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I am no longer taking new private clients - my NHS and North Kent Mind work keeps me busy enough.  But if you have seen me before and want a top-up I'm sure I can squeeze you in.

 Events coming up:

1. Another sesshin (residential Zen retreat) at Micklepage (in Nuthurst, near Horsham) in May (24th-28th 2023), called 'Letting Zen Flow Through You' which will include lots of zazen (zen meditation), kinhin (walking meditation), teishos (Dharma talks) and dokusan (1:1 interviews with the teacher), but also a big mind and a chi gong session each day.  For more details or to book, contact Ine van Dooren i.vandooren@posteo.net 

2. A mindfulness course is planned for after Easter 2023 - eight sessions based on the Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) format.  Get in touch if interested via this website (contact form).

THE HOVE ZEN & MINDFULNESS SANGHA is now renamed as BOUNDLESS HOVE ZEN SANGHA, and meets on Tuesdays, in person or online (7.15-8.45pm).   The current schedule is Big Mind on the first Tuesday, dokusan (individual interviews) on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month, and teishos (Dharma talks) on the third Tuesday of the month.

We are part of the Wild Goose Zen Sangha (www.wildgoosesangha.org) which is part of the White Plum Asanga, the lineage from Taizan Maezumi Roshi.

Chi Gong is in Stoneham park if fine... 9.30-10.30 on Friday mornings, donations

Dheeresh's books

Dheeresh's  books are currently out of print (I'm working on it) but the CBT-Pot is sometimes available 2nd hand on Amazon:

'The CBT-Pot: Learning to Play Your Mind' (Penpress 2013).

'The Mindfulness Handbook: Learning to Play Your Mind II' (Penpress 2014).  Anyone needing reprints of this contact me directly.

Also available: 'Clinical Mindfulness, Meta-Perspective & True Nature' in 'After Mindfulness: New Perspectives on Psychology and Meditation' (ed. Manu Bazzano - Palgrave MacMillan, 2014)

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0775 8574567

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Dheeresh Turnbull B.A., M.Litt., PGCE, Dip CT, BABCP accredited

a.k.a. Shinkai Sensei

dervish.terminal@gmail.com