Thursday 28 February 2013

Mindfulness in your creative life



We are very pleased to welcome Buddhist teacher and mindfulness practitioner, Vajradaka to the Women's Resilience Centre for a five week course on mindfulness in your creative life.


Week 1, Thursday the 4th of April 
Your inner life determines your outer life
Simple and easy to use mindfulness methods for finding what is important for you
Exploration of what effectively helps you achieve your direction and values
Coming into  a sense of  confidence in your strengths and being effective

Week 2, Thursday the 11th  of April
Have everything going in the same direction
Dealing with distraction and keeping a sense of direction
Entering into a sense of wholeheartedness and motivation
The relationship between discipline and spontaneity

Week 3, Thursday the 18th  of April 
Being engaged and fully present
Dealing creatively with obstacles to decisiveness
Keeping a sense of momentum 
Skills for breaking out of habit

Week 4, Thursday the 25th  of April
The fun/serious dichotomy
Having a big picture of what is in your best interests
Working from your strengths
Enjoying the process of personal development, even when it's hard

Week 5, Thursday the 2nd  of May 
Overcoming expectations and getting real
Understanding what being in a process means
The creative process of being receptive and keeping the initiative
Dealing the double-edged consequences of being successful

Although this course is for women it is led by a man. 

Vajradaka  is an ordained Buddhist who is acclaimed as  one of the most experienced practitioners and teachers of mindfulness and creativity globally. 

Because of his long experience of leading communities and teaching mindfulness  and our own personal perception and experiences  of him as a teacher who is safe and supports the vision of the women's resilience centre, we have invited him to help us seed the vision of our centre to lead this course.



 The Kazuri team.

Saturday 23 February 2013

Change afoot at Unlock


Unlock Update
Executive Director Chris Bath departing

Unlock’s Chair of Trustees Linda Pizani-Williams today announced the departure of Executive Director Chris Bath at the end of February. Chris will take up the role of Chief Executive at another criminal justice charity in March.

Chris said, “After almost 8 years with Unlock it’s a hugely emotional decision to leave. As a team we’ve overcome some significant challenges and shared incredible successes. But I’m proud to leave the charity with a clear strategic plan, stable finances and the promise of support from some fantastic new funders. Unlock has a very exciting future ahead of it.”

Linda Pizani-Williams said, “Chris has transformed Unlock and will be greatly missed. However his departure is a natural fit with the strategy he has developed, which redirects resources away from management to providing direct support to people in need.”

Unlock’s new strategy involves investment in front line staff and an enhanced trustee board led by an Executive Chair. Julie Harmsworth will retain responsibility for HR, finance and fundraising as Director (Operations). Christopher Stacey will lead projects and services as Director (Services).

Sunday 17 February 2013

Warrior Women by Dannyella Glasgow

We're really delighted Dannyella is leading a workshop at  Kazuri's Warrior Women resilience training weekend on March 2 and 3 2013. Here's what she says about her workshop. Have you booked your place yet?

"Unconsciously intimidated by our own potential, I am an avid believer that 'people only do to you what you allow' and that we often keep ourselves imprisoned by our own mental and invisible barriers.

Imagine if you 'Get Out of Your Own way' and created a new set of boundaries that allowed you to tap into the true essence of your being.

For me, Freedom is a state of mind.


Learn tools to share with your client's to help them to 'Get out of Their own Way', tap into and unleash their Warrior Woman."

Dannyella Glasgow

For more information on this transformational weekend with Shazia Mirza, Hannah Foxley and Marion Green and others please see here