Always wanted to try Yoga, but thought you weren't flexible enough? Or perhaps you have an injury. This Yoga class is for you. Poses are adapted to the students who come. Students should be able to get up and down from the floor once, or they should contact the instructor before arriving. If coming for […]
This teaching is off site at Perennial Yoga 5500 E Cheryl Pkwy, Fitchburg. With the ups and downs of daily life, it is easy to set aside or reduce our commitment to our inner growth. Come and listen to the Buddhist invitation to remember your enthusiasm to become enlightened. $15 donation is suggested and can […]
These special meditations are deeply steeped in the Tibetan tradition and often appeal to those who resonate with mystical or symbolic meditation practices. After generating compassion, one visualizes being immersed in a special quality or state of mind such as healing, wisdom, or purity. The meditations also include quiet contemplation of symbolic imagery, such as […]
Includes 8 Verses of Thought Transformation and Tonglen! The efforts described in the 8 Verses, including Tonglen, are increasingly important to spiritual people who would like to have more "tools" to help others and to become more skillful in their own growth in compassion. This workshop can be taken by itself or as a continuation […]
As part of our work, the residents host guided meditations every weekday morning and during this time we hold a special beneficial intention for the community that we live and serve in. These special meditations are deeply steeped in the Tibetan tradition and often appeal to those who resonate with mystical or symbolic meditation practices. […]
As part of our work, the residents host guided meditations every weekday morning and during this time we hold a special beneficial intention for the community that we live and serve in. These special meditations are deeply steeped in the Tibetan tradition and often appeal to those who resonate with mystical or symbolic meditation practices. […]
Do you need to build understanding or agreement in your workplace, project, community or family? Do you feel challenged in discussing difficult topics or in giving feedback? Join this group to learn a simple communication process that can be applied in any situation. Based on Marshall Rosenberg’s technique called Nonviolent Communication, and on Words That Work […]
As part of our work, the residents host guided meditations every weekday morning and during this time we hold a special beneficial intention for the community that we live and serve in. These special meditations are deeply steeped in the Tibetan tradition and often appeal to those who resonate with mystical or symbolic meditation practices. […]
Loving-Kindness, also known as metta, is a meditation practice taught by the Buddha to heal troubled states of mind and to cultivate selfless or altruistic love into one's baseline attitude. Of all Buddhist meditations, Loving-Kindness has the immediate benefit of uplifting the mind and relieving habituated negative patterns. Each session of this series includes a […]
Mindfulness Meditation is a non-sectarian, research-based form of meditation derived from a 2,500 year old Buddhist practice. Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is an eight-week course based on systematic training in mindfulness. The creator of the curriculum, Jon Kabat Zin, defines mindfulness as moment-to-moment non-judgmental awareness. During this course, we will develop new ways to […]
