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Newark Community Meditation Center Day-long Retreat: Mindful Living & Zen

Sunday, January 24 | 10:00am-4:00pm | Bring mindfulness into your daily life through a day's immersion in meditation with teacher Rebecca Li

Retreat description: Bring mindfulness into your daily life through a day’s immersion within a controlled setting. Appropriate for beginners and experienced meditators. Chan (zen) teacher, Rebecca Li will guide us in a day that will include sitting, walking, and moving meditation along with talks, Q&A, and sharing reflections. Vegetarian lunch included. Participants are required to attend the retreat in its entirety.

Suggested donation: $20. Donate cash at door or pre-pay with credit card thru PayPal at http://ncmc-mindful-living-retreat.eventbrite.com/. We welcome any amount you feel you can afford for this day-long retreat.

About the teacher: Rebecca Li, PhD teaches the Beginner’s Dharma Classes and Meditation Classes at the Chan Meditation Center in New York City. She also leads weekend retreats at Dharma Drum Retreat Center. Rebecca is a professor of sociology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at The College of New Jersey.

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Zen Artisan Flash Shop: Open immediately following the retreat for 1/2 an hour. Shop for meditation and well-being goods made by NCMC artisans.

For questions, contact: info@newarkmeditation.org.

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