Meditation & Daily Life
included in your membership
Weekly classes @ Cradley Heath
Class details
🎟️ £0 included in your membership - no need to book, just turn up
📆 Sundays, 7:30pm - 8:45pm with Gen Kelsang Khechog
📆 Fridays, 11am - 12:15pm with Harnack Sahota
Upcoming Break: No classes on Sundays, 19th Jul - 23rd Aug - New series starts Sunday, 30th August
Meditation practice for real 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.
Benefits include:
Practising simple relaxation and concentration meditations you can use straight away.
Becoming more familiar with your own mental habits and patterns in daily situations.
Building inner resilience and emotional balance through practical Buddhist wisdom.
Questions?
Upcoming Topics
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Learn practical methods to quiet mental loops and create more clarity, using simple Buddhist teachings and guided meditations. This series of classes will help you step back from overthinking and approach each day with more calm and confidence.
From May 31st: Staying Calm When Things Go Wrong
Learn how patient acceptance helps you remain calm and balanced when situations don’t unfold the way you expect.From June 7th: Finding Space Within
Discover how patience creates inner space around problems, helping you respond thoughtfully instead of being overwhelmed.From June 14th: Being Present, Peaceful & Positive
Explore what lies at the heart of being present by understanding the relationship between mind and experience. Learn how a peaceful, settled mind gives rise to a more positive way of seeing the world, allowing you to appreciate the moment without being led by it.From June 21st: Calm in Daily Life
Learn how to carry mental clarity into everyday situations, responding with peaceful confidence instead of being driven by over analysis.From June 28th: Next topic starts, see July
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Patience is not weakness or passive resignation. It is the inner strength that frees us from anger, resentment and frustration. Learning the meditative art of patient acceptance creates a calm, clear space within the mind, a place where problems lose their power and peace naturally grows. As we become more patient, we find greater joy in our relationships, greater resilience in the face of difficulties, and a deeper sense of inner freedom.
From June 28th: Why We Get Angry
When we can see the stages by which anger arises we will be able to intervene before it harms us. Empower yourself with Buddha's scientific explanation of anger and learn meditations to take what you've learned to heart.From July 5th: The Faults of Anger
Anger promises strength but leaves us disturbed, unhappy and disconnected from others. The contemplations and meditations in this class will help you to see anger for what it is and so take away its power.From July 12th: Learning to Accept Suffering
Pain, disappointment and hardship are unavoidable parts of life, but, with practice and support, suffering need not overwhelm us. Enjoy guided meditations which deepen your experience of this truth.
Questions?
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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.