Life with Full Attention (July 2026)

A practical course in mindfulness offered approximately fortnightly over 8 sessions suitable for anyone aged 18 or over.

We are offering this 8-week (approximately fortnightly) course based on Maitreyabhandu's book, ‘Life with Full Attention: A Practical Course in Mindfulness’.

We often feel like we’re not living life to the full. It’s as if instead of directly experiencing life we’re lost in a cacophony of thought, anxiety and chaos.

Increasingly people are turning to mindfulness for help with this. However, the Buddha’s mindfulness teachings are far more than a way of coping with the stress of the modern world. They are a direct way of seeing deeply into the truth of life and living from that.

On this course you’ll learn, in a step-by-step way, how to practise the Buddha’s four fundamental dimensions of mindfulness, as well as how to apply them to the life you’re actually living.  A chart providing an overview of the course content is available to download here.

These eight weeks (fortnightly) will start on the 14th July 2026.  Dates for the sessions are in the programme  below. The course is suitable for interested beginners and is an open offer to regulars wanting to deepen their practice.  The course has an accompanying book which can be used alongside the in person sessions. Second-hand copies of the book are available at low cost from various popular second-hand book websites, should you wish to purchase a copy to accompany the course.  There is also a free companion app for mobile phones, available from the Apple and Google app stores.

• Interested beginners, please book using the ‘Book Now’ button at the bottom of this page.
• Regular sangha members, please email (info@forthvalleybuddhist.com) or let one of the team know if you will be attending the course.  

Suggested donation per session between £5.00 - £15.00, whatever feels right for you. We rely on the community to keep the doors open. We're glad to have you all here no matter your budget. You are also warmly welcome to attend our regular weekly Tuesday evening Sangha nights before, after, and during the course.

Programme