"Beginner's Mind" Meditation Retreat with Newark Community Meditation Center

Newark Community Meditation Center invites you to this day-long retreat. The retreat will be taught by Rebecca Li PhD and is appropriate for beginner and experienced meditators. Rebecca will teach mindfulness of breath in the Chan (Zen) tradition. Students will be taught sitting meditation, chinese eight-form moving meditation (photo above) and walking meditation. A vegetarian lunch will be served and mindfulness of eating will be taught as well. This is a well-rounded approach to mindfulness that includes practices that one can apply to everyday life. Participants are required to attend the retreat in its entirety. Suggested donation is $20 cash at door. There are scholarships available for students as well as adults who can use financial support to attend. Venue is Index Art Center, 237 Washington St., Newark, NJ.

About the teacher: Rebecca 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.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED @: http://tinyurl.com/retreat-beginners-mind.

More info: email Marcie @ info@newarkmeditation.org.

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Website: www.newarkmeditation.org.