Breathing Into Silence: A Day of Mindfulness
March 18, 2017. At Riverside Church, 20-T, 10:00am-4:30pm
Together we will begin our Day cultivating mindfulness of breathing; calming the body; and experiencing ease, joy and quiet.
With this nourishment of calm, ease and joy we then can look deeply into impermanence of body and mind, and touch Silence.
Our Day will include time for personal practice.***
The schedule of the Day is something like this:
10-11:10am: Sitting and Walking Meditations/Mindful Movements.
“Breathing in, I am aware of the whole body,
Breathing out, I smile to my body”
11:15-12:10: Sitting and Walking Meditation:
Breathing with Impermanence [of the body, of the mind]:
12:15-12:55: Personal Practice
1:00-1:50: Lunch [Bring your own vegetarian lunch; we eat mindfully, in silence.]
2:00-2:30: Total Relaxation Exercise
2:40-2:55pm: Walking Meditation/Mindful Movements
3:00-3:25pm: Sitting Meditation: ‘This Silence is called Great Joy.’
3:30-4:20: Dharma Sharing/Closing
***Personal Practice is when each of us can choose our practice: we may sit, walk, move, contemplate a teaching, write. It is done in Silence.
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10:00am-4:30pm, Saturday March 18, In Room 20-T.
At Riverside Church
91 Claremont Avenue.
Between 120-122nd Street, one block west of Broadway.
Come for all or part of the Day.
Chairs and Cushions are Available.
Please do not wear perfumes or fragrances.
