Booking required for workshops onlyFor further information on
topics and speakers, visit: www.globalretreatcentre.org
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fourweek course includes the philosophy behind meditation,
guided meditation commentaries as well as simple exercises, tips
and techniques to enhance the skill of meditation. No physical
exercises, postures or mantras involved.
A course of four consecutive weeks, one session per week,7.30
9.00pm starting on the following dates:
Wednesday 3 July
Monday 5 August
Wednesday 4 September
Monday 7 October
Booking essential
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Open to everyone wanting to deepen their meditation experiences.
Guidance and simple exercises to enable us to access our inner
peace and strength.
Thursdays 7.30 8.30pm4 and 18 July1 and 22 August5 and 19
September3, 17 and 31 OctoberBooking not required
This seminar aims to explore the different forms of anger and
what lies beneath them, so that we can learn to break free from
negative feelings and experience our most natural state of being:
peace.
A twopart seminar : 2.00 5.30pm
Part 1 Saturday 31 August
Part 2 Saturday 7 September
Booking essential
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You are what you think! This simple but accurate statement
indicates that what we say what we do and what we feel all have
their origin in the mind. This seminar explores the power and
influence of thought and the impact of positive attitudes in
practical life.
A twopart seminar: 2.00 5.30pmPart 1 Sunday 22 SeptemberPart 2
Sunday 29 SeptemberBooking essentialwww.globalretreatcentre.org
Is stress getting to you? This seminar aims to unveil some of
the illusions about stress and reveal how to change stress into a
messenger that guides us back to a state of balance.
A twopart seminar: 2.00 5.30pm
Part 1 Saturday 5 October
Part 2 Saturday 12 October
Booking essential
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No matter how successful we may be, almost all of us could do
with a self esteem boost. This seminar aims to remind us of our
core values, that is, our own innate value, so that we can face
life confidently and peacefully.
A twopart seminar: 2.00 5.30pm
Part 1 Sunday 27 October
Part 2 Sunday 3 November
Booking essential
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These popular retreats are an ideal way to find out about the
basics of meditation and explore practical spirituality in daily
life. They provide an opportunity to enjoy seminars led by
experienced meditation teachers and to spend time in the tranquil
environment of the Global Retreat Centre and grounds.
Saturdays or Sundays
10.00am 4.30pm
Saturday 20 July
Saturday 24 August
Sunday 8 September
Saturday 21 September
Sunday 6 October
Saturday 19 October
Booking essential
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Addiction. (Talk) Thursday 11 July7.30 9.00pm
Harmony of the Sexes.(Conversation)Thursday 25 July7.30
9.00pm
Who Says Just Because Im not on the Cover of a Magazine Im Not
Beautiful?(Talk)Thursday 8 August7.30 9.00pm
How Do You Reinvent Yourself?From Spike to Mike. (Talk)Thursday
29 August7.30 9.00pm
Pain is Mandatory, Suffering is Optional. (Talk) Thursday 12
September7.30 9.00pm
Need or Greed a Spiritual Perspective on Materialism.
(Talk)Thursday 26 September7.30 9.00pm
Death. Is there a Journey Beyond?(Conversation) Thursday 10
October7.30 9.00pm
Looking Good Syndrome.Is there a Cure? (Conversation)Thursday 24
October7.30 9.00pm
Who Really Makes theChoices in My Life?Sunday 21 July2.00
5.30pm
The Art of True Communication Listening with a Spiritual
Perspective.Sunday 25 August2.00 5.30pm Wisdom and Technology
Collision or Co-existence?Sunday 15 September2.00 5.30pm
How to Jump-start My Life Overcoming Boredom. Sunday 20
October2.00 5.30pm
An international centre for personal growth, administered by the
Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University (UK), the Global Retreat
Centre is a stately home standing in 55 acres of beautiful,
landscaped grounds, overlooking the River Thames.
The Retreat Centre provides a supportive atmosphere to people of
all backgrounds wishing to explore the possibilities of personal
development.
The University is part of a worldwide network of over 8,500
centres in more than 100 countries, the first of which was founded
in India in the 1930s. BKWSU (UK) was established as a charity in
1975 and is funded by voluntary contributions.
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InsightsAddiction (Talk) Meditation InsightsOne Day Retreat Who
Really Makes the Choices in My Life? (Workshop) Harmony of the
Sexes (Conversation)
Meditation InsightsIntroduction to Raja Yoga MeditationWho Says
Just Because Im not on the Cover of a Magazine Im Not Beautiful?
(Talk) Meditation InsightsOne Day Retreat The Art of True
Communication Listening with a SpiritualPerspective (Workshop)How
Do You Reinvent Yourself? From Spike to Mike (Talk)Overcoming Anger
(Part 1)
Introduction to Raja Yoga Meditation Meditation Insights
Overcoming Anger (Part 2)One Day RetreatPain is Mandatory,
Suffering is Optional (Talk) Wisdom and Technology Collision or
Co-existence? (Workshop) Meditation Insights One Day
RetreatPositive Thinking (Part 1)Need or Greed a Spiritual
Perspective on Materialism (Talk)Positive Thinking (Part 2)
Meditation Insights StressFree Living (Part 1)One Day
RetreatIntroduction to Raja Yoga Meditation Death. Is there a
Journey Beyond? (Conversation) Stress-Free Living (Part 2)
Meditation Insights One Day Retreat How to Jumpstart My Life
Overcoming Boredom (Workshop) Looking Good Syndrome. Is there a
Cure? (Conversation) Self Esteem (Part 1, Part 2 the following
week) Meditation Insights
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