Meditation: Practice Labs for Beginners
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We are offering practice labs to support new and aspiring meditators. We believe this unique "lab" format will be conducive to quickly gaining direct meditation experience while also supporting new meditators in establishing a regular practice.
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Practice Labs, Overview & 2019 Schedule
Instructors: Sue Kochan, accompanied by senior meditation practitioners from Dharma Refuge
Dates and Times:
Saturday, Jan 5, 8:45-11:30 am
Saturday, Mar 2, 8:45-11:30 am
Additional dates may be scheduled as the year progresses.
Program Description:
Learn Buddhist meditation fundamentals, popularized as mindfulness, in a relaxed and interactive environment that emphasizes alternating periods of instruction, practice, and Q&R (question and response). Our Practice Labs are designed to take meditation from concept and theory into direct, lived experience. Instruction naturally emerges through practice and participants' questions. We’re all trying to understand how meditation can help us relax with our busy minds, our anxious bodies, and an unreliable world. Join us in the simple and honest act of observing the way things are — our doorway to insight, ease, and a deep contentment with life as we find it.
Labs will focus on establishing concentration to calm the mind. Instruction will be informed by neuroscience, vipassana (insight), compassion, and mindful self-compassion practices.
Tuition:
A $10-$20 donation is suggested and can be paid when you arrive and check in.
You may pay by cash, check, or credit card (sorry, we cannot accept American Express at this time).
No one will be turned away for financial reasons, so come and offer what you can afford.
Registration:
Advance registration is required. Please use this form; donations will be accepted at the door.
Dates and Times:
Saturday, Jan 5, 8:45-11:30 am
Saturday, Mar 2, 8:45-11:30 am
Additional dates may be scheduled as the year progresses.
- 8:45- 9:00, arrive and settle in.
- Lab runs from 9:00-11:30 am
Program Description:
Learn Buddhist meditation fundamentals, popularized as mindfulness, in a relaxed and interactive environment that emphasizes alternating periods of instruction, practice, and Q&R (question and response). Our Practice Labs are designed to take meditation from concept and theory into direct, lived experience. Instruction naturally emerges through practice and participants' questions. We’re all trying to understand how meditation can help us relax with our busy minds, our anxious bodies, and an unreliable world. Join us in the simple and honest act of observing the way things are — our doorway to insight, ease, and a deep contentment with life as we find it.
Labs will focus on establishing concentration to calm the mind. Instruction will be informed by neuroscience, vipassana (insight), compassion, and mindful self-compassion practices.
Tuition:
A $10-$20 donation is suggested and can be paid when you arrive and check in.
You may pay by cash, check, or credit card (sorry, we cannot accept American Express at this time).
No one will be turned away for financial reasons, so come and offer what you can afford.
Registration:
Advance registration is required. Please use this form; donations will be accepted at the door.
“An awake heart is like a sky that pours light.”
― Hāfez