Fall Meditation Series

Name: Fall Meditation Series
Start: 2024-10-13T11:30:00-04:00
End: 2024-10-13T12:30:00-04:00
Location: Yoga Spot Meadville

Schedule

Sun Oct 13 2024 at 11:30 am to 12:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Yoga Spot Meadville | Meadville, PA

Join us for a three-part Fall Meditation Series designed to help us navigate this transitional time and energetic seasonal shift. As we welcome the crisper weather, shorter days, and the added challenges of an election year, we will take time to unplug, slow down, and center ourselves. These classes led by Jennifer Hellwarth are based on the principles of the Four Immeasurables — Lovingkindness, Compassion, Sympathetic Joy, and Equanimity. Using contemplative and meditative techniques, we learn to cultivate compassion and friendliness towards ourselves and others—even those who we find challenging. Each class will include a short introduction, a guided meditation, and a brief opportunity for Q&A. Attend one or all three classes.
Part I: Lovingkindness & Compassion (10/13)
In this class we explore and apply the concepts of loving-kindness and compassion as an antidote for ill-will and hatred, starting with ourselves and then working with others, helping us to dissolve the “us and them” mindset so prevalent in our current times.
Part II: Sympathetic Joy (11/17)
Most everyone has experienced the difficult feelings of jealousy or envy. This class we focus on cultivating sympathetic or appreciative joy for others’ (and our own) successes and happiness. When we cultivate sympathetic joy, we can engage more generously and productively in our relationships and our communities.
Part III: Equanimity (12/15)
The practice of cultivating equanimity helps us to meet whatever is happening without either clinging to what is pleasant or pushing away what is unpleasant. It also allows us to meet difficult emotions with more spaciousness and to have more ease and discernment in our actions and interactions with others.
Drop in to an individual class for $15 or attend as part of the entire three-part series for $35. Chairs are available for those uncomfortable sitting on a mat or bolster. No refunds or transfers.