Yogi | David Beatty

David Beatty

David has been a student of Indian philosophy and ancient wisdom traditions for many years. His engagement with mindfulness practice and vipassana meditation began in 1981 during a long retreat on a small Buddhist hermitage island in southern Sri Lanka in the Theravada tradition. Many years travelling on the subcontinent, mainly as a photographer, allowed him the opportunity to explore the traditions, practices, and philosophies in which these more contemporary forms of practice are grounded.

His recently published book (2020) The Island, A Mirror for the Soul: Journeys towards the heart of Dhamma, tells the story of this journey, and of his travels in India, while offering a critique of modernity and its pathologies through a lens of Buddhist practice. David Lorimer, Chairperson of The Galileo Commission UK and editor of The Paradigm Explorer called it ‘a chronicle for our time…not only as a searing critique of modern western culture, but also as a companion along the way towards a deeper sense of integration and oneness with life.’

A long-time dhamma practitioner in the Theravada tradition of insight meditation, he is also aqualified Mindfulness Facilitator in the MBSR Programme in compliance with standards issued by BAMBA in the UK. He holds a Diploma in Relational Mindfulness from the Karuna Institute in Devon, UK, and received instruction on the foundations of mindfulness on a course with Ven. Analayo, a Buddhist scholar and monk, at the Insight Meditation Society, USA. Ven. Analayo’s translation of the Satipatthana Sutta is highly commended for its clarity of exposition, depth of analysis and engaged concern with the practice of meditation as a way of life. He is also on the founding team of MSC Africa (Mindful Self Compassion Africa) affiliated with the Centre for Mindful Self Compassion USA (Founders: Chris Germer and Kristin Neff).

David uses Mindfulness Practice with a focus on Mindfulness of Breathing anapanasati, Interpersonal Mindfulness and Mindful Self-Compassion, in the courses and sessions he facilitates, as well as holding nature retreats in wild places.

Styles Practiced:

• Meditation
• Mindfulness

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