Meditation

Meditation in the Wild

How does bringing our meditation practice outdoors enhance the practice? Learn informal as well as formal approaches to meditative awareness in nature. Appreciate the beauty of the season in a new way. Please plan to attend outdoors or near a window. We will include a few gentle standing stretches, a walking meditation and seated meditation. No equipment is necessary. We recommend wearing headphones and going outside in a relatively private place to do the exercises.

Introduction to Meditation at Work

Let’s be honest: no one’s mind is completely clear when meditating. Surprised? Learn myths associated with this ancient practice, tips to integrate it into the workday and why it’s essential to your work life. There are many simple ways to bring meditation to work, thereby enhancing your patience, mental clarity, and restfulness.

Meditation

Meditation, or attention training, doesn’t mean we clear the mind of all thoughts. Meditation trains metacognition: knowing what we are doing and when and where. This can give us more efficacy, focus, and success at work as we can make more conscious choices with our actions. Meditation helps regulate blood pressure, pain, improve the body’s immunity, and decrease inflammation. The teacher adapts traditional meditation for the workplace & for novices. This is a great chance to try meditation again or gain group support for regular practice.

Meditation for Mood Boost

Meditation is a practice that anyone can do. Essentially meditation is training the attention and what’s on our mind. Our emotional life is a part of this experience of self-observation. Learn exercises to cultivate a meditation practice that accepts of all the moods of this moment. Each of us experiences hardships that we need to hold, notice and let go of. Please bring a pen and paper. Class may be done in a chair or seated on the floor.

Alternative: Meditative Techniques for Mood Boost which includes gentle yoga, breathing, and relaxation.

Meditation for Anxiety

Meditation is a practice anyone can do. And if you are feeling anxious, it may be harder to sit still and be with the body and the mind. In this class, we will give you tools to begin meditation when anxiety is a part of your experience. Non-judgement, open attention, and self-inquiry will all be a part of the class. This is a virtual class that requires your full attention to get the benefits of the practice. Please bring a pen and paper. Class may be done in a chair or on the floor on a cushion.

Meditation for Acceptance of Self and Others

Criticism of ourselves and criticism of others can be easier than acting out love and connection. Especially if we disagree. Using the meditation technique loving kindness, we will soften towards our experience, ourselves, and others. Acceptance doesn’t mean that we are a doormat, but that we are able to be open to whatever emotions, thoughts, and actions arise in our interactions with others and in our relationship with self.

Also, our instructor can make this a queer-centered meditation workshop.