Calming the Mind
Joy of Living Level 1 Meditation Workshop
Meditation enables us to transform all experiences, even difficult emotions and painful thoughts, into sources of joy. With the current hype about meditation, it would be easy to think that meditation is about sitting in the right posture, using a special technique, and blanking the mind to be calm all the time. But the real power of meditation isn’t in the method. It’s in shifting our perspective.
The key to this shift in perspective is the recognition of awareness itself. In this two-Saturday workshop, we will learn to transform our life experience through this recognition - by exploring sensations and even thoughts and emotions themselves as supports for rather than obstacles to meditation.
This workshop, created by Tergar International, offers step-by-step instructions that will benefit those new to meditation and inspire those who have an existing practice. The workshop itself includes video teachings by Mingyur Rinpoche, presentations by Tergar teacher Kell Julliard, guided meditations, and group discussions. It is designed for people of all faiths and philosophical orientations and provides guidance for both beginning and experienced meditators.
Questions: contact Kell Julliard, kell@tergar.org, 917-648-7695
When: 9 am to 4:30 pm on both . . .
- Saturday, January 6, 2024
- Saturday, February 3, 2024
Where
Grace Church Amherst - Parish Hall (enter at 16 Spring Street)
14 Boltwood Ave
Amherst, MA 01072
Cost (sliding scale, payable at the door)
Suggested contribution for whole workshop: $135
Donate at the door what you feel you can afford
About the Workshop Leader
Kell Julliard is certified as a mindfulness teacher through the International Mindfulness Teachers Association. He has studied intensively with Mingyur Rinpoche since the founding in 2009 of Tergar International, an educational non-profit. Over the course of his life, he has practiced deeply in other meditation traditions, including Sufism, Qabalah, shamanism, and Christianity.
A member of Grace Church, Kell has led Joy of Living meditation groups since 2010 and serves as a leader for Joy of Living programs and as a mentor for meditation groups on the East Coast. He also teaches meditation regularly for Harvard Pilgrim Health Care's wellness programs.
Kell has a master’s degree in Expressive Therapy from the University of Louisville and a Master of Fine Arts in Dramatic Direction from the University of Arizona. With academic appointments at several universities including New York University School of Medicine, he mentored medical and dental residents for twenty-five years in learning about, designing, and implementing clinical research. He lives with his husband in Shutesbury, Massachusetts, and enjoys singing in the Grace Church choir, playing classical chamber music on pipe organ and flute, painting icons, and spending time in nature.