This winter a new class will be offered for people who have taken MBSR and want to enrich their practice. The class will meet in four half-day sessions, and will include familiar and new mindfulness practices, discussion generated by concerns and interests of participants, and readings from a variety of sources. First class is Saturday January 19, from 8:00to 12:00. Sign up by Friday, January 11, 2013! Click here for details.
Author: geriwilimek
Mindfulness By Day
Dark days, cold weather, and the quiet that comes after holiday celebrations. Winter is a great time for beginning a mindfulness meditation practice. If you are reluctant to drive at night during the winter, good news! In addition to the evening MBSR course, there will be a daytime course offered, Tuesdays throughout February and March from 1:00pm to 3:30pm. You will have plenty of time to get home before the sun goes down. Click Here for details.
Begin Again!
Happy New Year! Hey, lets be careful about those New Years Resolutions. A year is a huge chunk of time. Before you sign on the dotted line, consider some mindfulness-based approaches to change:
- Set a direction, not a goal
- Feel free to make wise “in-flight corrections” as you move in your chosen direction
- If it all falls apart, laugh and begin again.
- And again.
- And again.
Learn more about mindfulness practice.
Daytime and Evening MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) classes will be held during Winter 2013. See Class Schedule Page for details.
A Day of Silent Practice: November 10, 2012
Its time again for a whole day of guided mindfulness practice on Saturday, November 10, 2012. Everyone who has taken MBSR in the past is welcome to join this day of practice. Bring a lunch to eat mindfully, dress comfortably, in layers, and show up just a bit early so you can get your bearings and settle in before we begin. Coffee, tea and water will be provided, along with some healthy snacks. We will start promptly at 9:00am and end at 4:00pm. The class will be held at First Lutheran Church Labyrinth Room. Click here for a map. You may wish to contribute a snack to share, but this isn’t required. Just come. Just be. Geri
Winter 2013 MBSR
Interested in taking MBSR this winter? Click Here for the Class schedule and Registration Information.
Want to take MBSR during the day? Contact me. We can make it happen if enough of you are interested!
Sitting Generates Goodwill
The MBSR summer sitting group was a pleasant experience. First Lutheran Church donated the space and the group was free of charge. Each week people left free will donations, and by the end of the summer we collected $125 to donate to the Bemidji Food Shelf! Makes me smile. Geri
Fall 2012 MBSR Evening Classes
Fall 2012 MBSR Monday Evening Class
Fall 2012 MBSR begins tonight at 6:00. Anyone who hasn’t had orientation is welcome to join in on the first class, and I’ll meet with you afterward to provide orientation information.
No new registrations after tonight.
WEEKLY CLASSES:
Mondays, September 10 and 17 2012 6:00pm-8:30pm
Mondays, October 8, 15, and 22 2012 6:00pm-8:30pm
Mondays, November 5, 12, and 19 6:00pm-8:30pm
Saturday, November 10, 2012 all-day session 9:am-4:pm
WHERE:
All classes are held at Beltrami Electric Community Room
4111 Technology DR NW
Bemidji, MN 56601
COST:
$295 tuition includes all 10 class sessions (28 hours of instruction),
a set of 4 cd’s, for home practice, weekly handouts and a copy of
the text, Full Catastrophe Living, by Jon Kabat-Zinn.
CONTACT:
Call 444-6260 or
e-mail geriwilimek@gmail.com
Summer Sitting After the Storm: Not Happening
Hello all, This is probably obvious, but we won’t be sitting at First Lutheran Church tonight. There is a curfew citywide in effect, and many of us have serious messes to clean up after the visit last evening from Mother Nature. I hope everyone is okay, and if you had damage it was tolerable. Around my house, all of the broken trees released a scent into the air that permeates everything. See you next week, 5:30-6:30p.m. , First Lutheran Labyrinth Room
Summer Sitting is Underway!
MBSR alumni and others who have a meditation practice are invited to sit each Tuesday, June through August 2012. We gather from 5:30-5:40pm, meditate for a 30-40 minute period, visit briefly and leave by 6:30! This week one person brought a mat and quietly practiced yoga during the meditation period. Because we have a beautiful, large space this worked very well. The discussion afterward focused on the way summer highway construction can both challenge and teach us. First Lutheran Church is located at 9th and Bemidji Ave, Bemidji, MN. Park in the lot, enter the northeast door, and follow signs to the sitting space.
Summer Sitting!
For many of us, spring has been filled with events ranging from difficult to joyous, yard work, projects, gardening, and other manifestations of the “full catastrophe”. Doing often outweighs being. Summer sitting is a weekly opportunity for letting go of doing and entering silence. A chance to literally “catch your breath”. Come and sit in silence, lightly touch base with your fellow meditation practitioners, and make an intentional transition from day to evening. Space for summer sitting has been generously offered by First Lutheran Church on 9th and Bemidji Ave. Cushions and chairs are available, but feel free to “bring your own”. The door will be open from 5:30 to 5:40, then locked for security. We will sit from 5:40 to 6:10 or 6:20, visit a bit, and be finished promptly at 6:30. Feel free to tell others, and bring friends who have a meditation practice. There is no charge; voluntary donations will be given to the Bemidji Food Shelf. Looking forward to seeing you…Geri
Where: First Lutheran Church. Park in the church parking lot and enter at northeast (far left) door . Follow signs to sitting space.
When: Tuesdays, 5:30-6:30 (doors locked at 5:40)
Dates: June 5, 12, 19, and 26
July 10, 17, 24 and 31
August 7, 14, 21 and 28.
Watch for the upcoming schedule for Fall 2012 MBSR Classes!
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