Have you been thinking you need to meditate, wishing you had a meditation practice, have you had a meditation practice that doesn’t stick, are there so many kinds of meditation you don’t even know what kind of meditation to do?
Well then 2025 is your chance to gain CLARITY and KNOWLEDGE and become part of Village Yoga's Meditation Community
Here’s what it will look like:
We will have monthly 90 minute online/zoom meet ups
These will be times when we come together as a community to learn new meditation techniques, receive fundamental buddhist and secular mindfulness teachings that will enrich your understanding of meditation and create connection by building support of our Sangha
The meetings will be recorded so that you will have a constant practice companion thru out the month and there will also be individual email support thru out our time together
Here is a few of the topics we will be covering:
The Three Jewels: The secret to creating a strong connection to your meditation practice
How to set up a home meditation practice and get it to stick. (Hint, why I wanted this to be on the zoom platform, so you can get used to practicing in your own space).
How to find Joy in your meditation practice
Tibetan Yoga breathing techniques to prepare you for sitting
Simple warm up practices to become embodied before meditation
Experience practices that build focus and concentration
Explore meditation techniques that bolster heart opening and resilience
Loving Kindness
Compassion/Tonglen
Sympathetic Joy
Equanimity
Learn how your meditation practice can help you work with difficult emotions
Gain experience and benefits of ancient Mantra practice, Visualization techniques and Diety Yoga (what’s Diety yoga? Join us to find out)\
1 - 3 mini retreat days to come together in person
And this is just the start…...
Are you ready to Commit To Sit and create a sustainable meditation practice that works for you, get personalized meditation support as needed and connect with other like minded individuals ???
VY Meditation Year will consist of 12 or more monthly meet ups online and 3 mini retreats quarterly that will meet in person in our studio space
VY Meditation Year will be led by Michele Sapanaro, a dual certified meditation teacher with more than 25 years of teaching and meditation experience. She is a student of Tibetan Buddhism since 2003 and continues to be committed to the practice and study on the path of “The Householder Yogi” the blending of spiritual aspirations with ones everyday living. Its thru this framework that Michele believes provides the ultimate nourishment and support in ones life for self-observation, transformation and a deeper connection to ones heart
Zoom meeting link will be send 30 minutes prior to the start of the session