After suffering a mental breakdown resulting from years of severe depression My GP advised taking a course of mindfulness meditation. The course I chose had a huge positive effect on my recovery, I would now like to help others benefit from the simple techniques free of charge in my local community . The mindfulness association runs a mindfulness practitioners course run over the next Eight months based at the Samye Ling Buddhist monastry in Southern Scotland . Money raised will used to pay course fees and basic monastry accomadation while attending the course.