Intro To Mindfulness Meditation Practice
Establishing the Terrain: The Basics of How and Why We Practice
with Frank Jude Boccio
March 11-April 15
Four Sundays, 3:00-5:00 pm (3/11, 3/18, 4/8, 4/15)
Join Frank Jude Boccio for this four-class course designed to ground you in a firm understanding and practice of mindfulness, with an emphasis on cultivating mindfulness in the midst of our full and busy lives. Through the meditative techniques of shamatha-vipassana (calming and insight) you will learn how to explore the ways you currently relate to your own experience, and learn to step back from conditioned reactivity and into a creative and free response to lived experience. In this form of meditation practice, we develop concentration, awareness, and compassion in order to open, and remain awake, to all that we encounter in our daily lives. This is meditation as the true fruit of Yoga - meditation as a way of life, recapturing and integrating all the facets of our lives so that we can delight in the joy, peace and equanimity that arise from understanding the truth of who we really are.
Suitable for beginners, including those with no previous experience, as well as those who wish to sharpen their meditative skills. Those who've already taken this course with Frank Jude are invited to return at a discounted rate of $40.
Registration
$60 General
$50 for Tucson Yoga Members
$40 for Returning Students
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Frank Jude Boccio, a certified Yoga Teacher and ordained Zen Buddhist Teacher, is also an Interfaith Minister, and a lay brother in the Tiep Hien Order established by Thich Nhat Hanh. His eclectic approach is influenced by his study of a variety of Yoga approaches as well as his many years of Dharma practice, which is evidenced by his emphasis on mindfulness and compassionate action (karuna). He has written for Yoga Journal, Tricycle, Shambhala Sun and other journals. His book, Mindfulness Yoga: The Awakened Union of Breath, Body, and Mind, is the only full-length treatment applying the Buddha’s Mindfulness Meditation teachings on The Four Establishments of Mindfulness to yoga-asana practice.
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