Meditation Group

Note: This group is not currently meeting. Those interested in free meditation opportunity may want to check out the resources below. Also check out Insight Meditation Open House (1:30pm on third Saturdays?) at Princeton Center for Yoga & Health (their event calendar). If you are interested in facilitating or co-facilitating a meditation workshop, please contact us.

Resources

Books and web sites

• Siegel, Ronald D. 2010. The mindfulness solution: everyday practices for everyday problems. [available at MCLS; Google (preview), Amazon]
• Gunaratana, Henepola. 2002. Mindfulness in plain English, Updated and Expanded ed. [available at MCLS; Google (preview), Amazon; Manuscript on-line]

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• Theravada Buddhist meditation: Vipassana Dhura Meditation Society, Video clips by Noah Yuttadhammo
• Tibetan Buddhist meditation (Rudy Harderwijk)
• Zen Buddhist meditation (Chon Tri, web site by Alan Do)
• Yoga meditation: Swami Jnaneshvara, Sahaja Meditation (free on-line course)

Free local meditation activities and sponsoring organizations

• Meditation Circle at the Lawrence Branch of MCLS (Most Fridays 2:30pm) [MCLS adult programs]
• Princeton Center for Yoga & Health (some free programs)
• Princeton Insight Meditation
• Meditation 4 Anyone (on-line community based in Princeton)
• Princeton Buddhist Meditation Group
• Buddhist Sangha of Bucks County
• Insight Meditation Community of New Jersey (Half/one-day retreat on select Saturdays in Morristown, NJ)
• Philadelphia Buddhist Association

Past sessions:

• Once a month from June 2011 through April 2012 subsumed under Guided Learning & Self Discovery workshop (Spiritual Gathering)
• June18, 2011, 11:00am - 12:30 pm at the LCC [Theme: Kindness meditation]
• May 21, 2011, 11:00am - 12:30 pm at the LCC [Guest facilitator: Phyllis Johnson]
• April 16, 2011, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm at the LCC [Theme: Raisin (eating) meditation]
• March 19, 2011, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm at the LCC [Theme: Dealing with distractions]
• February 19, 2011, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm at the LCC [Theme: Meditation on the breath]
• January 15, 2011, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm at the LCC [Theme: Hearing meditation]
• December 18, 2010, 10:30 am - 12:00 noon at the LCC [Theme: Walking meditation]
• November 20, 2010, 10:30 am - 12:00 noon at the Lawrence Community Center [Theme: Review/Preview]
• October 16, 2010, 10:30 am - 12:00 noon at the Lawrence Branch of MCLS [Theme: Continuing practice]
• September 18, 2010, 2:00 - 3:30 pm at the Lawrence Community Center [Theme: Meditation and everyday life (informal practice)]
• August 28, 2010, 2:00-3:00 pm at the Lawrence Community Center [Theme: Mindfulness meditation]
• August 7, 2010, 11:00 am -12:00 noon at the Ewing Branch of MCLS [Theme: Concentration meditation]
• July 7, 2010, 7:00 - 8:00 pm at the Ewing Branch of MCLS [Theme: Beginning meditation]
• June 12, 2010, 2:00 - 3:00 pm at the Ewing Branch of MCLS [Theme: Types of meditation]