Mindful Meditation for Women

Register for a free, weekly introduction to meditation on Wednesdays at 12:15 to 12:45 on October 8, 15, 22, and 29. Come to as many sessions as you wish. No pressure, just peace!

I’m Sharon Martin and meditation has strongly impacted my life. Something was missing from my life, and I had an idea that a meditation practice might be helpful by either being the something that was missing or that it might lead me to understand what was missing.  I first made an appointment with a retired English professor/Buddhist monk to learn Buddhist meditation. At that time, mediation and mindfulness were not everywhere you turned. I had to seek it out. 

I knew I was not going to be a monk sitting in meditation 12 hours a day–I had a job and two kids. That was not an option! I wondered if the little time I had available would be enough. 

I thought meditation might be for “other people.” You know that “it’s not for me” kind of thinking. 

I did not yet know that we all have contemplative ability and we all meditate without knowing it or naming it all the time. 

Artists meditate in their work, so do writers, scientists [even the ones who don’t believe in woo-woo stuff] meditate on their research. Doctors meditate on their patients, mothers and fathers meditate on the small infant sleeping in their laps. 

And we have all had those moments in nature where we have deep inner experiences at the rise of the moon, the setting of the sun, even the sight of the devastation following a flood or hurricane. 

Part of the process of adding meditation to your health routine is acknowledging that you already know how to do it and you already do it. 

Beginning a practice is simply making the practice intentional. Creating a time and space for it. And learning some techniques. Getting comfortable with stillness, silence, solitude. 

In the half hour time period each week, I will introduce you to the principles and benefits of meditation and guide a short meditation. Then a time for questions and discussion lets you check in about your experience. 

At 12:45, the close of the structured time, we will leave the meeting open, unguided, for 15 minutes so that you can connect with and get to know others interested in incorporating meditation into their lives. 

Think of these weekly meetings as a meditation sampler. Over time, you will learn various types of meditation practices and begin to understand what works for you, building your own file to draw from to keep your practice meaningful and engaging. And you may make new friends as well!

Click here to join me Wednesdays at 12:15 to 12:45 PM on October 8, 15, 22, and 29.