Discover how Buddhist wisdom and meditation can help you understand difficult emotions and respond with kindness, calm and balance.
About this workshop
Difficult emotions are a natural part of life, but we do not have to feel overwhelmed by them.
In this free introductory workshop, we will explore how Buddhist wisdom and meditation can help us:
Understand difficult emotions more clearly
Meet our feelings with awareness and kindness
Respond rather than react
Find greater calm and emotional balance
Develop compassion for ourselves and others
The workshop will include accessible teachings, guided meditation and time for reflection. It is suitable for complete beginners as well as those with meditation experience.
Thursdays, 6.30–8.30pm Starts Thursday 22 October 2026
Bodhi Open Heart Meditation is suitable for both complete beginners and those with meditation experience. The course is held weekly with care by our friendly and experienced meditation instructors.
Would you like to experience more kindness in your life, discover greater inner resilience and feel more emotionally grounded? Open Heart can help you fulfil your potential and connect more meaningfully with others.
During Open Heart, we will explore how to:
Cultivate a stronger sense of kindness and personal wellbeing
Open naturally to meaningful connections with others
Take regular moments to reconnect with the body
Strengthen awareness of feelings as they arise
Offer kindness to ourselves
Radiate kindness to those around us
Get a taster
Experience a taster of the course by attending a Bodhi Meditation Moment introductory workshop exploring how to manage difficult emotions: Book sepperately on Eventbrite:
“It is helping me to stop and feel the inner silence, to calm my mind, to increase my inner power, to connect with my being, to develop more love for myself and others, and to feel unity with others.”
“It has been a wonderful gift to experience the awakening of my heart through awareness and acceptance of what is present in each moment.”
“Infinite gratitude.”
Cost for the nine-week course
Standard: £90 (£10 per session) Concession: £45 Supporter: £120 – for those who would like to help subsidise places for others Under 25s: Free
If cost is a barrier, please email us to register. No one will be turned away because they cannot afford to make a donation.
The teachings are offered freely. Donations help cover the cost of staff, equipment and running our centre.
What you will receive
Nine weekly classes with experienced instructors
Weekly guided meditation recordings
Community support through a WhatsApp group
Additional opportunities for weekly group practice: online on Mondays and Wednesdays, and in person on Tuesdays
Healthy and delicious bites and refreshments from the centre’s Tara Teahouse
Opportunities to deepen your kindness and compassion through other events in our autumn programme
Will Mansfield has practised Buddhism for more than 25 years and has been an instructor at the London Rigpa Centre for over 15 years. He finds it deeply rewarding to see how meditation and Buddhist teachings can benefit people’s lives and work together to deepen their sense of self-discovery.
Rosey Hastings
Rosey Hastings has studied and practised Buddhism since the 1980s. She was a schoolteacher for 30 years, working with children and young adults with learning difficulties, particularly dyslexia.
She is passionate about making Buddhism accessible and meaningful to anyone with interest and curiosity, whatever their background, education or preferred style of learning. Rosey supports and teaches on Rigpa UK’s public and sangha programmes.
Carol
Carol has studied Buddhist teachings for more than 30 years and has been an instructor at the London Centre for 25 years, specialising in meditation courses.
She previously worked in IT and as a project manager for a major corporation, leading multicultural teams and enjoying her interaction with others. Having experienced the remarkable benefits of these teachings and practices, her greatest wish is to share them and help people integrate them into their everyday lives.
What is the purpose of the Dharma? Why has the Buddha’s teaching continued to inspire people for over 2,500 years, across cultures and generations? And what does it have to offer us today?
For many, Buddhism is associated with meditation, mindfulness, or compassion. Yet these are only part of a much broader path of understanding and transformation. What is it that the Dharma ultimately points towards? And how does it relate to the way we live our ordinary lives?
In this public talk, Khenpo Tashi explores these timeless questions with the clarity, warmth, and depth for which he is widely appreciated. Whether you are simply curious about Buddhism or have been practising for many years, this evening offers an opportunity to reflect on what the Dharma is, why it matters, and how it can illuminate our lives.
// More about Khenpo Tashi
Khenpo Tashi trained at Namdroling Monastery under the guidance of his root teacher His Holiness Penor Rinpoche. For the past fourteen years, at the request of Khenchen Namdrol Rinpoche, he has served as the principal teacher of the Rigpa Shedra in Pharping, Nepal, where he teaches the classical curriculum of Sutra and Tantra to hundreds of students, from beginners to advanced practitioners. Over the past four years, his online teachings have reached an ever-wider audience within the Rigpa community and beyond.
Widely appreciated for the depth of his learning, the precision and clarity of his explanations, and his ability to make profound teachings genuinely accessible while remaining deeply rooted in the tradition, Khenpo Tashi teaches with a rare combination of scholarship, warmth, and practical insight.
// How to participate
This event will be held in person and online, at our London Centre.
// ZOOM Details for online attendees will be in the eventbrite reminder emails 2 days and 2 hours before the event.
// Cost l
Standard: £25
Concession: £15
Supporter: £35–£40 (for those who’d like to help subsidise others)
Under 25’s: Free
Rigpa UK has a policy of not turning anyone away on financial grounds. Please do contact us at [email protected]if you are unable to make a donation at this time so we can register you.
You can cancel and receive an automatic refund through Eventbrite up to 24 hours before the event.
