Meditation Reverie
OVERVIEW AND PURPOSE
This training is for everyone - yoga teachers, massage therapists, health care workers, educators and anyone with a desire to evolve and welcome peace, ease and joy into everyday life.
The goal of meditation is to go beyond the mind and experience our essential nature—which is peace, happiness, and bliss. Ananda.
Meditation is awakening the truth of our nature. Meditation is a time to witness and explore your being, a practice for resting and rejuvenating the mind, watching the thoughts without judgement. Meditation is a way of getting to know your soul.
During meditation thoughts come and go, be at peace, do not stop the thoughts or judge, just observe and witness them.
“This body we witness therefore this body we are not. This mind we witness therefore this mind we are not. We are the witness alone, the observer of this experience.” – Thich Nhat Hanh.
In meditation, the mind is relaxed, and inwardly focused. When you meditate, you are fully awake and alert, but your mind is not focused on the external world or on the events taking place around you. Meditation welcomes an inner stillness to relax the mind. When the mind is relaxed meditation deepens and intuition heightens.
November 7, 14, 21 and 28 6:30-9:30pm via zoom
Deep exploration into the practice of meditation
Develop a consistent, personal meditation practice
Overview of the of meditation varying traditions and methodologies
Understanding the connection of mindfulness and meditation
Altar design and benefits
Yoga and pranayama for enhanced meditation
Basic neuroscience of meditation
Mindfulness-based stress reduction techniques
Skills for soul centered communication
Cultivation of emotional intelligence: empathy, resilience, compassion
Mantra and Mudra
Releasing stored emotion
Energy bath
Muscle testing
Anatomy of the Energetic Body
Where in the body energy is stored
Teaching meditation to beginners, facilitation techniques for 1:1 and group
Developing class plans, teachings and the art of writing meditation scripts
WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE
A thorough foundation in the practice of meditation
Resources, handouts, and materials to support you
Small group work and peer support
Continuing education credit
Meditation Teacher Training Certification
MATERIALS NEEDED
Books
The Art of Living, Thich Nhat Hanh
The Untethered Soul, Michael Singer
The Miracle of Mindfulness, Thich Nhat Hanh
Journal
Pens
Comfortable Clothing
Computer with internet access
COMMITMENT
Be prepared to commit to yourself 5-30 mins a day for your meditation practice. To receive certification you must lead a guided meditation group or individual.
Financial Commitment: $375