learning to meditate (wednesday july 7, 2010)

Meditation connects us with our lives. Through settling our minds and opening our bodies, the practice helps us engage ourselves in a deeper, more authentic way.  Grounded in our beings, we become better able to meet the challenges of contemporary life. Starting us on the path of meditation, this workshop alternates guided practice with participant-driven discussion while:
    •  leading participants through a basic meditation practice,
    •  deepening this practice with body-based relaxation exercises,
    •  adapting presented material to the demands of daily living,
    •  offering direction for continuing the practice at home.
To register for this workshop, please call Queenswood at 250.477.3822 or email retreats@queenswoodvictoria.ca

Facilitator Neil McKinlay teaches meditation on Vancouver Island. A longtime practitioner and close student of Dr. Reggie Ray, Neil draws from his training in the tradition of Chogyam Trungpa to emphasize the accessibility and relevance of meditation in the modern world. Seeing the spiritual journey as an inherent part of human life, his instructional style is immediate and personal, always affirming the dignity and wholeness of our lives asthey are.