Meditation & Daily Life
Weekly classes in Bewdley
Class details
🎟️ £7.50. Block bookings available. Refreshments included.
📆 Thursdays, 7:30pm - 8:45pm with Gen Kelsang Khechog
Term break - We are on a break from Monday 20th Jul to Friday 28th Aug
📍 The Friends’ Meeting House, Lower Park, Bewdley, DY12 2DP
Watch this video showing the location if attending for the first time.
🚙 There is limited parking at the venue. Redthorne House car park and Gardeners Meadow carparks are close by.
Book your place below or simply pay on arrival
Meditation practice for daily life
Exploring how meditation practice and daily life can work together to support peace, happiness, and resilience. Each class includes clear guidance on how to meditate, with time to practise and deepen familiarity with the techniques.
Rather than seeing busyness as a barrier, you’ll learn how everyday events and challenges can become part of your path to a more peaceful, fulfilling life, using a wide range of meditations from Buddha’s teachings.
These classes help you:
- Practise simple relaxation and concentration meditations you can use straight away.
- Become more familiar with your own mental habits and patterns in daily situations.
- Build inner resilience and emotional balance through practical Buddhist wisdom.
Questions?
Upcoming Topics
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Series Description:
Inner peace isn’t somewhere we arrive all at once. Like any worthwhile journey, meditation involves preparation, patience and guidance from those who've made the journey before.
In this five-week series, discover time-tested ways to make your way along the path to a peaceful mind. Each class will explore a distinct stage, helping you move step by step without pressure or the expectation of quick results. With this clear map of how meditative experience develops, you can relax and enjoy your journey, confident that its inevitable ups and downs are all taking you into a deeper experience of peace.
This is a journey you don’t have to make alone. Our classes are a mix of people just setting out, those already a little way along, and seasoned meditators. Coming from all walks of life, Buddhist and non-Buddhist, you'll find open-minded, down-to-earth companions, happy to share their experience and discuss yours. We hope you can join us.
CLASS 1.
Week beginning: Thursday September 4th
Title: Preparing for Your Journey
Description:
When you make the right preparations, you’ll definitely get where you want to go.Covered in this class:
What does it mean for meditation to be a journey, and where are we headed?
How do we know that meditation works?
How to prepare for success in meditation.
CLASS 2.
Week beginning: Thursday September 11th
Title: Travelling to Your Destination
Description:
No one just ‘arrives’ at their destination out of the blue; travelling takes time and patience.Covered in this class:
How to guide your mind to its object of meditation.
What to do when you get distracted.
What to do when you get tired.
CLASS 3.
Week beginning: Thursday September 18th
Title: Arriving at Your Destination
Description:
There’s a moment in every journey when you put down the map and say, “I’m here.”Covered in this class:
What is meditative concentration, and how is it different from straining?
How do you know when you’ve found your meditation object?
How to stay relaxed when you lose focus.
CLASS 4.
Week beginning: Thursday September 25th
Title: Settling In and Enjoying Peace of Mind
Description:
You’ve found your way to your destination; now it’s time to really relax.Covered in this class:
How to give peaceful energy to your meditation.
How do you know when your meditation’s working?
How to sustain and deepen your meditative experience.
CLASS 5.
Week beginning: Thursday October 1st
Title: Going Native
Description:
Have you ever had a holiday you never wanted to come home from? On your meditation journey, this is possible!Covered in this class:
What does it mean to ‘gain a realisation’ of a meditation?
How to carry your meditative experience with you into daily life.
What to do when you get discouraged.
Booking
- These classes are included in membership
- Block booking discounts available
- Refreshments included
SEPTEMBER BOOKING COMING SOON
Up no later than Sunday 16th August
Questions?
FIND ANSWERS HERE
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Our classes have three parts:
Guided meditation
Every class (except for ‘Friday Night Lectures’) includes a chance to practise meditation. No prior experience is necessary and all the meditations are guided.
Teaching
From Buddha’s teachings, these practical talks help us to solve our daily problems and find peace, happiness and, if we wish, a deeper purpose in our busy lives.
Discussion
A chance to discuss the topic of the talk and meditation with others during the break over refreshments. No one is ever ‘put on the spot’ and asked to talk in a class. The teacher will normally make time for questions, and will be happy to clarify any points during the class too.
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Yes. Courses cover a wide variety of topics from simple stress reduction to profound wisdom teachings, but are always taught in an accessible way such that everyone leaves with some practical insight they can use in daily life.
One exception to this is our monthly ‘Tantra’ class. Please see the Tantra class page for details.
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No. People from all backgrounds attend JLC to find peace according to their own individual needs and wishes. Everybody is welcome.
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No special clothing is needed. Our courses do not include any physical exercise and most people choose to sit on chairs, though cushions are also set out for those who prefer to sit on the floor.
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Other than removing shoes before going in to the meditation room (they can be worn as normal elsewhere) and turning phones off during session, there are no special rules to follow. People are always very pleasantly surprised with just how informal, welcoming and down to earth Jangchub Ling is; you’ll feel right at home in no time.
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Walk-ins are very welcome. You can pay on arrival (cash/card) or book online in advance. Block booking discounts are available.
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Yes. Both our membership tiers give online access to classes.