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Use Meditation to
Handle Stressful Events
July 30th Meditation evening
Please join us this coming Friday night* and
be warmed by the unspoken fellowship of group meditation
(not to mention the effective central heating.
Our theme: how to use
meditation to handle stressful events in life.
If one is confronted by serious
life-threatening diagnosis, a relationship breakup, a major
career decision, loss of a loved one or many of the
difficult situations that may arise, then finding a way to
deal the consequent stress will assist the quality of one's
life and the ability to deal with challenges more
effectively.
This is the opportunity that a regular
practice of meditation provides. Marsha Lucas PhD,
Neuropsychologist says: What I see in myself, and in the
people with whom I work, is that the response to stressors
is less intense, takes less time to recover from, and
doesn’t tend to linger on the sidelines. "Well, of course,"
you might say, "anybody can be relaxed right after
meditating."
What seems to happen, though, is that the
effect of meditation on decreasing the stress response
extends well beyond the meditation session itself, for more
and more of the day as people develop a consistent practice.
This month's newsletter:
"Wisdom arises through the simple act of
giving someone or something your full attention. Attention
is primordial intelligence, consciousness itself. It joins
the perceiver and the perceived in a unifying field of
awareness. It is the healer of separation." — Eckhart Tolle
*Thanks to Dr Mark Navin for facilitating
last month's Meditation, the Brain and the Inner Body.
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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 July
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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:
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CHANT a good warm up exercise to
get the evening started
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SILENT MEDITATION finding
stillness in mind and body
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A MINDFULNESS MEDITATION become
conscious of the unconscious
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GUIDED MEDITATION the 5 senses
Please feel free to invite a friend and
click here to
reserve your place.
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NEW COURSE — August 5th 2010
---- A few remaining spaces
for our upcoming meditation course ----
More than Meditation Course, Thursday 5th of August,
2010
6 consecutive Thursday evenings 7:00pm-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. "Stillness
is consciousness itself, before it becomes a thought." |
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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).
Starts: Each Thursday 2.00pm- 3:00pm.
Tuition: $10 per session.
Book: Call Kati on 9510 3323 or
email:
katip@optusnet.com.au.
Sessions Include:
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This month's articles
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Nerina Lascelles is an
accomplished Australian Artist who has been
exhibiting extensively for over 20 years.
The exhibition
"SHINZUI - Essence"
Opens on Friday the 13th August from
6:00pm - 7:45pm,
Yering Station and all are welcome.
Nerina's website:
www.nerinalascelles.com
Contact Nerina:
info@nerinalascelles.com |
"In her philosophy, Nerina Lascelles
starts with the proposition that the role of the artist is
to depict the sacred. It is the sacred things in the art of
other traditions and cultures that primarily inspires
Lascelles' art practice. Nerina's most recent influences
have been drawn from travel to Japan. These paintings
consist of a pastiche of origami paper and fragments of
kimonos along with gold and silver leaf, acrylic paint,
bitumen and encaustic wax. All these materials have been
combined to create works that reflect the antique objects
that inspire them while standing on their own as objects of
beauty." Peter Dougherty - Arts Editor, Melbourne.
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With best wishes,
Bill and Kati Patterson
Email:
billp@mbsolutions.com.au
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