Tuesday evenings, 7-8:30 pm
September 16- November 4
Online through Zoom
Suggested donation: $120 (Scholarships available)
Relaxation, restoration, healing, presence, and wisdom arise as we learn to shift our state of consciousness from one oriented to doing, controlling, and protecting to one rooted in simply being, dropping into our body and our felt experience. This eight-week course provides the practice, teaching, and group support to have that shift be available at any time. Each class includes 30 minutes of guided meditation followed by teaching and dialogue. Students will gain the most who do a daily practice of meditation during the course.
September 16, 2025
Dharma Talk - A well is a metaphor for meditation. Presence and the body will be the focus of this class.
Discussion - Mark discusses the relationship between presence and thought.
September 23, 2025
Dharma Talk - We are enchanted with our thinking. Mark discusses working with resistance in meditation and the concept of "waking up" in the middle of our thoughts.
October 7, 2025
Dharma Talk - Mark discusses the differences between happiness, joy, and enjoyment.
Discussion - Mark discusses resistance and aversion to pain, aging, and the challenges of being human.
October 21, 2025
Meditation - Mark leads us in a body scan meditation.
Dharma Talk - Mark asks, "what FEELS the body?"
October 28, 2025
Dharma Talk - Mark discusses "opening the heart" to all of life.
November 4, 2025
Dharma Talk - As we settle deep into the present moment, what we observe changes. The way the world appears and the way consciousness is are interdependent.