Amida News

Groupwork Programme Launched & Buddhist Psychology Website Updated

We sare pleased to announce that David and Caroline Brazier will be running a new training programme in groupwork starting November 2011

We have also been updating the web site at www.buddhistpsychology.info. Please check out our new look site

The Amida Buddhist Centre in France

2008 - 2009 Guide to Retreats and Events in Amida France

Get your own - Open publication

Autumn Issue of The Running Tide

Get your own - Open publication

Pandramatics - Let's Act! 24th May

Pandramatics is an arena for improvising and experimenting with action, dialogue, and ritual, using ordinary things as a springboard for creativity. You don't need experience in acting to take part. It is both serious and fun.

This day workshop will be led by Dharmavidya, in Leicester, UK, see the events homepage or email kaspalita@amidatrust.com

Arts Workshop: Embodying the Spirit

April 12th - 2008 Prasada will be leading a day workshop of relaxation and body awareness
exercises to express feelings about life and spirituality.  It will help us to open ourselves to the creative and the devotional aspects of life.

more information

Book Now for 5th Living Buddhism Conference

Book now to secure a place at the 5th Living Buddhism Conference using the pdf booking form

Highly Stimulating Arts & Culture Presentations

The arts and spirituality week has continued in a remarkably stimulating way and we all feel quite elated with it. Do continue.....

Presentation at De Montfort University

David and Caroline Brazier presented a session as part of the De Montfort University Cultural Exchanges Programme 2008 called "Writing Abour Spirituality in a Secular Age". Caroline read an extract from the manuscipt of the new book that she completed writing this week.

David read some of his poetry. Both talked about the history of their involvement in writing and the influences of spirituality, psychology and the arts on their work. The session was chaired by Kaspalita Thompson.

Prasada's Next Book

Prasada Caroline Brazier returned to The Buddhist House after a week long writing retreat in Yorkshire during which she completed the draft of a new book on the subject of Guilt.

An Active Day of Cultural Critique

We are well into the process of our Cultural Critique week: being and thinking creatively. Yesterday was a stimulating and interesting day – started off with a check-in and discussion about arts and spirituality followed by a presentation on some of the dub poetry by Lynton Kwesi Johnson and Jean Binta Breeze  who we will be going to see tomorrow. In the evening we had a viewing of short films and music video that were used as a springboard for discussions that were both personal and universal - in particular, the themes of the struggling artist and the mystery behind art.