A short talk introducing insight meditation for beginners

A short guided meditation for beginners, starting with mindfulness of the body sitting and breathing

A short introduction to the benefits of working with the body as a foundation of mindfulness

Beginning with a body scan, tuning in to areas of the body that tend to habitually store tension and inviting it to relax, then bringing awareness to physical sensations throughout the whole body

Short instructions for meditating together in pairs, naming out loud physical sensations in the body with bare awareness

A recap of mindfulness of the body, plus an introduction to practising different modes of mindfulness; exploring mindfulness of hearing as a way to cultivate relaxed receptivity

Practising mindfulness of sounds, settling back and receiving the experience of hearing (includes occasional bell sounds)

Short instructions and guided walking meditation, for the whole group walking in a circle together

Just five minutes to prractice mindfulness of the body, breathing

Just ten minutes to strengthen mindfulness of the body sitting, as a support for mindfulness of breathing