Healing with Awareness: Opening the Heart

Forgiveness Meditation

Imagine one person who has hurt you, and decide if you’re ready to do the work of healing that hurt. Allow the possibility for forgiveness to fill the space being held by blame and accusation towards that person and/or yourself.

There will be a brief talk about the work of forgiving, a guided meditation into the heart of forgiveness, and time to talk together afterwards.

Bring curiosity and sincerity to this evening program and leave with a more open heart.

Compassion Meditation

Three guided meditations will gently carry each of us into our heart, where compassion is its natural expression.

This evening’s program takes us to the place in our hearts that is compassion… we are guided to an experience of empathy, compassion for someone we know that is having a hard time, and for ourselves.

There will be brief talk about what gets I the way of compassion, and an opportunity for group discussion.

Awareness Meditation

This evening’s program will introduce a simple meditation practice that helps develop awareness. If you have ever said to yourself, “I know I should meditate but I can’t sit still”…or ” I’ve tried, but I just can’t quiet this busy mind”…this is the class for you!

When we meditate, we cultivate awareness. When we are more aware, we are naturally more compassionate and forgiving. We also have more clarity about what is loving and what is not loving. We handle stress and pain better, and experience more balance, joy, and gratitude.
Padme has been guiding beginners for more than ten years. She will give a talk about awareness, offer guidance and instruction for meditation, and offer a brief meditation period. She welcomes questions.

Confidentiality is required of all participants and no one will have to share anything personal, unless they wish.

Guide: Padme Nina Livingstone

Padme Nina Livingstone is a meditation teacher, counselor, qi gong healer, writer, and speaker, specializing in secular awareness meditation and self-inquiry. Padme is currently writing a book called Let’s Not Call It Meditation: Practical Information for People Who Think They Can’t Sit Still and Quiet the Mind. She is author of three meditation CDs: Remembering Awareness, Uncovering Compassion, and A Forgiveness Meditation and is a contributor to Nature’s Wisdom magazine.

The instructions and guided meditations experienced in class are on the CDs. They cost $12 plus tax or $30 plus tax for the set, and will be available for sale after each class.

Call Padme for more information (585) 234-0800.

Suggested Reading: Padme's book is particularly helpful when you want to understand her perspective about meditation and awareness in more depth. At least one book about awareness and meditation is highly recommended.

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