| Status: | Active, open to new members |
| Leader: | |
| When: | On Monday mornings 10:30-12:00 Normally first and third Monday of month but check dates |
| Venue: | K.U.S.I., Kirkcaldy |
| Cost: | £1 |
Meditation and Mindfulness is a Fife U3A group held on the first and third Monday morning of the month from 10.30 to 12 noon in the small front room at the KUSI club - a quiet space and time.
Mindfulness is based on a simple meditation practice originating from Buddhism. It remained relatively unknown in the West until recent times and is entirely secular.
In typical meditation, you focus intently on your breath as it enters and leaves your body. This focus on each breath allows you to observe your thoughts as they emerge and gradually release the struggle with them. You begin to understand that thoughts arise and pass spontaneously; you are not your thoughts. You can observe them materializing in your mind, as if out of nowhere, and then watch as they vanish, like a soap bubble popping. You gain the profound insight that thoughts and emotions, even negative ones, are fleeting. They appear and disappear, and ultimately, you have the choice whether to act on them or not.
Forthcoming events
Groups listed alphabetically
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A Walk in the park
Status: Active
On Thursday mornings 11:00 -
AI Explorers
Status: Active
Monthly on Fridays 14:15
Second Friday of month -
Art Appreciation
Status: Active
On Thursday mornings
3rd Thursday of each month -
Backgammon and Cribbage
Status: Active
Monthly mornings 10:00-12:00
1st Friday and 3rd Monday of the month -
Craft 'n' a Cuppa
Status: Active
Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:30-12:00
1st Tuesday of each month -
Creative Writing Workshop
Status: Waiting list
On Wednesday mornings 10:00-13:00
normally 1st 2nd and 3rd Wednesdays of each month. May change in July and August. -
Current Affairs
Status: Active
On Wednesday mornings 10:30
3rd Wednesday of each month -
Film, Theatre and Concert
Status: Active
Mainly daytime events -
French Conversation
Status: Waiting list
On Tuesday afternoons 14:00
2nd and 4th Tues of the month -
Games
Status: Active
On Friday afternoons 14:00-16:00
3rd Friday of the month -
Garden Visits
Status: Active
As arranged -
Introduction to Creative Writing
Status: Full
On Tuesdays 10:30
Second & last Tuesday of the month. -
Local History
Status: Active
On Monday afternoons 14:00-15:45
2nd Mon of the month -
Lunch Club
Status: Active
On Thursday afternoons
1st Thursday of the month -
Meditation and Mindfulness
Status: Active
On Monday mornings 10:30-12:00
Normally first and third Monday of month but check dates -
Out and About
Status: Active
As arranged -
Park Golf
Status: Active
Monthly on Friday mornings 10:30
4th Friday of the Month -
Qi Gong
Status: Active
On Monday mornings 10:30-12:00
Second and fourth Monday of the month unless advised otherwise. -
Quiz Group
Status: Active
On Friday mornings 11:00
1st Friday of the month -
Reading
Status: Waiting list
On Monday afternoons 14:00
3rd Mon of the month -
Scottish Heritage
Status: Waiting list
On Wednesday afternoons
3rd Wednesday -
Scottish Heritage 2
Status: Waiting list
On Tuesdays
Third Tuesday of the month -
Scottish History
Status: Active
On Monday afternoons
1st Monday of the month -
Short Walks
Status: Active
Weekly on Thursday mornings 10:30 -
Tenpin Bowling
Status: Active
On Wednesday afternoons 13:30
First Wednesday of the month -
Travel Group
Status: Active
On Thursdays
2nd Thurs of the month as arranged -
Walking
Status: Active
On Wednesdays
2nd Wednesday of the month -
What the Papers Say
Status: Active
On Wednesday mornings 10:30-12:30
Last Wed of each month -
Writing for Fun
Status: Active
Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:30-12:30
Fourth Wednesday in the month.