Insight Meditation, Nottingham
Jake teaches Insight Meditation, which is a practice that can deepen our potential to live with wisdom, kindness and compassion. The practice is derived from the Buddhist tradition and is accessible and appropriate for people of any religious affiliation or none. Insight Meditation is the traditional inspiration behind contemporary mindfulness-based therapies and methods.
Insight Meditation is the traditional inspiration behind contemporary mindfulness-based therapies and methods
In 2002, Jake completed a ten-week residential course at Sharpham College in Devon, taught by Stephen and Martine Batchelor, Gay Watson and John Peacock. The following year he sat a three-month silent retreat at Gaia House and was guided through this by Christina Feldman, Bhante Bodhidhamma and Yanai Postelnik.
From 2005-2008, Jake trained as a Dharma Teacher with Christina Feldman. This training included several longer retreats at Gaia House (including six-week and month-long retreats). He began teaching at Gaia House in February 2007 and went on to teach several retreats at Gaia House and daylong retreats around the country (Sheffield, Manchester, Oxford, London, Mid-Wales and Brighton). Since 2012, he has also begun to teach eight-week Mindfulness courses in Nottingham. He has completed teacher trainings at Bangor University (TTR 1 and 2) and trained with Enter Mindfulness in London.
Meditation offers a way to live with deeper wisdom, compassion, peace and joy and I love to share what it offers with others.
For all of the details of my mindfulness courses in Nottingham see nottinghammindfulness.com
I also teach at a Nottingham Insight Meditation sitting group every Tuesday from 5-6.30. Please get in contact using the form on this website for more details.
My next retreat at Gaia House is in December with Zohar Lavie from December 3rd to 5th.
Next year, I’ll be teaching again with Sheffield Insight, Oxford Gaia House Retreats and London Insight Meditation. Dates will be published later in the year.
A New Centre for Yoga, Meditation and Mindfulness in Nottingham
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXfXw_ZyGX8
What is Mindfulness?
Loving Kindness Meditation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jkp2MRfXe4&list=TL2wLfqqjoC8c
World Yoga Day
All of the talks I’ve given at Gaia House are on Dharmaseed. It is an excellent site that gives you access to talks by many Insight Meditation teachers, including Christina Feldman who trained me. You can search for talks by theme or by teacher.
Some of my more recent talks given in Nottingham are on Soundcloud.
Here are some of my older talks.
Equanimity- given in Cumbria – Feb 2011
Truthfulness – given in Finland – October 2010
Equanimity – given in Finland – October 2010
Mindfulness – given in Manchester – 28th November 2010
Right Action – given in Sheffield – 16th November 2010
Right Intention – given in Sheffield – 9th November 2010
Right View – given in Sheffield – 2nd November 2010
Seeing Clearly and Acting Wisely – given at Gaia House
Social and political engagement: refugees and the referendum
There is a long established tradition of ‘Engaged Buddhism’ and in my own practice I’ve been reflecting on social and political issues more over the last year or so. As part of this process, I made a short film about the experiences of refugees and asylum seekers in Bradford and gave a talk about some […]
Psychological reflections on meditation
One of the most interesting areas of connection between Buddhist practice and Western culture is the dialogue with psychology and psychotherapy. Barry Magid and Tara Brach are two teachers who have made particularly interesting contributions to this conversation. In a series of talks this autumn I am reflecting on their work.
Radio 2 Interview – Good Morning Sunday
This week I was interviewed by Claire Balding on Radio 2’s programme Good Morning Sunday. We spoke about mindfulness, retreats and responses to the recent attacks. I was also able to give a brief reflection on compassion.
All Party Parliamentary Report on Mindfulness – BBC Breakfast
The All Party Parliamentary Report has been published with recommendations for mindfulness in healthcare, education, the criminal justice system and the workplace. Our studio was featured in a piece on BBC breakfast publicising the report. You can read the full report here.
How has mindfulness helped?
There is lots of scientific research explaining the various ways in which mindfulness practice helps. It’s also lovely to hear personal accounts of how practice has helped people. Three people who’ve been to my classes in Nottingham say more about the benefits of their mindfulness practice.
How does mindfulness help with stress?
I recently spoke to my friend and fellow mindfulness teacher Dr Karen Neil about how mindfulness helps us with stress. She trained as a Pharamcist before becoming a Mindfulness Teacher. We discussed the bodily changes that come with stress, and how it affects our thinking and our performance.
Jake is based in Nottingham.
