Saratoga Springs Meditation Class
Venue
Senior Center
5 Williams St, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
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Per updated New York state guidelines, as of December 13, 2021, all businesses and venues are to require that masks be worn in indoor public spaces. Based on this new state guidance, masks or face coverings are required at all times.
January Series
Making a Meditation Habit
Tuesdays · 7-8:30pm with Charlie Stuart
It’s easy to start a new practice and then abandon it for something else. Creating a meditation habit that lasts is an art. You can start the new year right by learning essential techniques for creating a joyful but disciplined meditation practice that will support and sustain you for a lifetime. We will look at the essentials of how to meditate and how to create a consistent, joyful routine. There will be plenty of time for questions and a discussion of how we can refine our practice going forward.
$10 per person. Drop-ins welcome
Class Dates & Topics
NO CLASS DECEMBER 23 & 30
January 4 Making Meditation Joyful
January 11 Quieting A Busy Mind
January 18 Developing Concentration
January 25 Going Deeper with Meditation
Meditation Workshop
Establishing Our Intentions for the New Year
Saturday, January 22nd · 10am·1pm with Evelyn Williams
In this half-day course, we will get to fine-tune our intentions for the new year to create the positive change we’re looking for. When we align our intentions and actions with a clear sense of our potential, amazing accomplishments will arise. The power of intention can take us to wonderful experiences or terrible ones. Our intentions have the power to create our own enlightenment or our own problems. Through the teachings given in this workshop, we learn how to correctly set our motivation so that we live with purpose and meaning. Everyone welcome.
$20 per person. Drop-ins welcome
February Series
Take Control Of Your LIfe
Tuesdays · 7-8:30pm with Charlie Stuart
Our thoughts and attitudes create all of our experiences. If we want to take control of our life and find the happiness we long for, we must learn how to control our mind. Using meditation and Buddhist wisdom to train our mind, we can reduce negative thinking and learn to think in ways that produce a positive, peaceful outlook. We can respond to daily challenges in a more constructive fashion, improve our relationships and make our life truly meaningful.
$10 per person. Drop-ins welcome
Class Dates & Topics
February 1 How to Find Inner Peace
February 8 Harnessing the Power of Intention
February 15 Overcoming Problems with Meditation
February 22 How to Change Our Perspective
March Series
Love without Pain
Tuesdays · 7-8:30pm with Charlie Stuart
Our relationships with others – whether between couples, within a family, or even amongst friends and colleagues – can have a huge impact on our happiness. Through meditation we can find ways of relating to others that make them rewarding and harmonious, and we can break out of mental habit patterns that can sabotage them. Over this series, learn and practice simple meditations to make our relationships work.
$10 per person. Drop-ins welcome
Class Dates & Topics
March 1 Love, Craving, and Desire
March 8 Developing Unconditional Love
March 15 Dealing with Difficult People
March 22 Finding Fearlessness
March 29 Becoming a Friend of the World
Evelyn Williams
Through her many years of practice and meditative experience, Evelyn has developed a special understanding of Kadampa Buddhism. With an insightful approach and peaceful heart, Evelyn shares Buddha’s teachings in a way that directly touches the hearts of listeners.
Charlie Stuart
Charlie has been practicing Buddhism for many years and has been helping the Saratoga Springs classes and is now teaching the weekly Tuesday meditations. He is appreciated for his clear, light-hearted, and practical presentation of Buddhist teachings.