Weekly topic for Monday night meditations
Topics are released every Friday.
This Monday 10.14, Alison will lead.
Meditation Schedule
MONDAYs
7:00 - 8:30PM
WEDNESDAYs
6:30 - 7:30AM
FRIDAYs
12:00 - 1:00PM
Events
All are invited to join our community
Mindfulness is being here now, with kindness and open hearted curiosity.
The Opening Heart Mindfulness Community is open to everyone and meets to practice sitting and walking meditation and discuss mindfulness-related topics every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at Circle Yoga. We practice together in the tradition of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh.
No previous mindfulness or meditation experience necessary.
No registration is required, and there is no fee to attend. Donations are joyfully accepted to support this and other similar programs Sitting meditation can be done on the floor or in a chair.
In consideration of those who have chemical sensitivities, we ask that you do not wear any fragrances (including essential oils) while attending Opening Heart meditation events.
Making-Visible
The Opening Heart Mindfulness Community created this special sangha to build awareness on the issues of social injustice facing our country and the world today.
Every morning we have 24 brand new hours to live. What a precious gift!” Thich Nhat Hanh
When my heart is heavy, my mind is cluttered, or I’m feeling too reactive, I find it helpful to step back and embrace a moment of gratitude. Without fail, this brief practice results in feelings of more spaciousness, lightness and clarity. Something inside me shifts. So, in preparing for this Monday’s sangha, I wanted to share, for the second time, a reflection on gratitude from Brother Phap Hai (Dharma Ocean), a senior monastic Dharma teacher at Deer Park Monastery and board member of the Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation. Although written on Thanksgiving Day 2016, it is relevant to all of our days!
Photo credit: Bella Appel