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Winter Solstice Meditation

By donation $0, $5, $10, $15 | ONLINE & IN-PERSON

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Please join us for an extended evening meditation on the shortest day and longest night of the year. The Winter Solstice is a reminder to honor our connection to the natural world and to celebrate the birth of a new solar year.
This meditation will include:

  • Breathing
  • Chanting
  • Guided meditation instruction with the focus on connecting to our Earth and uncovering the Inner Light\
  • Sitting in silence
  • Arati *

*Arati is a sacred ritual in which Light is offered to the Divine and we then receive the blessings of the Light.

All levels of meditation practice are welcome. Online practitioners are encouraged to have a candle available for this ritual.

Diana Meltsner, C-IAYT and e-RYT 500, has been teaching yoga in the Bay Area since 2001. Diana has been a lead teacher trainer for 200-hour Integral Yoga Teacher Trainings since 2012. The classes she teaches include chair/gentle, various levels of Hatha yoga, prenatal, guided mindfulness meditations, and various yoga, pranayama and meditation workshops. She’s been working as a health educator and yoga instructor for Kaiser Permanente since 2014.
She is C-IAYT certified yoga therapist and San Francisco center manager for the Integral Yoga Therapy 800-hour certification program. Diana offers individual therapeutic sessions with focus on physical and mental wellness. Her offerings help people to find a deeper sense of well-being and ability to move through life with increased ease, intuition, and stress resilience. Learn more at dianameltsner.com

2022-11-08T20:01:08-08:00November 4th, 2022|Tags: , , |

Meditation: Study, practice and sharing of this timeless practice

FREE | Online

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Join us Swami Ramananda and Diana Meltsner for an hour of exploration of meditation. This is an opportunity to ask questions about meditation practices by these two teacher trainers. A brief practice and a talk will be shared. Some meditation experience is welcome.

All attending will receive a discount promo code for an upcoming Meditation Teacher Training, December 1 – December 20, 2022 and January 5 – February 11, 2023.

Swami Ramananda is the Executive Director of the Integral Yoga Institute in San Francisco and a greatly respected senior teacher in the Integral Yoga tradition, who has been practicing Yoga for over 45 years. Ramananda offers practical methods of integrating the timeless teachings and practices of Yoga into daily life, and transforming the painful aspects of human experience into steps toward realizing one’s full potential.
He leads beginner, intermediate and advanced level Yoga teacher training programs in San Francisco, and offers a variety of programs in many locations in the U.S., Europe and South America. Ramananda co-developed the Stress Management Teacher Training program with Swami Vidyananda, has trained many teachers to bring Yoga into corporate, hospital and medical settings, and has taught mind/body wellness programs in many locations. He is a certified Yoga therapist and founding board member of the Yoga Alliance, a national registry that supports and promotes yoga teachers as professionals. He is a co-founder of The Spiritual Action Initiative (SAI) which brings together individuals committed to working for social justice for all beings and for the care and healing of our natural world. His warmth, wisdom and sense of humor have endeared him to many.

Diana Meltsner, C-IAYT, e-RYT 500, has been teaching yoga in the Bay Area since 2001. Diana has been a lead teacher trainer for 200-hour Integral Yoga Teacher Trainings since 2012. The classes she teaches include chair/gentle, various levels of Hatha yoga, prenatal, guided mindfulness meditations, and various yoga, pranayama and meditation workshops. She’s been working as a health educator and yoga instructor for Kaiser Permanente since 2014.
She is C-IAYT certified yoga therapist and San Francisco center manager for the Integral Yoga Therapy 800-hour certification program. Diana offers individual therapeutic sessions with focus on physical and mental wellness. Her offerings help people to find a deeper sense of well-being and ability to move through life with increased ease, intuition, and stress resilience. dianameltsner.com

 

2022-11-08T19:54:26-08:00August 12th, 2022|Tags: , , |

Intro to Mindfulness Meditation and Freedom from Worry

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Free | Please register in advance, a Zoom link and passcode will be provided via confirmation email.

Please join Rich Panico for this introduction to his 4-week course starting on Wednesday, July 14th.

Worry is a common phenomena at this time in our culture. The incidence of clinically significant Generalized Anxiety Disorder (chronic worry) rose from around 2% to 18% during the first part of the current pandemic. Fortunately, this led to the development of resilience in some countries. But as the dust settled, there remained 1 in 4-5 people with enduring patterns of anxiety and/or depression. This appeared to be a global phenomena. In addition, chronic patterns of worry are associated with the development of major depression. There are useful psychotherapeutic and pharmacologic interventions for this problem. Mindfulness has also been shown to be a central positive factor in the psychotherapeutic approach to worry and helps reduce symptoms, diminish the chances of relapse and progression to depression.

Although this four-week course is not intended to be a substitute for psychotherapy, we will learn the fundamentals of mindfulness and develop a mindfulness meditation practice together. We will also provide an introduction towards using mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy together in addressing anxiety in general and worry specifically.

Early bird discount for the four-week series ends July 7th.

Enroll in four-week series

Please register in advance, a Zoom link and passcode will be provided via confirmation email.

Rich Panico is an artist, yogi and physician known for his humor and clarity in teaching. He has practiced meditation and yoga since 1970 and began teaching mindfulness woven into pottery making classes in the late 70’s.
Rich has taught mindfulness formally in medical, academic and art-related settings for over 20 years. He was a pioneer in the use of mindfulness-based treatment in the adaptation to and treatment of chronic disease.  Mindfulness occupied a central therapeutic role in his professional offering as a physician.

2021-06-14T22:34:15-07:00June 7th, 2021|Tags: , |

Mindfulness Meditation and Freedom from Worry 4-week series

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Please register in advance, a Zoom link and passcode will be provided via confirmation email.

Weekly – 4 Wednesdays (July 14, 21, 28 & August 4)
$140
$130 (early bird exp. July 7th)

Worry is a common phenomena in our culture and our time. The incidence of clinically  significant Generalized Anxiety Disorder (chronic worry) rose from around 2% to 18% during  the first part of the current pandemic. Fortunately, this led to the development of resilience in  some countries. But as the dust settled, there remained 1 in 4-5 people with enduring patterns of  anxiety and/or depression. This appeared to be a global phenomena. In addition, chronic patterns of worry are associated with the development of major depression. There are useful  psychotherapeutic and pharmacologic interventions for this problem. Mindfulness has also been shown to be a central positive factor in the psychotherapeutic approach to worry and helps reduce symptoms, diminish the chances of relapse and progression to depression.

Although this four-week course is not intended to be a substitute for psychotherapy, we will  learn the fundamentals of mindfulness and develop a mindfulness meditation practice  together. We will also provide an introduction towards using mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy together in addressing anxiety in general and worry specifically.

Check out the FREE introductory workshop with Rich on Wednesday, July 7th, 5-6pm PDT to learn more about this four-week series.

Free Introductory workshop

Please register in advance, a Zoom link and passcode will be provided via confirmation email.

Rich Panico is an artist, yogi and physician known for his humor and clarity in teaching. He has practiced meditation and yoga since 1970 and began teaching mindfulness woven into pottery making classes in the late 70’s.
Rich has taught mindfulness formally in medical, academic and art related settings for over 20 years. He was a pioneer in the use of mindfulness-based treatment in the adaptation to and treatment of chronic disease. Mindfulness occupied a central therapeutic role in his professional offering as a physician.

2021-06-14T22:39:14-07:00June 7th, 2021|Tags: |
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