Mindfulness Training with Gelong Thubten | #HenleyAfrica
Wed Sep 12, 08:30 - Thu Sep 13, 19:30
Henley Business School - Africa
ABOUT
Join renowned spiritual guide, Gelong Thubten, for an intensive session of self-discovery in mindfulness, mental focus and emotional balance.
Gelong Thubten (Gelong is a title meaning ‘monk’, and Thubten is his name), has been teaching mindfulness meditation in the corporate world for more than 20 years, and is a world leader in the field.
Thubten specialises in teaching mindfulness meditation internationally, in businesses, hospitals, schools, universities, prisons and addiction counselling centres. He works with major clients such as Google, LinkedIn, Lloyds Bank, Deutsche Bank, Siemens, Accenture and Clifford Chance. His work is often featured in the media, and he is well known for bringing mindfulness into the workplace, teaching people how to integrate it into their busy lives.
He explains the benefits of mindfulness in terms of:
- Stress reduction
- Increasing mental focus
- Developing greater emotional intelligence and balance
- Increasing memory function
- Developing better motivation
- Compassion training
- Transforming difficult relationships
The funds from his work go to charity, to build mindfulness training centres and retreats which benefit many people. He is the director of three such centres in the UK.
Thubten was the meditation consultant on the set of Marvel's movie, Dr. Strange, where he trained Benedict Cumberbatch and Tilda Swinton in meditation techniques while they were filming.
The workshop consists of talks, discussion and guided meditation and includes refreshments.