Open doors meditation
group
Meditation relieves stress, increases mental
clarity and wellbeing. Clinical studies have shown that meditation
stimulates parts of the brain whose activity is associated with
lowered stress response and decrease in anxiety. When practiced
regularly meditation helps us to maintain our psychological and
physical balance, and reduces the risk of many stress related
illnesses such as heart disease, alzheimers, IBS, fibromyalgia,
immune disregulation syndromes and cancer.
In this 13 week course students will be introduced to the core
skills involved in learning to meditate:
Day 1: What Meditation
Is: Type of meditation we practice and Practice itself
Day 2: What to do when your mind wonders
Day 3: Preliminary Attitudes and Set-up Exercises: Taking Refuge
in the Triple Gem
Day 4: Preliminary Attitudes and Set-up Exercises: Universal Loving
Friendliness
Day 5: Posture of meditation. What to Do with Your Body: Alignment
Day 6: Posture of meditation. What to Do with Your Body: Relaxation
Day 7: Posture of meditation. What to Do with Your Body: Resiliance
Day 7: What
to Do with Your Mind
Day 8: Dealing with Problems
Day 9: Dealing with Distractions
Day 10: Structuring your own meditation: Where to sit? When to
sit? How long to sit?
Day 11: What meditation isn't
Day 12: Other types or meditation to explore: Sound meditation
and mantras
Day 13: Visualization
Suggested reading:
'Mindfulness in Plain English' by Bhante Henepola Gunaratana and
'The posture of Meditation' by Will Johnson.
Day:
Tuesday
Time: 8:00am - 9:15pm
Teacher: Svetlana
Starts September 4th
