Meditation in Sparta
Tuesdays 7 – 8:30pm with Sarah Schaffer & Wendy Miller
Choose Happiness: Turning Challenges into Growth
August 11 - September 1
What if the key to happiness wasn’t changing your circumstances—but changing your mind? In this uplifting meditation series, you’ll learn how to break free from stress, overthinking, and negative patterns, and discover a more positive, peaceful, and fulfilling way of living.
Weekly Topics:
August 11: Choose Compassion Over Compassion Fatigue and Emotional Numbness
August 18: Choose Mindfulness Over Scattered Living
August 25: Choose Understanding Karma Over Blaming Life
September 1: Choose to Focus Your Mind on Spiritual Growth with Daily Activities
Next Series: Meditations for Clarity and Confidence
September 8 - October 6
Learn simple meditation techniques to untangle confusion, find inner clarity, and create confidence in your decisions and actions. Life can feel so complicated, and between a busy schedule, difficult relationships, and our own inner turmoil, we can end up stagnating, confused and in a state of indecision. This can compound and become a feeling of low self esteem and lack of confidence in our own wisdom.
By understanding how our mind works and how to quiet the busyness within, we can cultivate an inner clarity that will empower wise action, which will benefit ourselves and others. Everyone welcome!
Weekly Topics:
September 8: How to Bring Joyful Energy into Meditation and Daily Life
September 15: Focusing Our Joyful Effort in Busy Daily Life
September 22: The Three Ways We Talk Ourselves Out of Meditation and Spiritual Practice
September 29: The Mechanics of Motivation
October 6: Being Patient with Ourselves
Teacher: Sarah Schaffer
Sarah is a Teacher at KMC New York where she studies in the Teacher Training Program. She regularly teaches the Sparta meditation class. Her teachings are practical and show how we can easily include meditation and Buddha’s timeless advice into daily life.
Teacher: Wendy Miller
Wendy Miller has been studying Kadampa for many years and studies in the Foundation Program at KMC New York. She teaches the Sparta meditation class once per month. Her teachings emphasize personal experience, helping students gain real insight through guided meditation and reflection.
What to Expect in Class
Everyone is welcome! These classes are suitable for practitioners of all levels, including beginners. Our classes are presented as a monthly series, but you are welcome to drop in on any individual class.
Each class contains a teaching and two guided meditations. No special clothing or equipment is required. Chairs are provided.
Class: 7 – 8:30pm | $10
Location: Sparta Ambulance Building
14 Sparta Avenue | Sparta
