Mindfulness Practices
Whether you are new to mindfulness practice, or have taken a course already and wish to maintain or reignite your practice while connecting with others, there are a number of options available to you.
Getting started
Mindfulness is not a quick fix, something that you pick up and drop when you’ve finished it: it is a way of being, rather than an activity. As with any new skill, there are great advantages to learning and practising mindfulness with others and with the support of a trained and experienced teacher. Learning on a course is largely through experience and it includes both formal practices (teacher-led meditations) and guidance on how to integrate mindfulness into your everyday life after the course is over.
Drop-in Sessions
Many MTAI teachers offer live drop-in sessions, where you can join when the time is right. Here is a link to a list of teachers who offer drop-in sessions.
Most MBSR courses run by members also include follow-up access to recurring one day retreats.
Recorded Meditations
A number of meditations that you can follow along with are available from our YouTube account. Use the playlist categories to find the length of meditation you are looking for.
Regular communities where you can join a meditation practice online or in-person
The Mindfulness Centre
The Mindfulness Centre runs a weekly half hour meditation every Monday night at 7 p.m. Scroll to the bottom of the home page to sign up. All are welcome.
Mondays 7 - 7:30 pm
Online
The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary runs community online meditations three times a week and two in person sessions. There is a sign-up form to join and a recommended donation, and all are welcome.
Multiple days per week, various times
Online and In-Person
Dzogchen Beara
Dzogchen Beara the Buddhist retreat centre in West Cork offers guided meditations at 9.15 am on Tuesday and Thursday mornings with one of their experienced teachers.
Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:15 - 10 am
Online
Dublin Buddhist Centre
These events are suitable for those who already have a regular meditation practice and want to continue to do so in a supportive environment with other meditators. There is no requirement to book in advance, just turn up.
Multiple days per week, multiple times per day
Online and In Person
If you have any suggestions to add to this list of free in person or online meditations please send your suggestions to info@mtai.ie
Apps
Once you have established your own mindfulness practice, there are many apps available to support regular practice. While the apps available vary in price and offering, we recommend the Insight Timer App as it includes many free meditations, including ones guided by our members, which can complement your practice within a group in any of the above supportive communities.
Insight Timer
Main Features
There are many freely accessible meditations and yoga practices on this app. But for more advanced features there is a premium membership fee. Insight Timer earned 5 out of 5 stars in the “Variety of Meditations & Volume of Content” category on our scoring criteria for meditation apps.
A review by Choosing therapy is available.
Pricing
Free plan available, for the premium subscription – €45 per annum, which works out at €3.75 a month.