Jaya Rudgard and Christoph Köck
Booking via link below. A €300 deposit is required and the completion of application form. Balance to be paid by 1st June 2024. Application Forms: For an application form please email info@mindfulness.ie
Jaya (Karen) Rudgard is a member of the faculty of The Bodhi College. She began meditating in 1984, and from 1996 to 2005 was ordained as a nun in the Thai forest tradition in England at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery. She subsequently trained as an Insight Meditation teacher at Spirit Rock in California and Insight Meditation Society in Massachusetts. She teaches meditation retreats and courses in the UK and internationally. Jaya has extensive experience teaching Buddhist psychology, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) and Mindful Self-Compassion and teaches retreats for Mindfulness teachers and teachers in training. She also enjoys practising and teaching qigong.
Christoph Köck is also a member of the Bodhi College faculty. He led an online retreat in Ireland in 2022 for the MTAI and those who attended really appreciated his gentle, thoughtful style of teaching and reflecting.
Christoph was born in Vienna, Austria, and spent 17 years of his life as a Buddhist monk in the Theravadin tradition. He lived mainly in monasteries connected with Ajahn Chah in Thailand and the West. Currently he lives in Vienna, working as a psychotherapist in a private practice. He teaches Buddhism and meditation internationally, and is trained to teach MBSR and MBCT.
Jaya and Christoph recently led a Day of Contemplation on 'Trust and Confidence' for The Mindfulness and Compassion Centre and they were very well received by those who attended. We are really looking forward to welcoming them in person this Summer in Castletown and hope you will be able to join us.