This weekly meditation group is for younger people, under, or kinda close to, 30 years old. The class begins and ends with social time. It includes 30 minutes of meditation, as well as a question and answer session. We often go out for dinner afterwards, and sometimes we get together on the weekends, too.
The class is taught by clinical psychologist Tucker Peck, Ph.D. (who falls into the "kinda close to" category).
When: Mondays, 7:30 – 8:30 PM
Suggested Fee: $5
No one will turned away due to inability to pay.
Making a Difference: Opening to Flow
1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month, 6:30-7:45 PM. Begins Sept 16.
As we practice opening to “flow” in ordinary experience, vibrant spaciousness emerges within us. We become more flowing, with decreased suffering and spontaneous bouts of joy. Learn practical tools to dissolve habitual ways of perceiving and reacting. Build meditative skills to transform your own life and the world. Refreshingly applicable for beginning and experienced meditators.
Taught by Bonnie Colby, PhD, meditation teacher and UA professor. Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., 520-730-5889.
We do not meditate to become great meditators. We meditate to become great human beings, serving and inspiring our communities and our world.
Monday Night Mindfulness - 6:30 - 7:30 PM
The Monday Night Mindfulness class consists of about 40 minutes of guided mindfulness practice followed by a period of Q&A about the practice. The class is intended to be accessible to beginners but also useful to more advanced practitioners. It is a good place to start for those just beginning the practice.No registration is required. A fee of $3 - $5 is suggested to help pay for use of the facility, but students and other people with limited resources are welcome and nobody will be turned away for inability to pay the fee.
Beginners who need help with sitting posture options should arrive a few minutes early.
The benefits of mindfulness practice are many. Mindfulness can be useful for managing stress at its root. It can improve physical health by boosting immune function, reducing chronic inflammation, lowering excess cortisol levels, lowering high blood pressure, etc. Mindfulness can also be useful in managing chronic pain. But by far the most important benefit of mindfulness is bringing insight into the true nature of self and world.
The mindfulness techniques taught in the class, which follow the system developed by Shinzen Young, vary from week to week but are always aimed at developing the core mindfulness skills of concentration power, sensory clarity, and equanimity. The techniques generally involve focusing attention on one or more sensory streams (subjective and/or objective visual, auditory and/or somatic experiences) and bringing clarity and equanimity to those sensory streams.
Guidance is provided by Kaishin Ashley. Kaishin has been a student of Shinzen Young since 2001. He has a website at magnanimousmind.com and can be reached by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. His cell phone number is 520-240-5065
Shinzen Young has many helpful youtube videos relating to the methods used in this class and also has helpful websites at www.shinzen.org and www.basicmindfulness.org.
