SECULAR MEDITATION - 32 Practices for Cultivating Inner Peace, Compassion and Joy
by Rick Heller via Zoom Tuesdays at 8:30am on zoom
This will be a 40 minute reading and exercise. Meditation is a form of mental exercise with numerous scientifically verified physical and psychological benefits. As meditation teacher Rick Heller shows, the benefits of the practice extend beyond the personal to enrich relationships with others, with one’s community, and with the world. In Secular Meditation, step-by-step instructions, personal stories, and provocative questions teach empathy for others, stress reduction, and the kind of in-the-moment living that fosters appreciation for life and resilience in the face of adversity. Heller simplifies what is often found mysterious, describing and providing detailed instructions for thirty-two different practices, ensuring that anyone can find the right one.
Please join Saramaria via Zoom for a 40-minute practice with a reading and
a 20 minute meditation and discussion.
Please join us ONLINE for Spiritual Fitness
Thursday March 27th at 7pm
Reading: The Serviceberry- Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Beginning March 25th
For more information about the book and about Robin Wall Kimmerer
Meeting on Tuesdays at 7pm online
For more information about the author go to: https://www.robinwallkimmerer.com/
As Indigenous scientist and author of Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy. How, she asks, can we learn from Indigenous wisdom and the plant world to reimagine what we value most? Our economy is rooted in scarcity, competition, and the hoarding of resources, and we have surrendered our values to a system that actively harms what we love. Meanwhile, the serviceberry’s relationship with the natural world is an embodiment of reciprocity, interconnectedness, and gratitude. The tree distributes its wealth—its abundance of sweet, juicy berries—to meet the needs of its natural community. And this distribution insures its own survival. As Kimmerer explains, “Serviceberries show us another model, one based upon reciprocity, where wealth comes from the quality of your relationships, not from the illusion of self-sufficiency.”
As Elizabeth Gilbert writes, Robin Wall Kimmerer is “a great teacher, and her words are a hymn of love to the world.” The Serviceberry is an antidote to the broken relationships and misguided goals of our times, and a reminder that “hoarding won’t save us, all flourishing is mutual.”
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Weekly Practices
Guided Meditation
SATURDAY -THURSDAY
at 8AM
Morning guided meditations include body scans, forgiveness, peace, gratitude, loving-kindness, compassion and self-esteem meditative practices, as well as visualizations and coping with anxiety practices.
Praying with the body
Here is a sample recording:
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/UGy34jjFNG13pHlyof2qDBsIvR62IhdwFJfPP2HDn-lB7ewUFzui01zbHLs9L8lv.C132gtSbcFBMz29B
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THURSDAY, SUNDAY at 8:30 PM
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This is a mindfulness practice that incorporates prayers of the psalms with breath work, gentle yoga poses (to do if you are able), a sitting guided meditative practice ending with a self-compassion practice!