Workshop with Martine Batchelor

Inspiration for a daily meditation practice

Time: 22-24 June 2012

Place: Yogamudra Christianshavn, Strandgade 36 D 2nd floor, DK-1401 Copenhagen (map)

Note: Spaces are limited and distributed on a 'first come, first served' basis! All classes are taught in English.

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About the workshop

The focus during this weekend will be:

• Creatively engaging with things as they appear 
• Letting go of habits that are preventing us from this 
• Bringing mindfulness into the situations we meet

In the workshop Martine will give us the possibility to explore what it means to creatively engage in and to let go of; – and mindfulness, what does this expression cover, where does it come from, and how can we work with mindfulness in our daily lives? Questions may arise and will be met by an open, humorous, inspiring, and wise woman.
 

Workshop schedule 
 

Friday, 22 June 2012

• 19:00-21:00 Talk and meditation
  A free talk is given; topics cf. above. The evening is open for everyone interested in meditation.

Saturday-Sunday, 23-24 June 2012

• 10:00-13:00 Talk and meditation
  Talk for 30 minutes, sitting meditation and walking meditation twice for 30 minutes each. The morning ends with a talk for 30 minutes. Topics cf. above.
• 14:00-17:00 Talk and meditation
  Talk for 30 minutes, sitting meditation and walking meditation twice for 30 minutes each. The afternoon ends with questions and answers for 30 minutes. Topics cf. above.

About Martine Batchelor
Martine Batchelor was born in France in 1953. She was ordained as a Buddhist nun in Korea in 1975. She studied Zen Buddhism under the guidance of the late Master Kusan at Songgwang Sa monastery until 1984. Her Zen training also took her to nunneries in Taiwan and Japan. From 1981 she served as Kusan Sunim's interpreter and accompanied him on lecture tours throughout the United States and Europe. She translated his book "The Way of Korean Zen". Following Master Kusan's death she returned her nun's vows and left Korea.

She returned to Europe with her husband, Stephen, in 1985. She was a member of the Sharpham North Community in Devon, England for six years. She worked as a lecturer and spiritual counsellor both at Gaia House and elsewhere in Britain. She was also involved in interfaith dialogue and was a Trustee of the International Sacred Literature Trust until 2000.

In 1992 she published, as co-editor, Buddhism and Ecology. In 1996 she published, as editor, Walking on Lotus Flowers which in 2001 was reissued under the title Women on the Buddhist Path. She is the author of Principles of Zen, Meditation for Life (an illustrated book on meditation), The Path of Compassion (a translation from the Korean, with reference to the original Chinese, of the Brahmajala Sutra, i.e. the Bodhisattva Precepts), Women in Korean Zen, Let Go: A Buddhist Guide to Breaking Free of Habits, and most recently The Spirit of the Buddha.
 

With her husband she co-leads meditation retreats worldwide. They now live in France.
She has written various articles for magazines on the Korean way of tea, Buddhism and women, Buddhism and ecology, Zen cooking and Mindfulness. She is interested in meditation in daily life, Buddhism and social action, religion and women's issues, Zen and its history, factual and legendary.

Enjoy her lazy little guide to enlightenment and read her thoughts on love. Please visit her web site for more information: Martinebatchelor.org.
 

Participants

This workshop is for everybody who would like to establish a daily meditation practise or go deeper into en established meditation practise.

Price and booking

You can choose between the following options:  

1. Full workshop incl. Friday evening, Friday-Sunday: 1,350 DKK (approx. 180 EUR)
2. Weekend workshop excl. Friday evening, Saturday-Sunday: 1,350 DKK
3. Lecture, Friday: FREE for all - to register send an email to - new 'users' must also create a profile via Log in in the menu above

To sign up, click on log in in the menu above, create a profile and/or log in, then go to prices, and book/buy the workshop option that you would like to attend. Your space is secured when we have received your payment.

Accommodation

Hotels, hostels, bed & breakfast and private housing are available all over Copenhagen. Look here for more information. In addition, a few cheap guest rooms in Østerbro are available through one of the workshop participants - write to   if you are interested.

To sign up

Click on log in in the menu above, create a profile and/or log in, then go to prices, and book/buy the workshop option that you would like to attend. Your space is secured when we have received your payment.