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Group meditation — what we want
Don't miss this special evening of
meditation at the
Camberwell Community Centre this coming Friday 30th
April.
Phil Schibeci joins us this Friday
night to present his ideas on meditation and getting in
touch with what we want.
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Phil Schibeci
Phil's engaging style will be a most
welcoming energy to the experience of group meditation,
sharing ideas on breaking through the barriers to success.
This night of meditation and related
concepts is always an opportunity to re-energise one's
personal meditation practice! |
Please feel free to invite a friend and
click here to reserve
your place.
This month's newsletter includes:
More: Daytime relaxation and
meditation classes, please click here
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Group meditation
Please feel free to invite a friend and
click here to reserve
your place.
The program for this evening will be designed to
stimulate your regular practice of meditation.
Friday night Group Meditation
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Date: Friday 30th April
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Time: 7.30pm to 9.30pm
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Where: Camberwell Community Centre,
405 Camberwell
Road, Camberwell
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Cost: $10 supper provided
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Further details:
click here
Program:
Please feel free to invite a friend and
click here to reserve
your place.
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How meditation can change your
relationship
Ed and Deb Shapiro are the authors of
Be
the Change, How Meditation Can Transform You and the World.
Self-reflective practices, such as meditation, enable you to
see not only how you are responsible for your own feelings,
but also how whatever you may be experiencing is a choice
you are making in that moment. It is not because of what
someone else might be saying or doing.
When you can step
back from the heat of conflict and explore why someone makes
you react a certain way, it quickly becomes obvious it has
very little to do with the other person and much more to do
with a place inside yourself.
Continue reading, click here.
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Who are you really?
Quick, finish this sentence: "I am a
________."
What popped into your mind? Did you
immediately think of your job title? Did you identify
yourself with a relationship term, like wife, daughter, or
Elvis fan? Maybe you described your body ("I am a slim size
10), your personality ("I am an optimist"), or your
favourite hobby ("I am a heavy drinker").
Identity labels like these are useful, even
necessary. They shape the way we act and feel (and the way
people act and feel toward us) in every situation, from
taking the bus to taking a lover.
But many labels are misleading, and none can
fully describe the multifaceted reality that is a human
being. Moreover, any external criteria we use to label
ourselves—looks, power, health, relationships, anything—can
disappear in a heartbeat. So really, the only way to avoid a
lot of insecurity, fear, and suffering is to learn how to
wear our identities lightly and let go of them easily.
Continue reading, click here.
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12 great tips for meditation
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Tips and advice for meditation:
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It is important to meditate every day
and meditate in a place where you can be alone and
undisturbed
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Keep up a positive attitude.
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Do not meditate when you are tired.
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Sit in a comfortable position with your
spine erect. You can sit on the floor, on a cushion or
on a chair.
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Relax your body.
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Take a few slow deep breaths.
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To relax even more, for a few moments
focus on a pleasant memory, or a mental image of a place
that makes you feel calm.
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Think for a few moments about the
benefits of meditation, how it will strengthen your
focus, calm down your mind, ease stress and tension,
cultivate a positive state of mind.
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Before you start to meditate, tell
yourself that all thoughts, ideas and plans will have
now to wait until you finish, and that nothing is going
to distract your mind.
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Start meditating calmly, yet with
focused attention. The more focused the attention is,
the easier it is to ignore thoughts and other
distractions.
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Keep calm both mentally and physically,
and allow your body to relax completely.
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Patience, perseverance and self
discipline should be always cultivated.
Print this list and refer to it daily (click here).
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Lewis Institute HealtheLetter on Being
Creative
We humans generally live by habit. We mostly
do and think the same things every day.
Relationships, good or bad rarely change
without some event occurring that demands a change.
Work practices alter very little over time
and mostly the way we live our life is the same this week as
it was last week.
Now this is not a bad thing it is just the
way things are and if life is good... why change. If life
is difficult.....how to change the path?
Continue reading, click here.
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NEW COURSE — August 5th 2010
More than Meditation Course, Thursday 5th of August,
2010
6 consecutive Thursday evenings 7pm-8.30pm
Augustine Centre - 2 Minona St, Hawthorn 3122
Book early to secure a place at this
special course that will set up your meditation practice as
an ongoing resource for life.
Details:
http://www.pathways2wellbeing.com.au or let me know by
reply
email: Bill
Patterson. View our PDF
brochure for more details. |
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DAYTIME RELAXATION AND
MEDITATION CLASSES
Kati's daytime Relaxation and Meditation Class
each Thursday, 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Venue: Baptist Community Church Hall,
12-14 Surrey Rd South Yarra (Google
map).
Tuition: $50 for 5 week course.
Book: Call Kati on 9510 3323 or
email:
katip@optusnet.com.au.
Sessions Include:
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With best wishes,
Bill and Kati Patterson
Email:
billp@mbsolutions.com.au
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