OneDay Courses (Children)

Organising One Day Courses

One day courses can be organised at suitable rented sites like schools and community centres.

A course venue should be quiet and removed from any other activities taking place in a given location, so there is minimum distraction to the students. There should be space inside for meditation, somewhere for the students to eat and a space for indoor creative activites. It is also good to have space, outside or inside, for games and physical activities.

There is no cost for the courses. Ideally an organisation or group with a desire to run a course will have an adult who has completed a 10 day Vipassana course as taught by S.N. Goenka, but this is not essential. The Vipassana Trust’s Children’s Course committee would provide the necessary volunteers to run a course.

The Vipassana Trust has a Child Protection Policy and puts course servers through a criminal records check.

Following a course, it is beneficial for the group / organisation to give the students the opportunity to sit for 10 minutes as part of their daily schedule. Participation in this by the children / young people should be voluntary.

In special cases, it may be possible to organise 2-day residential courses.

Should you want to explore the idea of organising a course, contact Arvin Barkhordarian on 01600 890966.