Kevala Retreat La Crosse meditation

April 24th --  Bridges UMC at King & 8th (see important details below)

Brightening & Inspiring Mind    

(the Diversity of Meditation Styles & Approaches 4)

  

It's time for a new installment in our series exploring meditation styles. This session will try out ways to brighten our inner space, uplift our meditative energy, and inspire interest & motivation.

These practices fit within the category of meditation approaches that enhance and balance energy. They aim for settled clarity and inner wakefulness. They help explore the energetic aspect of the middle way.

When mind-psyche is bright, clear, and balanced it is much less subject to the temptations of destructive emotions, harmful attitudes, and prejudices.

When dull or drowsy, how might you wake up? How does skill in returning to healthy inner balance give you better options?

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:  May 8th and 22nd, 2019.

Onalaska group will read "Resilient"

We will start “Resilient” on May 2nd from 6-8 pm. We will meet on the first, third and if available the fifth Thursday of the month using “Resilient" by Rick Hansen as our study book.

 Please read Introduction and chapter 1, Compassion, beforehand. Bring in what you would like to discuss further for your benefit as well as benefit of the group.

Remember that this is to increase our awareness to what might be the underlying cause of our difficulties so that the knowledge and understanding will free us from the difficulties. If the reflection is causing more difficulty, know that, stop, take a breath, observe what's going on, step back, know what's happening in the moment in the mind, seeing the thoughts as the train of thoughts going by without getting on the train. Being aware of the manifestation in the mind and body in the moment, one after the next. settle into the new moment.....hold yourself with kindness, care and gentleness

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. 

Please meditate every day. Continue to be mindful throughout the day. Please keep a journal and bring that to the meeting for discussion 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.   

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.