Meditation

Open Meditation Class Date Wednesday, 5:15 -6 :30 : January 27.
February 10, 24. March 10, 24, April 7, 21.

Meditation related workshops:

Meditation Series with Erin Byron, MA Yoga Therapist

Relaxation for Meditation
with Erin Byron, MA Yoga Therapist
Thursday, March 25, 7:45pm -9:45pm
Practice deep relaxation to release the mental rigidity that so often interferes with a meditative practice. Experience the unwinding of physical, mental, and emotional tensions. Apply various techniques to experience which methods of relaxation are most effective in clearing your mind.
Admission: FREE to Meditation Program Students
$20 per workshop in advance, $25 at the door

Emotional Clearing for Meditative Mind
with Erin Byron, MA Yoga Therapist
Tuesday, April 20, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Emotional upheaval is one of the main obstacles in a meditation practice. Yoga prescribes a systematic approach to neutralizing emotional charge and maintaining peacefulness in daily living. Come with a question regarding your own emotional patterns and practice the effective clearing method.
Admission: FREE to Meditation Program Students
$20 per workshop in advance, $25 at the door

Dangers and Gifts of Meditation
with Erin Byron, MA Yoga Therapist
Saturday, May 16, 12:30pm - 2:30pm
The path of meditation requires commitment, perseverance, and strength. Learn the common unconscious obstacles we place on our own paths. Understand the common dangers of meditation to avoid these traps. Feel uplifted and inspired by realizing the gifts that arise from consistent practice.
Admission: FREE to Meditation Program Students
$20 per workshop in advance, $25 at the door

Meditation Program

Nine month-long program.

Personalized Meditation Experience and Practice

Did you know that not all meditation programs work for all people? Discover how you can help yourself and others find the type of meditation that best suits their personality.

Learn a unique system of sensory mastery in tandem with the 6 basic styles of meditation:

• Breath/Energy
• Mantra
• Visual
• Contemplation
• Mindfulness
• Conceptual

Find peace of mind through an in-depth exploration of the inner-landscape. Understand the roots of positive thinking, enhance your spiritual understanding, simplify your life and quiet that monkey mind!

Field of Study

• Six basic styles of meditation and how to teach them
• Mastery of the senses
• Science of meditation
• Positive thinking and emotionality
• Spiritual company and living
• Proper breathing
• Visualization
• Physical relaxation and loosening of the spine
• Diet and exercise
• Simple living/freedom from busy-ness

Program Components

• Two weekly Meditation Classes
• Weekly seminars on Meditation for Your Type and How To Teach Meditation
• Four workshops on various components of meditation teaching and practice
• Support in establishing daily home meditation practice
• Direction in spiritual readings and meditative philosophy
• Review and guidance on training papers
• Extreme discount on Unlimited Yoga Membership (optional)
• Reduced rate on Weekend Yoga Intensive with Dr. Bob Butera (optional)

This program is designed to meet the needs of:

• Beginner meditation students who want to go deeper
• Experienced meditation students who want to teach others
• Meditation students who want to explore alternate disciplines
• Yoga teachers who want to continue their education

(Yoga Alliance CEC available)

For more information please contact yoga@welkin.ca or call 519-751-1368.

Meditation for Your Type Bibliography

Meditation Overview Books:

Goleman, Daniel. The Meditative Mind

Monaghan P. & Diereck E. Meditation, The Complete Guide

Buddhist Meditation

Rahula, Walpola. What the Buddha Taught

Thera, Nyanaponika. The Heart of Buddhist Meditation

Buddhist Mindfulness (Visspassana) (South East Asia)

Kabat-Zinn, Jon, Ph.D. Full Catastrophe Living.

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Wherever You Go, There You Are

Gunaratana, Bhante H. Mindfulness in Plain English

Nhat-Hanh, Thich. The Miracle of Mindfulness

The Heart of Understanding

The Sun My Heart

Transformation and Healing

Rosenberg, Larry Breath by Breath

Buddhist Zen (East Asia)

Herrigel, Eugen. Zen in the Art of Archery

Suzuki, Shunryu. Zen Mind, Beginners Mind

Watts, Alan W. The Way of Zen

Conceptual Meditation

Easwaran, Ecknath The Upanishads

Osborne, Arthur The Collected Works of Sri Ramana Maharshi

Vivekananda, Swami, Jnana Yoga

Wu, John: The Tao Te Chung

Wu, Yi The Mind of Chinese Ch’an (Zen).

Healing Prayer

Bakken, Kennth L. The Call to Wholeness

Dossey, Larry M.D. Healing Words: The Power of Prayer and the Practice of Medicine

James, William. Varieties of Religious Experience

LeShan, Lawrence. The Medium, the Mystic, and the Physicist

MacNutt, Francis. Healing

Merton, Thomas. Contemplative Prayer

Sanford, Agnes. The Healing Light

Smith, Houston. The World's Religions

Underhill, Evelyn Practical Mysticism

Mantra

Easwaran, Eknath. Meditation: An Eight-Point Program.

The Mantram Handbook,

Palmer, Sherrard, Ware The Philokalia

Preparation Exercises/Lifestyle

Easwaran, Eknath. Take Your Time.

Yogendra, Shri. Guide to Yoga Meditation

Visualization

Gawain, Shakti Creative Visualization

Yoga Meditation (Breath, Concentration)

Aranya, Swami Hariharananda. Yoga Philosophy of Patanjali.

Robinet, Isabella. Taoist Meditation

Satchidananda, Sri Swami. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

Vivekananda, Swami. Raja Yoga New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1901.

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