How Do I Start Meditating?

Facilitated by Liz Kitchell.Our minds are filled with busy unexamined habits. Maybe you’ve noticed that these habits, left unchecked, can lead to cut off relationships, addictive habits, feeling overwhelmed or a general loss of inspiration. Contemplative mindful practices, just 20 minutes a day, can help expose these habits and offer awareness to rewire our thinking. But where does one get started in a way that can last? Neuroscience now confirms that 8 weeks of such a practice changes the gray matter in your frontal cortex, the part of the brian that regulates knee-jerk reactions and anger, as well as opens neural pathways across hemispheres of the brain accessing imagination and authentic compassion. Learn these practices in a small group that will offer weekly accountability, a safe place of discovery, and facilitation that helps “demystify” the work while integrating it with your everyday challenges around work, family, and community.  Participants should expect to spend 20 minutes a day working out the practices explored. This class is limited to 10 people. We can’t think our way into a new way of living; we must live our way into a new way of thinking.