Introduction to Mindfulness & Meditation | 2-Week Course with Florida Community of Mindfulness

🗓️ NOTE: This is a 2-week course taking place across two Saturdays, February 13th & 20th from 8:30am - 12:30pm in Celebration Hall at Unity of Naples. $90 registration covers both sessions.

💭 Do you live in your thoughts about the past or worries about the future? Do your emotions often cause stress and confusion? Do you get carried away by dramas?

🧘🏽 This course is designed to support the ongoing practice of mindfulness, helping you to develop the skills and attention to be fully present in your life, and to touch each moment deeply. It is intended for those new to the practice, as well as for those who want to review the basics and establish a more consistent daily mindfulness and meditation routine. The course includes basic instruction as well as an exploration of practical ways to bring mindfulness into daily activities.

☑️ Learning Objectives:

• Systematically explore mindfulness of breathing
• Tune into your body and physical sensations through sitting & walking meditation and the full body scan technique
• Practice mindful meditation to explore your emotions, thoughts, and overall awareness
• Apply mindfulness to difficult emotions and thoughts to avoid getting caught up in dramas
• Cultivate daily meditation and mindfulness practices so that mindfulness becomes an integral part of your daily life
  

About the Instructors
Sheila Ludwig became interested in Buddhism around 2010, self-exploring basic concepts through reading a variety of texts. Her first contact with FCM was in 2014 with an FCM sitting group that met on Marco Island; she then became involved with the Naples Sangha. Sheila subsequently joined FCM to further explore the practice through Intensives, Retreats, Days of Mindfulness, and additional offerings. She has served in both Naples and the greater Tampa Sangha in numerous capacities, currently serving as Naples Sangha Coordinator and sitting on the FCM Board of Directors. Sheila has completed the Presenter Training Class of FCM, is ordained in the Order of Interbeing (OI), and is a member of the OI Council. Sheila and her husband Jim recently moved to Naples full time after having been seasonal residents for a number of years.

June Hemberger has been a student of FCM’s teacher, Fred Eppsteiner, since 2016. Since then she has been studying and practicing mindfulness, meditation and Buddhism. As FCM-Naples' Head of Sangha Care, she organizes help and support for people in the sangha. She coordinates the FCM-Naples Book Club, the New Member Tea, and is a member of the FCM-Naples Leadership team. She returns to Norwich, VT in the summer, with her partner Steve and her mini poodle, Lily. Before retiring, she had the good fortune to be a teacher, retail business owner, management consultant, trainer and medical practice manager.

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