Classes & Series
Summer Lunchtime Mindfulness Meditation
It's easy to rush through the day without taking time to return to our center, to refresh our presence, to see clearly, and to remember what nourishes us. Meditating helps us do just that.
In mindfulness meditation, we settle into the body, focusing our awareness on the breath or whatever comes into our field of awareness, without grasping or pushing anything away. We pay attention. We practice being kind to ourselves, to stop judging ourselves and everyone else. Some meditation experience is necessary.
We meet virtually on Zoom. This Summer Lunchtime Series will meet nine times from July 3 through August 28, 2025. You can register for the Series (9 sessions) or for a One Time Drop-In. If you are interested or would like more information, please contact me. If you would like to register go here.
Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation Class
Meditation is the essential practice that develops mindfulness. Mindfulness is key to living happily in our lives.
We can’t think or feel our way to mindfulness, we have to practice it through meditation. The more we practice, the more mindful we are. The more mindful we are, the happier we are. This class series is for everyone who is a beginner or who has stepped away from meditation for a time and would like a refresher.
It’s like learning anything—how to play the piano, or write, or run a marathon— we have to train in order to do it. Practice is everything.
In this class we practice settling into the body, focusing on the breath, and being with what is arising without grasping or pushing it away. We learn how to pay attention. We practice being kind to ourselves, to difficult people, and to people we just don’t like so that ill will, anger, and dislike cannot crowd out our happiness. We invite curiosity and openness to our journey. We are enthusiastic and take it a step at a time.
This class meets virtually on Zoom for one hour, once a week, for five weeks and begins periodically. A new Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation Series begins in August 2025. If you are interested or would like more information, please contact me.
Mindfulness Meditation Class
Mindfulness Meditation class meets throughout the year. In these classes, we practice meditation together, listen to little talks, share experiences and insights, and ask questions.
Each meditation is guided and each has a focus—concentration on the breath, or open awareness of experience as it arises, is present, and passes away, or awareness of feeling tone, or awareness of loving kindness, among others.
The little talks—about 15 minutes long— address themes such as being kind even when we don’t feel like it, stepping back to see the big picture before we jump to conclusions or get snagged in our beliefs, or paying attention even when our mind wants to do something else. We learn how to change our minds from being caught up in busyness, emotion, and belief to being open, calm and clear in each moment.
We practice meditation not for its own sake. We practice so that we can be happier in our lives even when things go wrong as they surely will.
We learn by sharing our meditation experience, asking questions, and learning away doubts.
Each class series has a theme and when you register, you sign up for the entire series.
We meet online on Zoom for one hour, once a week until the series ends. The next Series will begin in the Fall 2025. If you would like to be added to our mailing list to receive all the details contact me here. Everyone on the mailing list receives an email when registration opens.
Join us. I look forward to seeing you.