A meditation workshop in Brisbane:

Dealing with difficult people – Sunday 6 December

A meditation workshop in Brisbane:

Dealing with difficult people – Sunday 6 December
Dealing with difficult people
a meditation workshop

Sunday 6 December 10.00am to 1.00pm

Dealing with Difficult People: Buddhist meditation workshop for better relationships

Learn practical Buddhist mind training and meditation methods to improve challenging relationships with colleagues, clients, family members and partners. Led by Gen Ani, this workshop teaches you to understand difficult people, respond with calm and find peace whatever others do.

Why Are Some People So Hard to Deal With?

Everyone has difficult people in their life. Whether it’s a colleague, client, family member or partner, other people’s behaviour can seem irrational, unreasonable and hard to accept.

Difficult relationships are often stuck in:

  • Long-established dynamics. Patterns build up over years and become hard to change.
  • Habitual ways of viewing people. They just appear to be a particular way and we can’t imagine how we could see them any other way.
  • Not understanding the other person. When we don’t know why someone acts the way they do, we find it hard to accept their behaviour.

The result is that many people feel trapped in negative reactions and unhealthy situations, unable to see how things could improve.

How Can Buddhist Meditation Help with Difficult Relationships?

Buddhist mind training and meditation offers a way to change how we see both the other person and ourselves. This shift in perspective:

  • Improves your relationships
  • Helps you understand why others behave as they do
  • Supports genuine inner, spiritual progress and self-improvement

What Will You Learn in This Workshop?

Drawing on many years of experience and timeless Buddhist wisdom, Gen Ani shares methods and meditations to help you improve every challenging relationship you’re experiencing. Step by step, you will learn to:

  • View others constructively
  • Dissolve relationship difficulties effectively
  • Become more tolerant and accepting
  • Feel greater empathy and connection with others
  • Stay at peace regardless of how others behave

 Who Is This Workshop For?

This workshop is for anyone dealing with difficult people, including:

  • Colleagues and managers
  • Clients and customers
  • Family members and friends
  • Partners and spouses

No previous meditation experience is needed.

Date & Time

Sunday 6 December – 10.00am to 1.00pm

Cost

$50 per person includes morning tea and your own mala

$6 for KMC Brisbane members

Venue

Kadampa Meditation Centre Brisbane

109 Leichhardt St, Spring Hill

Gen Kelsang Ani

About the teacher - Gen Kelsang Ani

The teacher of this public talk is Gen Kelsang Ani.  Gen Ani is Resident Teacher of Kadampa Meditation Centre Brisbane and teaches all the main classes and courses at the Centre. Gen Ani has been studying and practising Modern Kadampa Buddhism with Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche for over 20 years. She teaches with warmth and compassion, making modern Buddhism accessible and applicable to all.