Pain, Pleasure & Beyond: practising with how it feels

All experiences – whether sensory, mental, emotional – are either pleasant, unpleasant or neutral. This pleasure-pain spectrum, called feeling tone or tonality (vedanā), became central in the Buddha’s teaching.

Feeling tone guides our attention, behaviour, reactive patterns… But we can learn to relate to it more spaciously and mindfully, so that instead of being the source of clinging, aversion or distraction, it becomes a source of joy, compassion and wisdom.

This daylong retreat will include enquiry, meditation and talks, exploring how to practice with feeling tones in our meditation and our daily lives.

The schedule will be relaxed and include Dhamma reflections, guided meditations and an opportunity for Q&A. The retreat is open to all levels of meditational experience.

Bernat Font Clos

Bernat Font-Clos met the dharma at a very young age and has practiced in Europe, India and Myanmar, gradually putting aside his artistic career. He has recently completed his dharma teacher training with the Bodhi College and is doing a PhD in Buddhist Studies at the University of Bristol.

He guides a small sangha in his native Barcelona, teaches in Spanish for the Oxford Mindfulness Centre, and co-leads LGBTQIA+ retreats and events at Gaia House.

Venue:

In Person at Glenfrome Primary School, Cottisford Road, Bristol, Avon, BS5 6TY

The day is run by Bristol Insight Meditation from 10-5 . You can arrive as from 9.30 to have a bit of time to settle in before we start at 10am.

So please bring the following items with you on the day:

• a yoga mat,
• cushions and blankets so you can be comfortable for the day.
• Packed lunch
• Mask

Booking is £15 waged and £7.50 unwaged (plus booking fee). This covers the admin fees and hall hire. There will be an opportunity to offer dana as a donation on the day.

You can book on Eventbrite here

For more information about our day retreats generally, please visit our ‘General information and
practicalities’ page on our website.