Date

05 Mar 2025

Time

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
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Navigating Stress & Burnout – Buddhist Insights for a Happier Life

About this Event

In today’s fast-paced world, stress and burnout have become all too familiar. How can we find peace and balance amidst life’s demands?

Join visiting Buddhist meditation teacher, David Oromith, for an engaging and practical talk on navigating stress and burnout with wisdom from the Buddhist tradition. Drawing on timeless teachings, David will explore the inner causes of stress and burnout and tools for finding greater calm, clarity, and resilience.

Discover how cultivating minds such as acceptance, understanding, and compassion can help us not only handle stress but also nurture genuine happiness and wellbeing in our everyday lives. With practical insights and relatable examples, this talk offers tools for anyone seeking a more balanced and fulfilling approach to life’s pressures.

This talk is suitable for everyone—whether you’re new to meditation or Buddhism or a seasoned practitioner. 

Come along for an evening of insight, inspiration, and actionable advice to help you lead a happier, more grounded life.

What We’ll Explore

  • Learn about causes and remedies for stress & burnout.
  • Explore how to handle stress and also nurture genuine happiness and wellbeing in daily life.
  • Experience stillness and calm through easy-to-follow guided meditations.
  • An opportunity to ask questions, and share and learn with like-minded friends.

Booking & Donations

There are limited places available for this evening talk. Please book in advance using the form at the bottom of this page.

We are embracing a sliding scale policy for this event, guided by the Buddhist principle of generosity and inclusivity. There are suggested donations to help cover the cost of putting on this tour, including room hires, refreshments, and travel and accommodation costs for the teacher and volunteers. Choosing the higher option includes a donation to support our activities for the benefit of all.

We firmly believe, however, that financial constraints should never be a barrier to participation. If the suggested amount is beyond your means, please choose the lower option or contribute what you can — every offering helps make this event possible for the collective good. Without your honesty and generosity, we wouldn’t be able to make this event happen!

Parking & Getting Here

The Friends’ Meeting House is centrally located and nestled among some of Manchester’s most iconic landmarks – The Town Hall, St Peter’s Square and Central Library

The building is located directly behind the distinct Central Library building – a short walk from Oxford Road Station and one minute walk from St Peter’s Square tram stop.

For further details on getting to the venue by tram, train, bus or car, please see this link.

Google Maps Location: Friends’ Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester, M2 5NS

About the Teacher

David Oromith is the co-founder of Samadhi. He is a Buddhist contemplative and meditation guide with a background in mental health services. Having practised meditation since the age of 18, his journey into Buddhism began through personal struggles with depression and anxiety, leading him to the Buddha’s teachings. 

David has studied under various teachers, with Dr. B. Alan Wallace as his primary teacher, and is influenced by Tibetan Buddhism among other traditions, recognising the value and benefit of multiple points-of-view. He focuses on meditation training and core, practical Buddhist principles in his teachings. He is the author of the book A Practical Guide to Mindful Living and leads several retreats across the UK every year, as well as teaching online and in person across South Wales. 

David’s engaging style is clear, practical, and relatable, hoping to make ancient practices applicable to modern life. He works towards the establishment of the Samadhi Eco Retreat Centre as a community for inner development.

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David is an experienced Buddhist contemplative and meditation guide who has studied and taught internationally for several years. He is the Co-Founder of Samadhi and a qualified mindfulness teacher, Mental Health First Aider, and an active member of the Association for Spiritual Integrity. His teaching style is clear and practical, and his warm and humorous approach makes him a popular mindfulness teacher. In his own practise and teachings, David focusses on the core themes of Early Buddhism and emphasises the practices of Shamatha (meditative quiescence), and its union with Vipassana on the Four Applications of Mindfulness and the Four Immeasurables – which presents a direct path leading to the realisation of our deepest nature and the potentials of consciousness, and closely follows how the Buddha himself attained enlightenment. He considers himself to be the fortunate student of many teachers, including his root lama, Lama Alan Wallace.

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We rely entirely on donations. This event is not run for profit but we're hoping to cover the costs of the tour, including venue hires, teas & coffees, travel and accommodation costs for the teacher and volunteer. No one is excluded because of a lack of funds, but only through your honest generosity will we be able to continue offering these sessions for the benefit of all. If you'd like to donate an alternative amount, please choose Option 4.

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If you would like to support our vision of making these teachings as accessible as possible, please consider making a donation, supporting future groups, events & retreats. Interested to know why we charge for this event and what happens to profits? Read here.

Organiser

Organiser

Samadhi
Samadhi
Email
[email protected]
Website
https://www.samadhi.org.uk

Speakers

Speaker

  • David Oromith
    David Oromith
    Buddhist Contemplative, Author and Meditation Guide

    David is a Buddhist contemplative, author, meditation guide and retreat leader. He is the Co-Founder of Samadhi, an organisation based in the UK and a member of the UK’s Network of Buddhist Organisations. He teaches workshops internationally and online and leads retreats across the UK. Through his clear and practical teaching style and warm and humorous approach, David inspires people to take back control of their thoughts and feelings and discover genuine wellbeing within.

Location

Location

Friends Meeting House Manchester
Friends' Meeting House, Mount Street, Manchester, UK
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Navigating Stress & Burnout – Buddhist Insights for a Happier Life

Date

05 Mar 2025

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