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~ You are life passing through the body ~
Contemplation, Self-Awareness, Sensation, Vitality, and Joy
Awareness ~ Mindfulness ~ Mastery
SEPTEMBER 2, 2026 TIME: From Linear Experience to Living Presence
SEPTEMBER 2, 2026 TIME: From Linear Experience to Living Presence
SEPTEMBER 2, 2026 TIME: From Linear Experience to Living Presence
We are often taught to experience time as something that moves in a straight line—from past, through present, into future. We measure it, organize our lives around it, and often feel as though we are either trying to keep up with it, get ahead of it, or somehow escape its pressure. In this way of relating, time can begin to feel like something we are inside of—something that carries us forward whether we are ready or not. But there is another way to sense time, one that is less about moving through it and more about meeting it. If we pause, even for a moment, and begin to notice this moment as it is being lived—not remembered, not anticipated, but directly felt—something begins to shift. Time softens. It is no longer just a line we are traveling along, but becomes a living field—immediate, responsive, and intimately connected to our awareness. Within this field, the past is not truly gone; it lives as memory, tone, and imprint within the body and mind. The future is not entirely distant; it exists as potential, as direction, as a subtle pull or invitation. And the present is not a thin slice dividing the two, but a fullness—a meeting place where past and future are already in relationship, already here. As we begin to shift from tracking time to sensing it, we may notice a different rhythm emerging—one with less urgency and more coherence, less fragmentation and more wholeness. Time is no longer something we must control or manage so tightly, but something we are in conversation with, something we are participating in with every breath, every sensation, every moment of awareness. And in this shift, we are invited out of being ahead of ourselves or behind ourselves, and gently returned to what is always available—the living presence of this moment.
SEPTEMBER 30, 2026 MEDITATION / SELF AWARENESS PRACTICE
SEPTEMBER 2, 2026 TIME: From Linear Experience to Living Presence
SEPTEMBER 2, 2026 TIME: From Linear Experience to Living Presence
This session will be held with the intention of bringing ourselves into awareness of self. join us as we come together to learn and experience the energetic beings that we are. Through self-awareness, we can begin to know this invisible realm which pervades our very being. Awareness of self brings about the inner peace that we are all wanting, not to mention health, clarity, vitality, and joy.
We will be revisiting some of the meditations from over the past few months that are meant to encourage and promote the development of a natural way of being, reduce stress and anxiety, improve focus, and promote overall well-being.
OCTOBER 7, 2026 READING LIFE AS AN ORACLE: A Dialogue With Spirit
SEPTEMBER 2, 2026 TIME: From Linear Experience to Living Presence
OCTOBER 7, 2026 READING LIFE AS AN ORACLE: A Dialogue With Spirit
A dialogue with Spirit is a gentle, embodied experience that invites us to reconnect with our own inner wisdom. Through guided reflection, somatic awareness, and meditation, we explore how everyday life speaks to us through our bodies, emotions, and experiences. This presentation offers practical tools for listening more deeply, trusting intuition, and engaging in a meaningful, compassionate relationship with life. The intention for the session is that it will leave you feeling grounded, inspired, and empowered to recognize the guidance already present within yourself.
NOVEMBER 4, 2026 HOW LISTENING RE-SHAPES THE SPEAKER
DECEMBER 30, 2026 MEDITATION / SELF AWARENESS PRACTICE
OCTOBER 7, 2026 READING LIFE AS AN ORACLE: A Dialogue With Spirit
The phrase—"How Listening Re-Shapes the Speaker"—contains a profound truth. It suggests that listening is not simply something we do for another person. Deep listening changes the one who listens, and in doing so, it changes the one who is speaking.
When someone feels truly listened to, something remarkable begins to happen. The speaker often starts with a familiar story—one they have told themselves many times. But as they continue speaking into a space free of interruption, judgment, or advice - their own words begin to reveal something deeper. The listener has not changed the speaker by offering solutions. Rather, the quality of presence has created a field in which the speaker can hear themselves more clearly.
Many of us have never experienced being deeply heard. We have experienced conversations filled with fixing, comparing, reassuring, or preparing our own response. Genuine listening is different. It is spacious. It allows silence. It trusts that wisdom is already present within the speaker.
As the speaker senses this safety, the nervous system gradually settles. The body softens. Breathing changes. The mind begins to organize itself. Thoughts that were tangled become coherent. Feelings that seemed overwhelming become more understandable. The speaker literally begins to hear themselves in a new way.
DECEMBER 2, 2026 THE SPINE ~ Our Faithful Companion
DECEMBER 30, 2026 MEDITATION / SELF AWARENESS PRACTICE
DECEMBER 30, 2026 MEDITATION / SELF AWARENESS PRACTICE
There are some companions in life we know well, and others whose quiet presence we rarely notice. From the moment you took your first breath until this very moment, your spine has been there. It has carried you through childhood adventures, moments of celebration, seasons of uncertainty, times of heartbreak, and countless ordinary days that quietly shaped who you have become. It has stood behind every embrace, every tear, every joyful laugh, every challenge, and every new beginning.
Yet most of us think about our spine only when it hurts. We seldom pause to appreciate its extraordinary intelligence, its resilience, or the profound support it offers us every moment of every day.
In our modern lives, we spend much of our time leaning forward—toward our responsibilities, our goals, our schedules, our worries, and the next thing waiting for our attention. We are taught to push, strive, accomplish, and reach. Over time, our nervous systems often organize themselves around effort, vigilance, and doing. But what if there were another way? What if, for just a little while, we could stop pushing forward and instead discover what it feels like to be supported?
This presentation is not a lesson in anatomy. It is an experience of relationship. Together, we will gently explore the remarkable landscape of the back body—the part of ourselves we seldom see, yet the part that quietly receives us, steadies us, and carries us. We will discover how simply bringing awareness to the spine can soften the nervous system, awaken a sense of grounded presence, and remind us that support is not something we must constantly seek outside ourselves.
DECEMBER 30, 2026 MEDITATION / SELF AWARENESS PRACTICE
DECEMBER 30, 2026 MEDITATION / SELF AWARENESS PRACTICE
DECEMBER 30, 2026 MEDITATION / SELF AWARENESS PRACTICE
This session will be held with the intention of bringing ourselves into awareness of self. join us as we come together to learn and experience the energetic beings that we are. Through self-awareness, we can begin to know this invisible realm which pervades our very being. Awareness of self brings about the inner peace that we are all wanting, not to mention health, clarity, vitality, and joy.
We will be revisiting some of the meditations from over the past few months that are meant to encourage and promote the development of a natural way of being, reduce stress and anxiety, improve focus, and promote overall well-being.
I meditate so that my mind cannot complicate my life.
Sri Chinmoy
