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March 13 in La Crosse

March 13th -- Wesley UMC at King & 8th (see important details below)

Mindfulness in regards to Bodies  

(the Diversity of Meditation Styles & Approaches 3)

How we experience physical reality is basic to our experience as living beings. Our skin, muscles, sinews, bones, and the rest are constantly impacted by the other bodies around us. We experience tangible sensations such as pressure, tension, and temperature. These vary constantly. Similar interactions occur within our bodies among the many organs and systems. 

When functioning smoothly, the body and nervous system manage all this wonderfully and we experience comfort. At other times, discomfort and pain occur. Mindfulness practice enables us to familiarize ourselves with these interactions and how we feel them. This, in turn, moderates our tendencies to react with aversion, fear, and greed.

When you feel aches and pains, what underlying sessions can you notice?

Does giving greater attention to these sensations and their change help you to be balanced, collected, and calm?

Our once a month series explores a broad range of meditation styles and practices. This series supports an expanded repertoire of meditation skills and serves as a basis for on-going discussions concerning the nature, purpose, and potential of meditation practice. For an outline of the series, please follow this link:

http://www.liberationpark.org/study/pdf/many_kinds_meditation.pdf

For location  and related information, please go here.

Dāna (donations, gifts, free-will offerings) to sustain Liberation Park and support our work are most welcome. Santikaro and Liberation Park depend on donations as sole means of support. Liberation Park in turn makes donations to Wesley UMC for kindly hosting us. 

A sampler of Santikaro's talks from La Crosse and elsewhere are posted at http://liberationpark.org/audio/index.htm

Next sessions:  March 27 and April 10, 2019. 

Sunday, March 17

Our next monthly meditation will be next Sunday, March 17th from 10:30 to noon at Frank and Sharon's house, 1832 22nd St S, La Crosse.

Here is a Koan offering from Roshi Joan Halifax. We will read and discuss this Koan as a part of our time together next Sunday.

Please let me know if you are able to join us and if you prefer a chair or cushion.

Onalaska March 10

Our next meeting will be  Sunday March 10th 9:30-11:30 am for mindfulness meditation.

*Day light saving time starts this day*

We will have a short meditation, watch a talk by one of the western Thai forest monk. I am thinking that we can have another sit to reflect and using the information from the talk and then discussion.

RSVP vsongsir@aol.com if you are planning to join us

Please go to www.mindfulnesslacrossewisconsin.learningtree.com and register if you can.

We are meeting at Gundersen Lutheran Onalaska Clinic at 3111 Gundersen Drive, Onalaska conference room 1F

Please go in through the Urgent care door (which will be the only door open for the building.)

The meeting will be on every 2nd and 4th Sundays.

The Urgent care door opens at 9 AM. Meeting will be from 9:30-11:30

We are using conference room 1F

Please come in through the Urgent care door. Go all the way across to the other side of the lobby. Go through the E-F hallway to F.  Conference room 1F is at the very end of the hallway. You can call me at 608.461.1464 if you can't find the room.

RSVP vsongsir@aol.com if you are planning to join us or not join us

Please dress in layers. I am not sure how the temperature will be for everyone. 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 or to sit on if you need those.

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.

Peace,  Vanee