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SCHEDULE OF TALKS/ COURSES
(Piya Tan's Talk)
YEAR 2011

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JANUARY - MARCH PROGRAMMES

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(1) MEDITATION FOR THE YOUNG (9-13 years old)
BENEFITS:
  • * Mind and body relaxation
  • * Mental calmness & clarity
  • * Increase attention span
  • * Improve memory
  • * Build positive emotion
  • * Increase confidence

    Meditation for the Young
    Date: 24 Feb & 3 Mar 2011 (Thu)
    Time: 7.30 - 8.30 pm
    Fee: $60.00
    Instructor: Ratna Lim
    For course details & registration: http://themindingcentre.org/wp/meditation-for-the-young-9-13/

    (2) BEGINNERS' MEDITATION COURSE for adults [non-religious]
    Small and effective class.
    Limited places, please sign up early!

    BENEFITS OF MEDITATION:
  • * Relax,
  • * De-stress,
  • * Deep rest,
  • * Improve sleep quality,
  • * Increase attention span,
  • * Get well faster,
  • * Be happy and age healthily.

    Beginners' Meditation
    Intake 59: Feb 12, 19, 26 (Sat; 7.00 - 9.00 pm)
    Intake 60: Mar 11, 18, 25 (Fri; 7.30 - 9.30 pm)
    Meditation therapist: Piya Tan
    Course fee: $90.00 per intake
    For registration & details: http://themindingcentre.org/wp/beginners-meditation-course/

    (3) Intermediate Meditation (Non-religious)
    Further training for those who have attended the Beginners’ Meditation Course. Help make your meditation more interesting, joyful and efficacious.

    Course contents:
  • Breath meditation (further)
  • Lovingkindness with elements
  • Focuses of mindfulness
  • The 4-element meditation
  • Body meditation with elements
  • Meditation on feelings
  • Perception of space and light

    Intermediate Meditation
    Intake 16: Feb 25 & Mar 4 (Fri; 7.30 - 9.30 pm)
    Course fee: $ 90.00
    Instructor: Piya Tan
    For course details and registration, please browse: http://themindingcentre.org/wp/intermediate-meditation-course/ or call Ratna at hp 8211 0879.

    (4) Psychology of Death & Living (Strategies for life, death and rebirth)
    Plants die, but they re-arise from seeds, cuttings, roots, leaves, and other parts. Human with even higher consciousness, surely, is capable of rebirth and spiritual evolution. Let us find out how.
    Intake 8: Mar 5, 12, 19, 26 (Saturday)
    Time: 7.00 - 9.00 pm
    Venue: The Minding Centre
    Instructor: Piya Tan
    Fees: $120 (incl coursebook)

    Course highlights:
  • * "The Last Breath", the last moments of a death row inmate
  • * The last 48 hours of life
  • * The 4 tasks of grief
  • * Understand what life really is
  • * What happens when we die?
  • * How to "transfer" merit to the dead
  • * The 12 links of life, death, and rebirth
  • * Is rebirth immediate or takes 49 days?
  • * Gods, demons and ghosts: do they exist?
  • * How not to fear death and dying
  • * The Tibetan Book of the Dead
    For course details and registration, please browse: http://themindingcentre.org/wp/psychology-of-death-living-forthcoming/ or call Ratna at hp 8211 0879.

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    APRIL -JUNE PROGRAMMES

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    (1) BASIC MEDITATION COURSE (NEW) [Chinese / non-religious]
    Dates: Apr 7,14, 28 (Thu; 7.30 - 9.30 pm)
    Instructor: Ratna Lim
    Course fee: $90.00 per intake
    For registration & details: http://themindingcentre.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/BMC-Mandarin-1104.pdf

    (2) BEGINNERS' MEDITATION COURSE [English / non-religious]
    Small and effective class. Limited places, please sign up early!

    BENEFITS OF MEDITATION:
  • * Relax,
  • * De-stress,
  • * Deep rest,
  • * Improve sleep quality,
  • * Increase attention span,
  • * Get well faster,
  • * Be happy and age healthily.
    Beginners' Meditaion (English)
    Intake 60: Mar 18, 25; Apr 1 (Fri; 7.30 - 9.30 pm)
    Intake 61: Apr 8, 15, 29 (Fri; 7.30 - 9.30 pm)
    Instructor: Piya Tan
    Course fee: $90.00 per intake
    For registration & details: http://themindingcentre.org/wp/beginners-meditation-course/

    (3) PSYCHOLOGY OF DEATH & LIVING (Strategies for life, death and rebirth)
    Plants die, but they re-arise from seeds, cuttings, roots, leaves, and other parts. Human with even higher consciousness, surely, is capable of rebirth and spiritual evolution. Let us find out how.

    Intake 8: May 6 13 20 27(Friday)
    Time: 7.30 - 9.30 pm
    Venue: The Minding Centre
    Instructor: Piya Tan
    Fees: $120 (incl coursebook)
    Course highlights:
  • * "The Last Breath", the last moments of a death row inmate
  • * The last 48 hours of life
  • * The 4 tasks of grief
  • * Understand what life really is
  • * What happens when we die?
  • * How to "transfer" merit to the dead
  • * The 12 links of life, death, and rebirth
  • * Is rebirth immediate or takes 49 days?
  • * Gods, demons and ghosts: do they exist?
  • * How not to fear death and dying
  • * The Tibetan Book of the Dead

    For course details and registration, please browse: http://themindingcentre.org/wp/psychology-of-death-living-forthcoming/ or call Ratna at hp 8211 0879.

    (4) BEGINNERS' MEDITATION COURSE [non-religious]
    Small and effective class.
    Limited places, please sign up early!

    Intake 62: May 7, 14, 21 (Sat; 7.00 - 9.00 pm)
    Instructor: Piya Tan
    Course fee: $90.00 per intake

    For registration & details: http://themindingcentre.org/wp/beginners-meditation-course/

    BENEFITS OF MEDITATION:
  • * Relax,
  • * De-stress,
  • * Deep rest,
  • * Improve sleep quality,
  • * Increase attention span,
  • * Get well faster,
  • * Be happy and age healthily.


    (5) BUDDHIST PSYCHOLOGY COURSE
    Mind, consciousness, emotional resilience & wellness
    (A non-religious exploration with Piya Tan)

    "I enjoy teaching Buddhist Psychology most" (Piya Tan)


    COURSE SUMMARY:
  • Healing yourself (How problems arise and the best way to end them)
  • The conscious body (The nature of body and mind)
  • The unconscious (Are we really in control of ourselves?)
  • Minding the mind (How meditation helps)
  • The art of loving (A psychology of emotions and communication)
  • Brain or mind? (Is the mind in the brain or much bigger than it?)
  • Don't believe everything you think (How problems are self-created and self-solved)
  • Non-judgement day is here (The power of meditation)
  • The still eye of the storm (How to calm and clear the mind)
  • Ancient wisdom, modern science (A brief survey of Buddhist psychology as used in modern science today).


    RECOMMENDED Self-study: Webcast on “Buddhist Psychology” (Prof Eleanor Rosch) University of California @ Berkeley.


    Intake 11 (BP11): JUN 3, 10, 17, 24 (Fri)
    Fees: $160.00 (with 2 course books)
    Time: 7.30-9.30 pm
    For registration & details: http://themindingcentre.org/wp/buddhist-psychology-course/

    RELATED COURSE


    (6) BEGINNERS' MEDITATION COURSE [non-religious]
    Small and effective class.
    Limited places, please sign up early!


    BENEFITS OF MEDITATION:
  • Relax,
  • De-stress,
  • Deep rest,
  • Improve sleep quality,
  • Increase attention span,
  • Get well faster,
  • Be happy and age healthily.

    Intake 63: JUN 11, 18, 25 (Sat; 7.00 - 9.00 pm)
    Intake 64: JUL 8, 15, 22 (Fri; 7.30 - 9.30 pm)
    Meditation therapist: Piya Tan
    Course fee: $90.00 per intake
    For registration & details: http://themindingcentre.org/wp/beginners-meditation-course/

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    OCTOBER - DECEMBER PROGRAMMES

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    (1) BEGINNERS' MEDITATION COURSE (Non-religious)
    Small-group sessions (5-15 people)


    BENEFITS OF MEDITATION:
  • * Relax
  • * De-stress
  • * Deep rest
  • * Improve sleep quality
  • * Increase attention span
  • * Get well faster
  • * Be happy and age healthily.

    Beginners' Meditation
    Intake 68: Oct 15, 22, 29 (Sat; 7.00 - 9.00 pm)
    Intake 69: Nov 5, 12, 19 (Sat; 7.00 - 9.00 pm)
    Intake 70: Dec 2, 9, 16 (Fri; 7.30 - 9.30 pm)
    Instructor: Piya Tan
    Course fee: $90.00 per intake
    Venue: The Minding Centre@Bukit Timah Shopping Centre (NEW PREMISES)

    For registration & details: http://themindingcentre.org/wp/beginners-meditation-course/

    (2) INTERMEDIATE MEDITATION
    Further training for those who have attended Beginners' Meditation Course. Help to make your meditation more interesting and joyful.
    Course contents:
  • > Breath meditation (further)
  • > Lovingkindness with elements
  • > Focuses of mindfulness
  • > The 4-element meditation
  • > Body meditation with elements
  • > Perception of space and light
  • > Meditation on feelings

    Intake 17: Oct 1 & 8 (Sat; 7.00 pm - 9.00 pm)
    Course fee: $ 90.00 per intake
    Instructor: Piya Tan
    Venue: The Minding Centre@Bukit Timah Shopping Centre (NEW PREMISES)
    For registration & details: http://themindingcentre.org/wp/intermediate-meditation-course/

    (3) PSYCHOLOGY OF DEATH & LIVING (Strategies for life, death and rebirth)
    Plants die, but they re-arise from seeds, cuttings, roots, leaves, and other parts. Human with even higher consciousness, surely, is capable of rebirth and spiritual evolution. Let us find out how.

    Intake 9: 28 Oct; 4, 11, 18 Nov (Friday)
    Time: 7.30 - 9.30 pm
    Venue: The Minding Centre @ Bukit Timah Shopping Centre (NEW PREMISES)
    Instructor: Piya Tan
    Fees: $120 (incl coursebook)
    Course highlights:
  • * "The Last Breath", the last moments of a death row inmate
  • * The last 48 hours of life
  • * The 4 tasks of grief
  • * Understand what life really is
  • * What happens when we die?
  • * How to "transfer" merit to the dead
  • * The 12 links of life, death, and rebirth
  • * Is rebirth immediate or takes 49 days?
  • * Gods, demons and ghosts: do they exist?
  • * How not to fear death and dying
  • * The Tibetan Book of the Dead

    For registration and details: http://themindingcentre.org/wp/psychology-of-death-living-forthcoming/ or call Ratna at hp 8211 0879.

    (4) BUDDHIST PSYCHOLOGY COURSE

    Mind, consciousness, emotional resilience & wellness
    (A non-religious exploration with Piya Tan)

    "I enjoy teaching Buddhist Psychology most" (Piya Tan)


    COURSE SUMMARY:
  • Healing yourself (How problems arise and the best way to end them)
  • The conscious body (The nature of body and mind)
  • The unconscious (Are we really in control of ourselves?)
  • Minding the mind (How meditation helps)
  • The art of loving (A psychology of emotions and communication)
  • Brain or mind? (Is the mind in the brain or much bigger than it?)
  • Don't believe everything you think (How problems are self-created and self-solved)
  • Non-judgement day is here (The power of meditation)
  • The still eye of the storm (How to calm and clear the mind)
  • Ancient wisdom, modern science (A brief survey of Buddhist psychology as used in modern science today).

    RECOMMENDED Self-study: Webcast on "Buddhist Psychology" (Prof Eleanor Rosch) University of California @ Berkeley.
    Intake 12 (BP12): 26 Nov; 3, 10, 17 Dec (Sat)
    Time: 7.00-9.00 pm
    Venue: The Minding Centre @ Bukit Timah Shopping Centre (NEW PREMISES)
    Instructor: Piya Tan
    Fees: $160.00 (with 2 course books)
    For registration & details: http://themindingcentre.org/wp/buddhist-psychology-course/

    The Centre is now located at
    The Minding Centre
    170 Upper Bukit Timah Road
    #11-04 Bukit Timah Shopping Centre,
    Singapore 588179.
    HP: 8211 0879

    Dharmafarer (Sutta) website: http://dharmafarer.googlepages.com
    Meditation courses & therapy: http://themindingcentre.googlepages.com

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