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Greetings!
Graduation...Commencement...a time of taking measure and of new beginnings. As you may have guessed, endings and beginnings are on my mind this month as my youngest child graduates from high school and prepares to start college in the fall. As parents, we measure each of the milestones we witness, marking each as "graduations" or intervals in our children's lives and our own. Now is the time for "commencement", a new beginning; stepping, running or leaping into the unknown and trusting the trajectory! May we all have the courage to let go and fly....
"Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts.
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
For even as he loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable."
--Kahlil Gibran
May this be a season for your own commencement,
Pam
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Evening Meditation Maintenance |
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Last Session until September!
Join us this month on Monday, June 16 from 7-9 PM to explore ways to continue your real life practice of mindfulness meditation
Meditation Maintenance Sessions are for students who have some previous experience with meditation and want to deepen their informal and formal practices. Each month will include practice, and discussion of challenges and insights in our practices.
- Cost is $15 for June 16 session
- No Meditation Maintenance in July or August
- Meditation Maintenance Sessions will resume in September (usually held on the 2nd Monday of each month)
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Coming up....Retreat and Renewal |
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Join us for a weekend at Kripalu this Fall
I am in the initial stages of coordinating an autumn weekend retreat for those who would like to experience all that Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health has to offer. Kripalu is the largest yoga and meditation center in the U.S. and is located in Lenox, MA. This retreat and renewal weekend would be open to anyone who may be interested, women, men, couples and singles...you do not need to have taken any of my classes or workshops to join us. Let me know if you are interested in receiving more information as plans are firmed up.
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Back by Popular Demand....
Mindfulness at Walden Pond Experiential Workshop |
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A favorite summer workshop returns in August. Join me for an experiential workshop at Thoreau's Walden Pond. We will visit the pond and woods during the early evening hours, away from the crowds, and experience mindfulness in nature. From journaling, H. D. Thoreau quotations, mindful eating, walking and sitting by the pond, you will gain new insight into mindfulness meditation.
Workshop is limited to 15 participants
Date: Monday, August 11 (raindate Tues, August 12)
Time: 6:00-8:00 PM
Where: Walden Pond, Concord, MA
Bring: Towel or blanket to sit on, walking shoes
Cost: $30 (includes, journal, workshop materials), parking at Walden Pond is $5 additional
Preregistration is necessary
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Registration is NOW OPEN for Fall MBSR Classes |
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Registration is now open for the Fall 2008 series of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction. Classes will begin September 18 and September 19. Thursday evening sessions and Friday morning sessions are available.
Stress Resources offers:
- Flexible scheduling for MBSR classes
- Continuing education for health care professionals
- NEW added bonus of 10% discount on MBSR classes for Blue Cross Blue Shield members
- Exceptional programming and convenient small group setting
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