MA process practice followed by extremely skilful enquiry. Hearing how others experienced the practices.”\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n” Support in reflecting upon my own mortality and giving practices to make the most of my life. “\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n” Being able to share and listen openly about death Found this very grounding and normalising. It’s very rare to have such an opportunity.”\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n\nPart One of Living Well to Die Well\nwith Tina Gilbert and Jacky Seery\nOnline Retreat  Weekend 30-31st May 2026\nThe further 12 evening online sessions will run on Wednesday evenings (19.00-20.15pm) – 1st July, 12th August, 9th September, 14th October, 11th November, 9th December 2026, 13th January, 10th February, 10th March, 14th April, 5th May and 9th June 2027.\n \nWhy might you want to do this course?\nIt might seem like a difficult topic to tackle and you might be put off by the title.  However there are two main reasons why this course will be of benefit to you.\nFirstly and most importantly  – How can we learn to live our lives more joyfully, and navigate life’s challenges more easily so that we can say we have truly lived every minute of our lives?\nSecond – Inevitably we will be faced with the death of someone we know or love.  This course will provide some insights and practices to help us cope better with these events when we are faced with them.\nCourse Details:\n\nPrice: £370.00 payable in five monthly instalments of £74.00 (for part one and the twelve online sessions) or £185.00 for part one only.\nTimes: 10.00- 17.00pm on Saturday and 10.00am- 17.00pm on Sunday for the online weekend and 19.00pm-20.15pm for the monthly online sessions.\nLocation: Online via Zoom\n\n\nBooking: Please click Book Here\n\nThis course is focussed on bringing more awareness to every day of our lives so we can live more joyfully.\n\nA key aim of the Buddhist path is preparation for death, but what about those of us who are mindfulness practitioners? How do we prepare for our death and for the death of our loved ones? How can we support each other in the processes involved at the end of life? In this course we will explore how we can live well so as to prepare for a good death, without fear or regret. Our practice will be based around loving kindness, tonglen, imagination practices and open awareness. By becoming more mindful and compassionate in our approach to death, we can support ourselves and others when faced with end of life. As we become more mindful, we will be able to recognise the stages of death more easily and introduce practices to best support the transition. We will also explore fear of death, fear of pain and moving from regret and resentment towards forgiveness.\nWe expect that this course will then be followed by a part two, in a similar format but the long term aim is to set up a support group of people who have gone through this training so as to support each other in the face of bereavement and in due course in the face of our own death.\nThe course will be led by Tina Gilbert and Jacky Seery, both experienced mindfulness and compassion teachers with an interest in preparing for death. In addition Jacky has training and experience in the use of end of life holistic approaches and Tina has 30 years experience as a specialist nurse working with cancer patients.\n\nPLEASE NOTE: At points during this course, we will be sharing experiences of death and dying. If you feel these topics might be difficult to navigate or deeply resonant for you right now, it may not be the optimal time to engage with this material. As with other significant events in life, your participation depends on your current wellbeing and the support systems you have in place. If you wish to discuss anything prior to joining the course please contact Jacky – Communications@mindfulnessassociation.net.\n\nFind out more in the video below.\n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/dRqFWQKP_5A” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row]\n URL:https://www.mindfulnessassociation.net/course/living-well-to-die-well/ CATEGORIES:Ongoing Courses - MCI LOCATION:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.mindfulnessassociation.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Living-Well-to-Die-Well-Blog.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR