With
great respect and love
I welcome you with all my heart
to deeper mindfulness,
a more fulfilling way to live your life.
Do you want to find ways to be more mindful
of what you do, how you think, how you feel? Are drawn to the spiritual, personal, social and emotional dimensions of life? I can help you deepen your awareness of these things.
My
name is Nick Owen. I have practiced and taught personal development, psychotherapy and
counselling for 40 years in London and Oxford. Now, as I grow older,
I want to share some of the wisdom I have gained on my path with a
much wider world.
In
the past I have worked with individuals face to face, but I have also
worked with groups as small as three people and as large as a
thousand at National and International conferences. There
have been many important influences on my therapeutic work, but the
most important of these and the one I draw upon most in teaching a
deeper mindfulness is Swami Muktananda, an enlightened master in the
Siddha tradition, who is often described as the guru’s guru. However, if
you are not keen on mystic father figures, you may be relieved to
know that my teaching draws on many sources, East and West, and
provides a personal integration of many wisdom teachings, both
ancient and modern.
You
may have heard about mindfulness. Maybe you already read a book or
took a course on it. My aim is to take you deeper into it. You don’t
need to go to a monastery. You don’t need to become an ascetic. You
will learn about the values of compassion and respectfulness for yourself and others and a
belief in a deeper nature within you, towards which I hope you
aspire. Most
of all I want to help you change your mind and let go of the bad habits and tricks that the mind plays.
My
courses will cover different areas of life, working, resting,
meditating, walking in nature, as well as being creative in poetry and picture
making.
