[Downtown Dharma Listserve] Mindfulness in Daily Living Workshop

Dear Sangha,

 

Hi, this is Bennett- I would love to invite any of you to a workshop that I am facilitating this Sunday at 2pm. The workshop is about taking mindfulness off the cushion into our daily lives in the world of relationships. Its “interspersonal meditation”.  The workshop is going to be held at East West Yoga Studio in Vienna VA. If your Sunday is open and can make I would love to see you there! See details below…

 

East meets West Yoga

8227 Old Courthouse Rd #310

Vienna, VA

 

https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/home?studioid=13672

 

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Mindfulness for Daily Living: Discover A Deeper Trust & Wisdom Within You

Mindfulness has become very trendy these days because it is known to have many benefits for our overall health and well-being. Many studies indicate how mindfulness can reduce stress and improve our overall wellness. In this workshop, you will to not only learn tools on how to reduce stress and improve wellness but you will also learn to develop a deeper trust and wisdom within and take mindful awareness “off the cushion” into your daily life. In this workshop, you will learn insights, tools and practices to become more present in life and discover its true value when you engage in “interpersonal” mindfulness or mindful mutuality with others. Mindfulness is not just a solo activity we engage in once in the morning and once at night; it’s a way of being in the world from a deeper place of trust, wisdom and compassion thus transforming the very way we engage with each other on a daily basis. By completion of workshop, you will learn: • How to stay grounded and present in mindful, effortless awareness. • How to cultivate and embody an attitude of openness, trust and curiosity with experience in meditation both on the cushion of off the cushion. • How to tame the mind with love and compassion. • How to learn the value of inquiry and interpersonal mindful meditation-mindful mutuality and the possibilities this creates for how we can BE in the world. Come and join Bennett in discovering the power of mindful awareness in mutual openness, curiosity, trust, and compassion, and see what is possible on how we can bring this level of awareness to our daily lives together.   Open to all levels of experience.      More about Bennett:   Bennett Crawford is a licensed social worker who works with youth, children and families in the Northern Virginia Area. He has been working for the Fairfax County Community Services Board since 2009, as a mental health and substance abuse counselor. Bennett is devoted to mindfulness and has been practicing for over 15 years. He teaches various mindfulness skills to youth and families at his place of work. Bennett has received training in facilitation and coaching, and has studied many eastern and western philosophies and practices in the field of change and transformation. Bennett has led seminars and workshops over the years and is inspired to share with others the gifts of deeper trust, wisdom and compassion through the practice of mindfulness and mindful mutuality and how this can make such a difference in the world.   Sunday, June 5   Time:   2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Fee:     $30.00 preregistered; $40.00 at the door