The Fire Within:
How to Meditate Effectively
4-week Course
4-week meditation course starting from Tuesday 24th November 2026 (7.30pm-9.30pm) at the Nottingham Buddhist Centre.
Open to all levels of experience.
Our courses are designed for all levels of experience—whether you're a newcomer or a regular. Each course offers an opportunity to explore Buddhist practice by engaging with different themes in a practical, accessible way.
Meditation can be much more than a way to relax or quieten the mind. It can help us transform how we experience ourselves, how we relate to others, and how we meet the world.
Inspired by the example of the Buddha, join us for four weeks exploring how meditation can kindle a fire within us: bringing greater awareness, warmth and positive emotion into our lives.
We’ll explore two fundamental Buddhist meditation practices: the Mindfulness of Breathing, which helps us develop calm, clarity and awareness, and the Metta Bhavana, which cultivates loving-kindness and friendship towards ourselves and others. Along the way, we’ll discover how meditation can help us work with challenging emotions, meet the obstacles that arise in practice, and gradually transform our habitual ways of thinking and feeling.
Through guided meditation, reflection and opportunities to share our experiences, we’ll explore how to develop a more effective and meaningful meditation practice, both on and off the cushion.
Whether you’re new to meditation or looking to deepen an existing practice, you’re warmly welcome.
HOW TO BOOK
We run everything at the Nottingham Buddhist Centre on a donation basis - we want our events to be available to everyone, regardless of their financial situation. We ask for a donation at the time of booking if possible, as we’re completely reliant on your generous donations to keep our doors open to all.
We’d suggest a donation of £70/£55/£42 - or whatever amount you can and would enjoy giving.
If you are unable to give even a very small amount, you are still very welcome. Please email info@nottinghambuddhistcentre.org and we'll book you on.
(Please note: any donation made is a donation to the centre and not payment for an event. If for some reason you can’t make the event, you’re warmly welcome to join any other suitable event)
accessibility
We warmly welcome everyone, but unfortunately due to the age of our building and costs to renovate, sadly our space currently has limited accessibility for wheelchair users or those unable to use stairs.
There is a fold out ramp leading to the ground floor entrance, but please note that the shrine room—where many of our courses and events take place—is upstairs and not wheelchair accessible.
Our drop in meditations often take place solely in the downstairs space, but our toilets are unfortunately not wheelchair accessible.
While we don’t have an accessible toilet, there are handrails for support. If you'd like to visit or discuss any specific needs, please reach out and contact us at info@nottinghambuddhistcentre.org. We're happy to offer a tour of the building and will do our best to make your visit as comfortable as possible.