Reduce Stress, Rediscover Well-being: Learn to Meditate! 

4-week Class Series:  Thursday, October 15, 22, 29, and November 5, 2015.  All Classes begin at 7:00 PM and end at 9:00 PM each Thursday evening.  No drop-ins after class #2 (October 22).

This four-week class series will offer the basics of insight meditation, the practice taught by the Buddha as part of his “Middle Way,” the path to freedom from suffering.  The aim of insight meditation is to develop a non-reactive, steady attention that allows us to clearly observe our inner experience, which in turn leads to a transformative understanding of emotional pain and distress.  Recent studies have confirmed what meditators have known for centuries: that meditation leading to insight can release long-standing patterns of mental and physical stress, allowing our natural joy and ease to emerge, heal, and enrich our lives.

This class will offer detailed instructions, group meditation practice, discussion of the benefits and challenges of practice, and plenty of time for questions. The class is appropriate for interested newcomers as well as more experienced folks who’d like a refresher.  Drop-ins welcome up to class #2 (Oct. 22).

About the Teacher:

Cheryl Slean, MA, CMF has been practicing Buddhist meditation since 1995. In 2007 she was authorized to teach and has subsequently shared dharma and mindfulness at many spiritual and secular venues including Seattle Insight, mid-Columbia Insight, Against the Stream, Insight Community of the Desert, Google LA, the Hammer Museum, Santa Monica Hospital, Refuge Recovery, and Michael’s House. She has received teacher training from Noah Levine and has a Certification in Mindfulness Facilitation from the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center. Cheryl is also a writer, filmmaker and educator working in the arts and sustainability, and is co-executive producer of the LA Climate Action Arts Festival.