Meditation Mini-Retreat
"An Oasis of Calm in a Turbulent World"
Discover the Infinite Reservoir of Peace Within
with John Welshons
| Sunday, September 19th 12:30 - 5:00 pm in Madison $60 ($55 SY Members) |
Meditation has been clinically shown to be a tremendous benefit to one’s physical and mental health. It is a simple, easy to learn process, which gives you a wonderful tool for improving the quality of your life, enhancing the depth of your yoga practice, and increasing your happiness and peace of mind. In addition to its many other uses, meditation is now often taught in hospitals as a method of lowering blood pressure, calming the metabolism, and alleviating pain.
This workshop is a mini-meditation course which is useful for beginners as well as experienced meditators. Participants will be given instruction in Mindfulness Meditation (Vipassana) and will be given tools for integrating meditation into their daily lives. You will also learn practices that can be utilized to reduce stress at home and on the job. Participants complete the workshop feeling refreshed and restored, with a new sense of calm, deepened inner peace, and a heightened awareness of - and appreciation for - your life, your relationships and your surroundings.
The workshop will begin at 12:30 pm and end at 5:00 pm. We will experience several cycles of sitting meditation and walking meditation interspersed with “dharma talk” - periods of lecture by the instructor and opportunities for questions and answers. We will use our time together to cultivate mindfulness and relaxed alertness in as many aspects of life as possible.
This workshop is a mini-meditation course which is useful for beginners as well as experienced meditators. Participants will be given instruction in Mindfulness Meditation (Vipassana) and will be given tools for integrating meditation into their daily lives. You will also learn practices that can be utilized to reduce stress at home and on the job. Participants complete the workshop feeling refreshed and restored, with a new sense of calm, deepened inner peace, and a heightened awareness of - and appreciation for - your life, your relationships and your surroundings.
The workshop will begin at 12:30 pm and end at 5:00 pm. We will experience several cycles of sitting meditation and walking meditation interspersed with “dharma talk” - periods of lecture by the instructor and opportunities for questions and answers. We will use our time together to cultivate mindfulness and relaxed alertness in as many aspects of life as possible.
About John Welshons:
Ramananda John Welshons has been a popular teacher at Studio Yoga for many years. He is a much beloved, internationally recognized counselor, lecturer, and teacher of meditation. He has been studying and practicing various forms of yoga and meditation for more than thirty-five years. He holds a B.A. in Comparative Religions from The University of South Florida, and an M.A. in History of Religions from Florida State University. In 1973 and again in 1983, John spent periods of time in India studying and practicing in the ashrams of Meher Baba and Neem Karoli Baba. He has presented lectures and workshops across the United States and has worked extensively with Ram Dass and Stephen Levine. He is the author of two critically acclaimed books, Awakening from Grief: Finding the Way Back to Joy (with foreword by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer) and the newly published book When Prayers Aren’t Answered, and author of the forthcoming book, The Yoga of Love and Relationship to be published by New World Library in 2008. He is also the author of the popular audio cassette tape entitled “Beginning Meditation"
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