2019 Workshops and Day Long Programs
Loving-Kindness Meditation: How It Can Heal What Ails Us
Wed. Oct. 9
Dominican Center, Grand Rapids, MI
9:00 am - Noon
The loving-kindness meditation is based on metta, the Pali term for unconditional friendliness, or loving-kindness, and is a form of blessing/meditation practice. It is sourced in the Buddhist tradition, yet versions of it are found in many spiritual traditions, including Judaism and Celtic Christianity. It is an interspiritual practice that supports many theologies.
Metta is a sitting meditation/prayer form and takes us through six levels of blessing: one's self, benefactors, loved ones, neutral others, difficult others, and ultimately wishing all earthly beings and creatures safety and happiness. This practice opens our hearts to ourselves and others in profound ways.
Registration: 8:45 a.m. with continental breakfast
Cost: $45.00
Register online (www.dominicancenter.com/events) or by calling 616.514.3325
Dominican Center, Grand Rapids, MI
9:00 am - Noon
The loving-kindness meditation is based on metta, the Pali term for unconditional friendliness, or loving-kindness, and is a form of blessing/meditation practice. It is sourced in the Buddhist tradition, yet versions of it are found in many spiritual traditions, including Judaism and Celtic Christianity. It is an interspiritual practice that supports many theologies.
Metta is a sitting meditation/prayer form and takes us through six levels of blessing: one's self, benefactors, loved ones, neutral others, difficult others, and ultimately wishing all earthly beings and creatures safety and happiness. This practice opens our hearts to ourselves and others in profound ways.
Registration: 8:45 a.m. with continental breakfast
Cost: $45.00
Register online (www.dominicancenter.com/events) or by calling 616.514.3325
Pure Presence for Compassionate Listening
Wed. Nov. 13 and Dec. 11 from 1:30-3:30 p.m
At OLLI (Osher Life Long Learning Institute) at Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, MI
“Pure Presence” is a unique protocol developed by spiritual director and educator, Dr. Janice L. Lundy, for sacred listening to transform our ability to offer presence—the deepest empathy and spiritual care—to whomever we are with. It is presence without agenda. It is presence that welcomes each individual we meet with wholeheartedness and compassion, not any easy thing to do today given our ethnic, religious and political differences.
In this 2-part program, you’ll learn the practice of Pure Presence by cultivating non-judgmental awareness and compassionate presence for yourself first, and then for others. This program can benefit everyday people in everyday settings to help heal and uplift relationships that may have become fractured in these challenging and divisive times.
Cost: To be announced
To register: (616) 632-2430
At OLLI (Osher Life Long Learning Institute) at Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, MI
“Pure Presence” is a unique protocol developed by spiritual director and educator, Dr. Janice L. Lundy, for sacred listening to transform our ability to offer presence—the deepest empathy and spiritual care—to whomever we are with. It is presence without agenda. It is presence that welcomes each individual we meet with wholeheartedness and compassion, not any easy thing to do today given our ethnic, religious and political differences.
In this 2-part program, you’ll learn the practice of Pure Presence by cultivating non-judgmental awareness and compassionate presence for yourself first, and then for others. This program can benefit everyday people in everyday settings to help heal and uplift relationships that may have become fractured in these challenging and divisive times.
Cost: To be announced
To register: (616) 632-2430
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"I am not sure if you know how much you have helped me transform my perspective on my life and on life in general. I am eternally grateful. And when I have a downward slide, I have resources to fall back on."
~ Program Participant, Grand Rapids, MI
~ Program Participant, Grand Rapids, MI