Weekly Meeting: The Three Antidotes To Self-Criticism & Harsh Self-Judgement

In our online Thursday night meeting this week we'll be devoting the whole evening to an in-depth exploration of the ways in which we can liberate ourselves from the oppressive tyranny of our "inner-critc"—and thereby free ourselves from the emotional pain and bad feelings that arises from harsh self judgement and excessive, self-critical, negative thinking.

In the course of the meeting we'll be looking at how our automatic thought patterns can work in ways that serve to diminish us, hold us back in life, and even harm us, and we'll learn about the powerfully effective techniques offered by Mindfulness that can bring about a swift change in the way we perceive ourselves (and others) - so liberating us from the emotional pain, distress and tendency to behave in self-limiting ways that often arises from severely self-critical thinking.

During the meeting we'll hear tips, advice, teaching and powerful insights from Jack Kornfield (a celebrated Psychotherapist and a trained Buddhist monk), Sharon Salzberg (a distinguished Mindfulness and meditation teacher), and the leading contemporary teacher of meditation, Eckhart Tolle. We'll also explore three key strategies for "taming the inner critic", learning some meditation-based practices that can be used to reduce our tendency to be self-critical and self-judgemental—practices that we can then take away and begin to use immediately in our everyday lives.

As the evening unfolds Jack, Sharon and Eckhart will all share their wisdom and expertise with us in some short but powerful (and empowering) pieces of video teaching, and the evening will be hosted, as usual, by Shaun Glossop (our group leader, who is a noted local Mindfulness teacher and a highly experienced meditation practitioner). Shaun will guide us thorough the night's topic in a grounded, practical and easy-to-understand way.

In addition, the meeting will, of course, also include some other periods of blissful and relaxing guided meditation.

So join us ONLINE this Thursday for a great evening of Mindfulness...

– There is a modest, flexible admission/registration fee for this meeting. (You can pay any amount you choose from £3 to £7)
– To get the Zoom link (or to register for the recording) just RSVP to this event here on [MeetUp.com](https://www.meetup.com/nottm-mindfulness-grp/events/316097690/?eventOrigin=group_upcoming_events).

You will then receive a secure PayPal link to pre-pay your admission (you can pay any amount you choose from £3 to £7).
Important Note: after you've paid your admission you will be sent the Zoom link for this week's meeting. (A different link will follow later on, sometime after the live meeting, to access the video recording.) Both links will usually be sent by email to the inbox associated with your PayPal transaction (although you may also receive them as a DM through [MeetUp.com](https://www.meetup.com/nottm-mindfulness-grp/events/316097690/?eventOrigin=group_upcoming_events).

Please allow a little time for the first Zoom link to arrive, as we are a tiny organisation and this process is not automated—it won't necessarily happen immediately and it may take a couple of hours or so (or longer if it’s outside office hours).