LifeArt Meditation: 2nd, 3rd, 4th Mondays at 6:30pm ET
One hour guided meditation/talk/q&a sesssion 2nd, 3rd, & 4th Mondays 6:30pm (ONLINE ONLY)
In addition to our weekly Sangha, we invite you to join the monthly LifeArt Meditation Group, offered on the second, third, and fourth Monday of every month online only.
How to Do Your Own Home Retreat with Lezlie Laws
I’ll begin by reminding us all of my 5 Pillars of a Contemplative Practice, and then I’ll explain how I take these pillars in to a designated time and place for stepping away from the whirling world we live in.
Many of you have shared your interest in going on a silent retreat, but you worry you’re not ready to take on the challenge. Believe me, if you are even slightly “considering” a silent retreat, you are ready.
But there are some steps you can take before undertaking a formal silent retreat, and in addition to having a regular meditation practice, one of those steps is setting your life up to do a “home retreat.”
In addition to my 5 pillars of a contemplative practice, I will also review a Buddhist teaching called “Practice the Three Difficulties.” This practice is a way of solidifying your intention and commitment to undertaking a home retreat.
I’m so excited to be going on retreat again this month, and I am eager to show what I do to prepare my mind and heart for retreat, and also show you how I structure my days on home retreat.
I hope you can join me on tomorrow, Monday, June 13, at 6:15 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Here are the details.
6:15 pm Zoom room opens for greeting.
6:30 pm Lezlie’s talk on home retreating.
7:20 pm 10-20 minute meditation
zoom link:
818 5800 3563
Passcode 133441
Invite Link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/
Logistics:
Online only, 6:30-7:30 pm ET on the second, third, and fourth Mondays of the month.
You may RSVP on our Meetup also and get the link there.
LifeArt Meditation offers teachings on contemporary teachers, scholars, and thought leaders. In each session we discuss techniques and attitudes necessary for a robust contemplative practice. We explore ways of making our daily practice more enjoyable and more fruitful. In addition, we discuss how the effects of the practice are showing up in our daily encounters.
In other words, we seek to see how a contemplative practice really does begin to shape the tone and tenor of our moments, and our lives. While tone focuses on the specific attitude or emotion conveyed (e.g., optimistic, harsh), tenor represents the broader, underlying character, theme, or general course of thought. We want to examine just how meditation is making life better, more interesting, and maybe even more challenging.
Each session is comprised of three parts:
- a short “lifestyle” talk
- a 20 minute meditation
- a 20 minute Q&A
We invite you to spend a few sessions with each of the three teachers of LifeArt Meditation. We bring different styles, topics, and influences to each session. Lezlie Laws will lead the second Monday session (March 9th), April Koester will lead the third Monday session (March 16th), and Susan Baxter is on for the fourth Monday (March 23rd) of each month.
Logistics:
Online only, 6:30-7:30 pm ET on the second, third, and fourth Mondays of the month.
You may RSVP on our Meetup.