Mindfulness, or Insight, Meditation is that process of paying bare attention to every moment of our meditation experience. We watch sensory experiences and thoughts rise and pass without judging or making stories about them. Almost everyone, even in beginning classes, notices a difference in the way they pay attention (or notices when they don’t pay attention!) in their daily lives when they practice meditation. Daily Life Practice and Meditation Practice have mindfulness in common, acting as a bridge between what we learn when sitting still and what we learn while being more active. Mindfulness is also sometimes described ad Present Moment Awareness. Now! When we are mindful of that Now, it can feel more spacious and slowed down, creating time for us to look at our reactions. We can see that conditions from the past shaped the experience of the present moment. We also begin to understand how intentions and actions that rise from the present moment can shape the future. Mindfulness is the bridge between the past and the future.
DATE: Tuesdays April 29-May 27 TIME: 7:00 to 9:00 pm TEACHER: Ann Barden LEVEL: continuing LOCATION: Insight Meditation Ann Arbor Meeting Room
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