This training session uses creative exercises and mindfulness meditation to introduce participants to the nature of mind and perception.
No artistic ability is necessary for this workshop as engaging in the process is what brings participants the benefits.

These benefits include a greater understanding of the way the mind works and with that understanding comes the possibility of changing our responses to situations and people that we find difficult or challenging.

Increased ability to focus and pay attention that benefits all areas of our life.

A deeper sense of relaxation and of being ‘in the zone.’

Direct experience of the way our perception of objects changes, which by itself is a revelation, and one that means we have the potential to change the way we see our life and the world around us for the better.

During the training workshop there are a series of exercises, observing and drawing natural objects such as plants and leaves, and short lead periods of mindfulness meditation. Participants record the processes, thoughts and feelings that are happening in their minds during the session, and these notes provide a good record of their experience, insights and the benefits they have experienced. There is a talk covering the background to the session and the nature of mind and perception from the Buddhist and scientific perspectives.

Because we are accessing the right hand side of the brain through the exercise of drawing, we are also developing our awareness, creativity and capacity for ‘blue sky thinking,’ or ‘thinking outside of the box.’

Comments from participants of this Perception Workshop delivered at Accenture, a consultancy company, as part of their Creative Engagement sessions.

“I really enjoyed the Creative Engagement session, it was useful, interesting and fun!”

“I loved the drawing exercise! Last Friday evening I was showing it to some friends at the pub. I was very proud of the evolution between the three steps thanks to the meditation. I have talked about the event to several people outside the Accenture context, since I found it very interesting and I would be delighted to attend another event like that”

“The session was interesting, well designed, refreshing, useful.”