Beginning the Meditation Journey-Deepening our Awareness & Compassion

People are not “problems to be solved.”  Our spiritual and life journeys are rather an uncovering of our fundamental blessing and a restoring right relationship — with ourselves, each other, the earth, and all beings. Meditation can be both a profound expression of this journey and an extraordinary support for our healing and joy.   

Each class will involve learning and developing basic principles of meditation and dedicating time to practice.  Especially, we will ground our practice in a loving attention to the fullness of ourselves — a body, mind, and heart integration.

While we will put more focus on sitting meditation, we will also learn and practice various forms of walking meditation or meditation in motion, each in service of strengthening these capacities for our daily living. 

We will seek to “practice the present moment” as an ever-present doorway available toward greater freedom and love.  

This space is also open to all “bodies.” Some of us are living with physical issues that perhaps feel inhibiting or make the issue of meditation seem impossible. There is no one right way to meditate and no “normal.” We are who we are and start there.  We are dedicated to creating a safe space for each and all.

For more listen to the podcast episode featuring Phil Lloyd-Sidle https://www.earthandspiritcenter.org/phil-lloyd-sidle-on-mindfulness-and-the-marginalized/