Beginning the Meditation Journey-Deepening our Awareness & Compassion

People are not “problems to be solved.”  Our spiritual/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 teaching some basic principles of meditation and dedicating time to practice. These principles or practices include concentration, tranquility, awareness, compassion, equanimity, and rest/relaxation.

While we will put more focus on sitting meditation, there will be attention devoted to various forms of walking meditation (or other forms of movement if needed) and “outdoors” meditation — all in service of strengthening these capacities for our daily living.

We will seek to “practice the present moment” as an ever-present doorway available to each to walk through toward greater freedom and love.  And in a container of safety and trust that together we can create, as best we are able, we will set an intention to deepen our friendship with ourselves, each other, and the wider world.

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. Some might distrust meditation. There is no one right way to meditate and no “normal.” We are who we are and start there.  Again, we will work at creating safe space.

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