Awakening Joy starts February 28

We are starting Awakening Joy this Thursday February 28th

We will meet on the second and fourth Thursday of the month using “Awakening Joy” by James Baraz for our study and practice.

 I am getting some feedback that you are planning to not attend because you did not sign up for the national program. Please attend regardless of whether you signed up with the national program or not. I know James would not mind your attending our local group whether you signed up with his program or not. His intention is to help as many people who can benefit from this teaching. Cultivating Joy is a major practice that is considered an important factor to have for mindfulness and wisdom practice. Please come for your own benefit as well as others in the group.

 RSVP vsongsir@aol.com  if you are planning to attend.

Please register at mindfulnesslacrossewisconsin.offeringtree.com if you can. You do not have to sign in to register. You can just go to the class and register. Please do not add www or https to the address.

Meeting starts at 6 PM

We are meeting at Gundersen Health System Onalaska Clinic at 3111 Gundersen Drive, Onalaska. 

The meeting room is on the second floor - Conference room 2A.

Go up the stairs or elevator to the second floor and go to your left. The conference room is in the far left corner.

Please dress in layers. I am not sure how the temperature will be for everybody. Bring warming clothes, blankets if you tend to be cold. Make sure that you have light clothing on if you tend to be warm. We will not be able to adjust the thermostat on our own.

Bring a cushion for your back or feet if you need those. 

RSVP vsongsir@aol.com  if you are planning to attend.

We are getting together on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month from 6-8 pm. 

In order for this to continue to be a safe and supportive place for everybody to work with this very important practice, please leave all personal stories in the room. 

Each of us is a human being free from other roles in this space. Feel free to share what you personally learned with people who are interested. The main work is to look within ourselves and find out what we can do to decrease our distress, getting to know ourselves more and take care of ourselves well. By taking care of ourselves this way, we can also take care of others in a compassionate way.

I would also like to request that you share similar experiences and what help your growth and development and refrain from directly giving instruction or advice to other participants unless directly requested by the individual.