Jan
4
to Feb 8

Six-week Introduction to Meditation

Friends,
There’s a time to look more deeply and systematically into our meditation practice, so we know more clearly where we’re trying to go, and how the practice gets us there.

Every year we try to offer an Eastside opportunity for that deeper look, with a January six-week introductory class.

While last year we had to offer this class solely online, we’re delighted to be able to offer a hybrid version this year. This means that you’ll be able to attend in-person in Kirkland at Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church, but you’ll also be able join via Zoom from wherever you are.

With a little help from our friends we’ve developed some audio and video gear that makes this work very smoothly, so the online and in-person folks feel like they’re in one space together.

The class will be 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on six consecutive Tuesdays, starting Jan. 4. We’ll be joining the Seattle intro class for a share day of mindfulness on Saturday, Feb. 12.

Here’s a link to register: https://seattleinsight.org/event/eastside-introductory-meditation-class-series-in-person-online/2022-01-04/

The series will include progressive teaching over the six weeks, sitting together, and plenty of time for discussion. These classes are fun, because people become very bonded and open, and get a chance to stretch on the path of meditation and spiritual growth.

The class is suitable for beginning practitioners, but also for deepening practice of more seasoned people.

While there is a suggested donation to SIMS for the series, everyone is welcome whatever their financial realities. So if you want to join, whatever you feel comfortable offering is fine.

If you will be joining, we’d very much welcome two volunteers to help with set up during the class. Here’s a link to sign up to help:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/18OKEUO7ubunOG_q9r8MaBFWXqmWScOm4LIsv8MdnBU8/edit

If you have any questions, please email Steve at stevellen95@comcast.net.

I hope to see you there, so we can journey on the path together.

Sincerely, with good vibes,

Steve Wilhelm

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Nov
13
9:00 AM09:00

Eastside Insight daylong - The aggregates: Unpacking the self

Friends,

Welcoming Eastside folks, or anyone, to a daylong meditation retreat this Saturday, Nov. 13.

The subject will be the five aspects of our experience that make up our sense of self. The more aware we can be of these five as they arise and pass, the freer we’ll be, the less in their thrall.

Some of you may know these five by various names: skandhas (Sanskrit), khandhas (Pali), or aggregates. The English term alludes to the way these five can set a sense of self as stiff as concrete, until we loosen this with mindfulness.

The daylong will be online and in-person, so take your pick. The in-person gathering will be in the sanctuary of Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church, in Kirkland. The online gathering will be via Zoom, and they’ll be laced together into a hybrid format.

For either approach please register via the Seattle Insight Meditation Society website. There is further information there including directions to the site, plus you need to register to get the link for the retreat. Please also look there for Covid protocols.

https://seattleinsight.org/event/aggregates-unpacking-the-self-111321/

The retreat will be from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and please plan to be there a few minutes early. If you’re planning to be in-person, please bring something warm like a shawl or blanket for inside, because windows will be open and fans will be running, and also rain gear for walking outside. And maybe lunch.

We won’t be serving coffee or tea, so please bring either in a thermos, to drink outside the hall.

The teachings will be offered by Lyndal Johnson and Steve Wilhelm

There is no requested donation for the event itself, because Northlake is considering the event a boon for church members as well as the larger community, and is offering the space.

There will be opportunities for you to express generosity back by offering support to Northlake; to Seattle Insight Meditation Society, which has provided lots of background support; and to the teachers.

If you have any questions please email Steve Wilhelm at stevellen95@comcast.net.

May this gathering be fruitful for all. We hope to see you there!

 

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