Email diane.lannon@gmail.com or hortensemillerfriends@gmail.com
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
A three-hour mindfulness meditation retreat in the Hortense Miller Gardens.
The Hortense Miller Gardens are the perfect environment to
practice Mindfulness Meditation, as the quiet beauty lends itself naturally to feeling calm and peaceful!
Mindfulness Meditation can deepen our experience and appreciation
of our environment, manage the chatter of inner dialogue that can cause distractions and stress, and develop a deeper connection with the natural sense of peace that exists both outside of us in our surroundings and within ourselves.
We begin with a short talk on the “what and how” of Mindfulness
Meditation developing awareness of our breath and the senses. Meditating with the senses includes, smell, taste, sight, sound and body sensations. We begin seated together in a circle with a guided mindfulness meditation practice on how to use all our senses to be more open, aware and present in the moment.
There will be instruction for the walking and sitting meditation
intervals and then we will head out into the gardens, allowing people to find an area where they will be doing two rounds of individual silent walking and sitting practice on their own marked by a bell. A journal will be provided for contemplation and reflection. We will meet together again in the circle for another group guided
meditation and spend time sharing observations and conversation.
