Practice Support Group
What About Thinking??
What is the place of thinking in meditation? This is a common question. After all, it seems that if we could just stop thinking our meditation would be perfect! We want a mind that is peaceful and still, not so restless and agitated! It seems that our mind has a mind of its own! It won’t obey! Help!
Everyone has felt this at times. Questions about how to relate to thinking in our meditation are legitimate and necessary. What do we do with a mind that has a mind of its own?
In this 6 week class series we will investigate how we get lost in thought, how we take our thoughts to be who we are, and how we can free ourselves. We will explore both conceptual and non-conceptual ways of knowing. With mindfulness, we will learn the difference between thinking about things and being mindfully awake in the present. We will come to know our thinking as a helpful resource rather than as the “director” of the show.
This class is suitable for anyone who has received and practiced basic instructions in mindfulness.
WHEN
6-week Class Series
Sundays, Nov & Dec PSG - Nov 5, 12, 19 Dec 3, 10 & 17
10:00-11:45am Mountain Standard Time
Note: During Daylight Savings Time, Arizona is the same as Pacific Time
Note: During Daylight Savings Time Arizona is the same as Pacific Time
WHERE
On Zoom.
COST
Nov & Dec PSG - 6 week class: $150-$60
For those of you on a limited budget pay what you can. No one will be turned away.
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Registration is required. Once you register you will receive a confirmation email within 24 hours. Please click below to register and make your donation.
Sit every day and the teachings come alive!
The Practice Support Group is designed to help you establish a consistent and nourishing daily practice. Whether you sit 10, 20, 30 or 40 or 50 minutes daily this class will help you to find a length and frequency that works for you. When questions or challenges arise there is the opportunity to explore them in the weekly group.
Participating in a Dharma group is one of the most supportive things we can do to help our meditation practice grow.
ABOUT THE TEACHER
Anna Douglas, PhD., is the founder of Insight Meditation Tucson, and one of the founding teachers of Spirit Rock Meditation Center. In 1986 she was one of five Dharma students invited to train in Jack Kornfield's groundbreaking program of practice and study for new teachers. Although Anna's background is in psychology and the arts, she has had the good fortune as well as the deep aspiration to be able to do many long retreats in the vipassana/insight tradition. For many years her focus in teaching was to guide people in long retreats. She also created and taught mindfulness retreats for yoga practitioners and teachers, and for 15 years taught an annual creativity retreat using painting and writing as the mediums of exploration. In more recent years Anna's teaching has included classes and retreats on aging and dying. She is grateful for the many wonderful opportunities for practice and for teaching she continues to enjoy. This includes offering spiritual guidance to those for whom the Dharma is an ongoing wellspring of spiritual nourishment and inspiration. Anna is available for individual mentoring/guidance in the practice of insight meditation. Even as old age and various forms of decrepitude advance, her deepest wish is that the blessings of Dharma continue to be felt and shared for the benefit of all!