Vital Switch is very pleased to be hosting the Clutter Clearing and Space Clearing workshop facilitated Tracey Stanton, International Feng Shui and Space Clearing Specialist, this weekend in New York City. Just to let you all know that there are just 4 places left in her 2-day workshop Clutter Clearing and Space Clearing on April 30 and May 1st. You can come for one day if you like.

I (Samantha) am really looking forward to facilitating a wonderful weekend meditation workshop in Toronto, Canada May 14th and 15th Meditation Weekend, Toronto Canada.

There are a lot more events in both New York City and Toronto, ON Canada listed below. But first, some notes about meditation…

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Emotional Clutter Clearing?

What happens when you meditate and your emotions get in the way? Many people have the experience of the same emotional patterns and thoughts recurring, distracting them from stillness.

The short answer is that this means it could be time for some emotional clutter clearing. The technique that I have successfully used for years to facilitate emotional cleansing or release is called ISIS. This is a meditation-based technique that uses the principle of sourcing. A core principle of many styles of meditation is to use a technique to source consciousness. Sourcing consciousness takes you back to the experience of Being. In ISIS you source the emotions or the thoughts to find out where they really come from. Usually that is some kind of emotional scar or wound.

Emotions and thoughts can be viewed on a similar level of consciousness for the purpose of meditation. If you tune into your experience of emotions and thoughts while you are meditating, you can see for yourself that they do have a similar effect on your energy.
As you probably already know, the general advice about emotions and thoughts for meditation is the same: “Let them come and let them go, returning to the technique as soon as you notice your are distracted”.

The difficulty occurs when those emotions or even thought patterns do get stuck. This is when you feel blocked.

When emotional blockages or thought patterns recur in meditation or in life, no matter how you try address the external circumstances, it might be beneficial to undergo some emotional work. Clean out that emotional closet!

Working on yourself using a meditation-style of techniques can facilitate real change.

The next blog is more about emotional stuckness.

References:

Sagan, Samuel. M.D. Regression, Past-Life Therapy for Here and Now Freedom. Clairvision School Ltd. Sydney. Australia. 1990, 2004. ISBN 0 9586700 0 5

Excerpts of the book Regression, Past-Life Therapy for Here and Now Freedom available:
http://clairvision.org/books/regression/regression-past-life-therapy-for-here-and-now-freedom.html

Upcoming Events including 2 Weekend Workshops in NYC and a meditation workshop in Toronto, Canada:

Clear Your Clutter and Space Clearing Workshops, New York, USA

When: April 30th and May 1st, 2011. Saturday and Sunday.

Clear Your Clutter
This workshop tackles clutter in all its forms – physical, mental, emotional and spiritual – leaving you in no doubt about how it affects you and how to clear it.

Space Clearing
Experience first hand the extraordinary sacred atmospheres Tracey creates as she demonstrates the power of Space Clearing. She will guide you expertly through the 21 steps of basic Space
Clearing, teaching you life long skills that will enable you to confidently clear stuck energies in your own home or workplace.

About Tracey Stanton
Tracey Stanton is one of only a handful of people in the world currently authorized to teach Karen Kingston’s workshops. Tracey is a Feng Shui, Space Clearing and Clutter Clearing expert. Since 2002, she has space cleared the homes and businesses of more than 400 people in the US, Canada, Asia, Australia and the UK. A passionate and inspiring teacher, she combines a wonderfully fun approach to clutter clearing with the wisdom of years of experience conducting consultations in a wide variety of homes and businesses around the world.

Venue: New York Core Center 115 E 23rd St # 12, New York, NY 10010-4556 (Subway 23rd st)

Ticket Prices:
Clear Your Clutter: Early Bird: $130* Regular: $150
Space Clearing: Early Bird: $180* Regular: $220
*Early bird date is April 14th

Workshop Package:
Early Bird: $290* Regular: $350
for workshop registration: www.red-alchemy.com/workshops.html
for information: samantha@vitalswitch.com, or call Samantha Keen at (206) 954-1717

New York Evening Seminar: Meditation Skills for Everyday Life

When: Wednesday May 11th, 2011. 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Where: Meta Center, 214 W 29th St # 16. New York, NY 10001-5281
Register: Samantha on samantha@vitalswitch.com
Call: Samantha 206 954 1717
Cost: By Donation.

Matteus Levell presents an evening seminar introducing a style of meditation and related skills that help you to be more Present in all your daily activities.

A highly practical and experiential approach that not only gives you an increased sense of peace, stillness and inner silence, but also brings focus, mental stamina and tangible boost in vitality.
Matteus shares his knowledge and experience gleaned from over 18 years practice in meditation and consciousness studies.
Originally trained at the Clairvision School of meditation in Australia, Matteus has led workshops on meditation and related skills of Dynamic Awareness and Vitality Enhancement in Europe, Asia, Australia and the US.
Matteus now lives and works in New York City. He leads weekly group trainings in New York city focusing on energy management and meditation based techniques for increasing vitality and clarity

Weekend Meditation Workshop, New York, USA

When: June 4th and June 5th, 2011. Saturday and Sunday 10am – 5pm each day.

Prices Two Day Workshop: $195.00. Early Bird discount (paid by Feb 5th): $170.00. Student Discount: $165.00.

A dynamic, interactive 2 day workshop introducing techniques from the Clairvision School.
Matteus Levell will present a style of meditation that is awakening and enlivening adding more alertness, focus and stamina to your day. The techniques are highly practical and can be immediately incorporated into your life, leading to more sustainable energy levels, coupled with a sense of inner silence and stillness. A tangible method to access deeper resources of energy and joy to enhance and center your daily experience.

Registration Essential
Contact Samantha Keen, Phone 206-954-1717, Email samantha@vitalswitch.com

The Venue: New York Core Center, 115 East 23rd St, 12th Floor. NY 10010

This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 27th, 2011 at 7:22 am and is filed under Blog. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

Thank you so much to everyone who came to see Tracey Stanton, International Feng Shui and Space Clearing Specialist, talk about Creating Space For Love on April 11th, it was a beautiful evening.

I also want to let you all know that there are just 6 places left in her 2-day workshop Clutter Clearing and Space Clearing on April 30 and May 1st and more importantly the Early bird discount finishes today!

Meanwhile, I am really happy to be in Toronto, Canada right now preparing to present a series of events about meditation starting with a free talk tonight at 8pm Meditation, Self Awareness & Personal Transformation.

There are a lot more events in both New York City and Toronto, ON Canada listed below. But first, some notes about meditation…

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Meditation Skills for Being More while you are active in life

A few questions for you to ask yourself right now:

* Where is your awareness right now?
* Are you thinking about the laundry list, is your “monkey mind” encompassing your experience?
* Are you daydreaming?
* Is your belly growling for lunch, or distracting you with sexual thoughts?
* Or is your awareness in a kind of blurry half here state? Where is your awareness right now?

Building a solid platform of self awareness takes practice. By building a solid platform of self awareness, I mean having the ability to remain present in the moment using a location in your body of energy as a resting place for awareness. An example would be having awareness in the third eye center while going about your daily activities. To learn more about the third eye see the free download of Samuel Sagan’s book Awakening The Third Eye.

You can have awareness of the third eye center just by feeling subtle sensations between the eye brows during daily activities. This is different than a meditation-type of focus when you are sitting each morning. When you are aware of the third eye center during meditation, you have your eyes closed. It is hard to drive and shop with your eyes closed, so obviously you have to do it differently in life.

Seriously though, having an awareness on that center of energy while you are going about daily tasks can deliver many benefits including:

- develop empathy skills or advanced listening skills,
- learn how to ground or seal your energy,
- learn how to “tune in” or know when food is fresh before you taste it,
- systematically sharpen your inner knowing or intuition,
- experience a peripheral third eye awareness, improving your ability to be alert when you are driving a car.

The next blog is about emotional work and meditation.

Upcoming Events including 2 Weekend Workshops in NYC:

Toronto, Canada: 2 x Free Talks about meditation

Presented by Samantha Keen

• Thursday, April 14th 8pm – 9pm. Free Talk Toronto: Meditation, Self Awareness & Personal Transformation. Where: Somatic Stretch Studio, 681 Markham Street, Toronto, ON.
• Sunday, April 17th 3.30pm – 4.30pm. Free Talk Toronto: Meditation Skills for Everyday Life. Where: Wonderworks, 79 Harbord Street, Toronto, ON.

Register: Sue Lewis at clairvisiontoronto@gmail.com or sumalew@hotmail.com
Call: Sue on 416-894-8391.

New York Meditation Meetup

Friday, April 22nd, 2011. 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Share a space of stillness and peace with some friendly meditators in Manhattan. We currently meet two Friday evenings a month.
This Meetup group is run by the New York-based wellness group, Vital Switch. Vital Switch offers a whole system of meditation which includes skills for stress relief and vitality management.
The technique presented in the New York Meditation meetup will be one which helps to boost mental clarity and get you in touch with your life force.

When: Friday April 22nd 7pm – 8.30pm
Where: Zendo Studio 37 W17th St, 6th Fl. New York City, NY.
Register: Samantha at ClairvisionNYC@gmail.com
Call: Samantha on 206.954.1717
Cost: $12.00 if pay on paypal ahead of time or $15.00 at the door.

Clear Your Clutter and Space Clearing Workshops, New York, USA

When: April 30th and May 1st, 2011. Saturday and Sunday.

Clear Your Clutter
This workshop tackles clutter in all its forms – physical, mental, emotional and spiritual – leaving you in no doubt about how it affects you and how to clear it.

Space Clearing
Experience first hand the extraordinary sacred atmospheres Tracey creates as she demonstrates the power of Space Clearing. She will guide you expertly through the 21 steps of basic Space
Clearing, teaching you life long skills that will enable you to confidently clear stuck energies in your own home or workplace.

About Tracey Stanton
Tracey Stanton is one of only a handful of people in the world currently authorized to teach Karen Kingston’s workshops. Tracey is a Feng Shui, Space Clearing and Clutter Clearing expert. Since 2002, she has space cleared the homes and businesses of more than 400 people in the US, Canada, Asia, Australia and the UK. A passionate and inspiring teacher, she combines a wonderfully fun approach to clutter clearing with the wisdom of years of experience conducting consultations in a wide variety of homes and businesses around the world.

Venue: New York Core Center 115 E 23rd St # 12, New York, NY 10010-4556 (Subway 23rd st)

Ticket Prices:
Clear Your Clutter: Early Bird: $130* Regular: $150
Space Clearing: Early Bird: $180* Regular: $220
*Early bird date is April 14th

Workshop Package:
Early Bird: $290* Regular: $350
for workshop registration: www.red-alchemy.com/workshops.html
for information: samantha@vitalswitch.com, or call Samantha Keen at (206) 954-1717

Weekend Meditation Workshop, New York, USA

When: June 4th and June 5th, 2011. Saturday and Sunday 10am – 5pm each day.

Prices Two Day Workshop: $195.00. Early Bird discount (paid by Feb 5th): $170.00. Student Discount: $165.00.

A dynamic, interactive 2 day workshop introducing techniques from the Clairvision School.
Matteus Levell will present a style of meditation that is awakening and enlivening adding more alertness, focus and stamina to your day. The techniques are highly practical and can be immediately incorporated into your life, leading to more sustainable energy levels, coupled with a sense of inner silence and stillness. A tangible method to access deeper resources of energy and joy to enhance and center your daily experience.

Registration Essential
Contact Samantha Keen, Phone 206-954-1717, Email samantha@vitalswitch.com

The Venue: New York Core Center, 115 East 23rd St, 12th Floor. NY 10010

This entry was posted on Thursday, April 14th, 2011 at 2:30 pm and is filed under Blog. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

I am really excited to have Tracey Stanton, International Feng Shui and Space Clearing Specialist, come to town this month. Her talk “Creating Space For Love” on April 11th is going to be really sweet. Tracey has just spent a few weeks in intensive meditation practices so she is holding something really special for her visit here. It is worth making the effort to come and see her if you are at all interested.

There are a lot more events in both New York City and Toronto, ON Canada listed below. But first, some notes about meditation…

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This is my last post focusing on meditation in this series, before I move onto the topic of meditation skills for being more in life. In this post I want to emphasize that meditation works best with repetition.

Meditation can be compared to going to the gym. When you meditate regularly you are building a functionality in your consciousness just like you build muscles in your physical body when you go to the gym. If you go to the gym once or twice, it will not do much for your body. But if you go to the gym regularly you will build muscular functionality, improve fitness, and most likely gain health benefits.

When you meditate irregularly it really does not have the same benefits as regular practice. Meditating every day at the same time builds a solid platform of self awareness, if you are using a technique that really works.
When you meditate every day with a technique that works, you are developing your consciousness. Meditation develops skills of self awareness, focus, and the ability to choose inner clarity.

So how do you know if your technique works?
A technique that works is not always going to stop your thoughts because you have been thinking for a long time.
But it should give you sustained experiences of inner stillness and a sense of getting out of the ordinary “chatterbox mind”. Those experiences of inner stillness should generally become easier or more sustainable over time. There may be fluctuations of emotions, thoughts, distractions and resistance from day-to-day but if you track your meditation experience over weeks or months there should be a sense of a general improvement.

The other thing that occurs when your meditation is working is that your life is generally better. That doesn’t mean you suddenly solve all of your problems when you begin to meditate. What it means is that there is an increase of harmony, flow, focus, clarity and opening in your life when your meditation is working.

For now, if you want to read further about making your meditation work, go to the Clairvision School website .

Upcoming Events including A Free Talk About Love and 2 Weekend Workshops in NYC:

CREATING SPACE FOR LOVE by Tracey Stanton

Monday, April 11, 2011. 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Venue: META Center New York 214 West 29th Street, (between 7th & 8th Aves) New York NY 10001.
Join Tracey Stanton, International Feng Shui & Space Clearing Expert, as she shares her stories and tips on Love & Intimacy. In this light & lively talk Tracey will discuss how to: understand self-love, find new love, re-kindle the love in existing relationships, and methods for letting go of past loves. Using Feng Shui, Space Clearing and Clutter Clearing methods she will explain how to bring flow into your space, in order to create more harmony with loved ones and colleagues. Tracey’s passion for creating sacred & intimate spaces has led her to work with more than 450 people in the last 9 years.Expect to smile, laugh and be inspired to bring more love and joy into your life!

Register: Samantha at samantha@vitalswitch.com
Call: Samantha on 206.954.1717.
Pay by donation.

Toronto, Canada: 2 x Free Talks about meditation

Presented by Samantha Keen

• Thursday, April 14th 8pm – 9pm. Free Talk Toronto: Meditation, Self Awareness & Personal Transformation. Where: Somatic Stretch Studio, 681 Markham Street, Toronto, ON.
• Sunday, April 17th 3.30pm – 4.30pm. Free Talk Toronto: Meditation Skills for Everyday Life. Where: Wonderworks, 79 Harbord Street, Toronto, ON.

Register: Sue Lewis at clairvisiontoronto@gmail.com or sumalew@hotmail.com
Call: Sue on 416-894-8391.

New York Meditation Meetup

Friday, April 22nd, 2011. 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm

Share a space of stillness and peace with some friendly meditators in Manhattan. We currently meet two Friday evenings a month.

When: Friday April 22nd 7pm – 8.30pm
Where: Zendo Studio 37 W17th St, 6th Fl. New York City, NY.
Register: Samantha at ClairvisionNYC@gmail.com
Call: Samantha on 206.954.1717
Cost: $12.00 if pay on paypal ahead of time or $15.00 at the door.

Clear Your Clutter and Space Clearing Workshops, New York, USA

When: April 30th and May 1st, 2011. Saturday and Sunday.

Clear Your Clutter
This workshop tackles clutter in all its forms – physical, mental, emotional and spiritual – leaving you in no doubt about how it affects you and how to clear it.

Space Clearing
Experience first hand the extraordinary sacred atmospheres Tracey creates as she demonstrates the power of Space Clearing. She will guide you expertly through the 21 steps of basic Space
Clearing, teaching you life long skills that will enable you to confidently clear stuck energies in your own home or workplace.

About Tracey Stanton
Tracey Stanton is one of only a handful of people in the world currently authorized to teach Karen Kingston’s workshops. Tracey is a Feng Shui, Space Clearing and Clutter Clearing expert. Since 2002, she has space cleared the homes and businesses of more than 400 people in the US, Canada, Asia, Australia and the UK. A passionate and inspiring teacher, she combines a wonderfully fun approach to clutter clearing with the wisdom of years of experience conducting consultations in a wide variety of homes and businesses around the world.

Venue: New York Core Center 115 E 23rd St # 12, New York, NY 10010-4556 (Subway 23rd st)

Ticket Prices:
Clear Your Clutter: Early Bird: $130* Regular: $150
Space Clearing: Early Bird: $180* Regular: $220
*Early bird date is April 14th

Workshop Package:
Early Bird: $290* Regular: $350
for workshop registration: www.red-alchemy.com/workshops.html
for information: samantha@vitalswitch.com, or call Samantha Keen at (206) 954-1717

Weekend Meditation Workshop, New York, USA

When: June 4th and June 5th, 2011. Saturday and Sunday 10am – 5pm each day.

Prices Two Day Workshop: $195.00. Early Bird discount (paid by Feb 5th): $170.00. Student Discount: $165.00.

A dynamic, interactive 2 day workshop introducing techniques from the Clairvision School.
Matteus Levell will present a style of meditation that is awakening and enlivening adding more alertness, focus and stamina to your day. The techniques are highly practical and can be immediately incorporated into your life, leading to more sustainable energy levels, coupled with a sense of inner silence and stillness. A tangible method to access deeper resources of energy and joy to enhance and center your daily experience.

Registration Essential
Contact Samantha Keen, Phone 206-954-1717, Email samantha@vitalswitch.com

The Venue: New York Core Center, 115 East 23rd St, 12th Floor. NY 10010

This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 6th, 2011 at 7:56 am and is filed under Blog. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

Before I start with a dialogue about meditation, I want to highlight that the team at Vital Switch was really happy to host a very successful meditation weekend on February 26th and 27th with a full room of attendees at the Core Center. We are grateful to everyone who came, and enjoyed the weekend with us. We will be having our next weekend workshop there again on June 4th and 5th, so hurry and book soon as that will book out.

Vital Switch is also pleased to announce that we will host Tracey Stanton, International Feng Shui & Space Clearing Expert, in New York City as she facilitates her wonderful 2-day workshop Clutter Clearing and Space Clearing, April 30th and May 1st at the Core Center. Tracey will be teaching this popular workshop duo, created and made famous by Karen Kingston. The Clear Your Clutter class forms a foundation for the Space Clearing class. Just letting you know ahead of time that this will also sell out, so get in fast to book if you do want to go.

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There are many different styles of meditation. If you are choosing a style of meditation for your own practice, it is good to be aware of the great range of techniques available and check them out to see what does resonate with you. Some of the meditation styles are based on religious traditions, some are purely about relaxation, some are simply techniques for stress relief.

In describing the style of meditation that I practice, I want to talk about contemplative versus dynamic styles of meditation.

Some techniques such as Vipashna meditation are purely contemplative where you are merely passively observing phenomenon. You can compare that to more energetic styles like Kundilini or Kriya which are actively drawing from resources of inner life force.

The Clairvision style which I practice and teach is a more energetic or dynamic style which is defined because you are wanting to activate dynamic forces that normally slumber in people. As a way of understanding this take the analogy of the way that Martial Arts work with the Hara or Dan Tien. The Hara or the Dan Tien is a centre of energy where people draw from to engage force.

The Clairvision style of meditation works on the centers of energy or chakras, starting with the third eye which is also called the ajna chakra in the Indian system. Meditation on the third eye is a dynamic practice that seeks to awaken resources and forces that generally slumber in people.

There is a lot more to say about this but I will leave it for another time. If you want to read more about how Clairvision style of meditation is about overcoming all limits and discovering the giant inside, go to the Clairvision website http://www.clairvision.org/about-us/meditation-is-not-relaxation.html

References:

Clairvision School of meditation website

http://www.clairvision.org/about-us/meditation-is-not-relaxation.html

Upcoming Events including Workshops in NYC:

New York Meditation Meetup

Friday, Mar 25th, 2011. 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm

Share a space of stillness and peace with some friendly meditators in Manhattan. We currently meet two Friday evenings a month.

This meetup is a chance to sit together with others who want to meditate, who like to sit together in a group and who also live in the City. It is ideal for anyone interested in developing a regular meditation practice.
The group is currently hosted by Matteus Levell and Samantha Keen, both experienced meditation instructors. They run New York-based wellness consultancy Vital Switch.
The group shares one style of meditation based on the techniques of the Clairvision School. It is a practical technique that works for modern people who want to learn how to silence the mind and be more in their lives.

When: Friday March 25th 7pm – 8.30pm
Where: Zendo Studio 37 W17th St, 6th Fl. New York City, NY.
Register: Samantha at ClairvisionNYC@gmail.com
Call: Samantha on 206.954.1717
Cost: $12.00 if pay on paypal ahead of time or $15.00 at the door.

CREATING SPACE FOR LOVE by Tracey Stanton

Monday, April 11, 2011. Core Center NY 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Join Tracey Stanton, International Feng Shui & Space Clearing Expert, as she shares her stories and tips on Love & Intimacy. In this light & lively talk Tracey will discuss how to: understand self-love, find new love, re-kindle the love in existing relationships, and methods for letting go of past loves. Using Feng Shui, Space Clearing and Clutter Clearing methods she will explain how to bring flow into your space, in order to create more harmony with loved ones and colleagues. Tracey’s passion for creating sacred & intimate spaces has led her to work with more than 450 people in the last 9 years.Expect to smile, laugh and be inspired to bring more love and joy into your life!

Register: Samantha at samantha@vitalswitch.com
Call: Samantha on 206.954.1717.
Pay by donation.

Clear Your Clutter and Space Clearing Workshops, New York, USA

When: April 30th and May 1st, 2011. Saturday and Sunday.

Clear Your Clutter
This workshop tackles clutter in all its forms – physical, mental, emotional and spiritual – leaving you in no doubt about how it affects you and how to clear it.

Space Clearing
Experience first hand the extraordinary sacred atmospheres Tracey creates as she demonstrates the power of Space Clearing. She will guide you expertly through the 21 steps of basic Space
Clearing, teaching you life long skills that will enable you to confidently clear stuck energies in your own home or workplace.

About Tracey Stanton
Tracey Stanton is one of only a handful of people in the world currently authorized to teach Karen Kingston’s workshops. Tracey is a Feng Shui, Space Clearing and Clutter Clearing expert. Since 2002, she has space cleared the homes and businesses of more than 400 people in the US, Canada, Asia, Australia and the UK. A passionate and inspiring teacher, she combines a wonderfully fun approach to clutter clearing with the wisdom of years of experience conducting consultations in a wide variety of homes and businesses around the world.

Venue: New York Core Center 115 E 23rd St # 12, New York, NY 10010-4556 (Subway 23rd st)

Ticket Prices:
Clear Your Clutter: Early Bird: $130*, Regular: $150

Space Clearing: Early Bird: $180*, Regular: $220
*Early bird date is April 14th

Workshop Package: Early Bird: $290*, Regular: $350

for workshop registration: www.red-alchemy.com/workshops.html
for information: samantha@vitalswitch.com, or call Samantha Keen at (206) 954-1717

Weekend Meditation Workshop, New York, USA

When: June 4th and June 5th, 2011. Saturday and Sunday 10am – 5pm each day.

Prices Two Day Workshop: $195.00. Early Bird discount (paid by Feb 5th): $170.00. Student Discount: $165.00.

A dynamic, interactive 2 day workshop introducing techniques from the Clairvision School.
This style of meditation is awakening and enlivening adding more alertness, focus and stamina to your day. The techniques are highly practical and can be immediately incorporated into your life, leading to more sustainable energy levels, coupled with a sense of inner silence and stillness. A tangible method to access deeper resources of energy and joy to enhance and center your daily experience.

Registration Essential
Contact Samantha Keen, Phone 206-954-1717, Email samantha@vitalswitch.com

The Venue: New York Core Center, 115 East 23rd St, 12th Floor. NY 10010

This entry was posted on Friday, March 11th, 2011 at 11:20 am and is filed under Blog. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

Before I start the next piece about meditation, I want to let everyone know that February 5th is the cut-off date for the Early Bird Discount for our weekend meditation workshop to be held on February 26th and 27th in New York City. The Early Bird discount is $170.00 for the workshop, compared to the full price of $195.00.

At the bottom of this email there is a list of upcoming events including a free presentation at the Meta Center, NYC tonight at 7pm and a New York Meditation Meetup on Friday Feb 4th at 7pm at the Zendo Center.

Now for more about meditation:

If you set up your practice in a way that is harmonious for your schedule, your mind has less opportunity to fight the process. Anytime that the mind does begin to fight the process, with thoughts, distractions or just downright resistance, do not fight the fight. Just see the fight, acknowledge it and keep coming back to the practice. Find the most ease-ful way of continuing with the practice. It is always better if you can seduce the mind into meditating. Make it something special that you do for yourself to make your life better.

Finally, one of the most important factors that helps a lot of people to continue with a regular meditation practice is to have a group of friends or people that support them. Find some people who also like to meditate and meet with them regularly to discuss your experiences. Sit together once a week, or whenever you can. Sitting with a group of people and sharing the experience of meditation on a regular basis helps to maintain motivation, dispels resistance and makes it more fun.

The key to meditation is that even when it is challenging, there is something fun and exciting about overcoming your own demons and finding your inner truth. This is an adventure, or as it is described in the title of Satprem’s wonderful book about Indian Yogi Sri Aurobindo, Sri Aurobindo or the Adventure of Consciousness.

The next blog is about different styles of meditation, particularly exploring the style of meditation that I have practiced for 10 years.

References:
Satprem, Sri Aurobindo or the Adventure of Consciousness Mira Aditi Centre (January 2000) ISBN-10: 8185137609

Upcoming Events including Meditation Meetup, A Free Talk and A Weekend Workshop in NYC:

Free Talk: Meditation Skills for Everyday Life

Tuesday, February 1, 2011. 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm

A Free Presentation introducing a style of meditation and related skills that help you to be more Present in all your daily activities.

A highly practical and experiential approach that not only gives you an increased sense of peace, stillness and inner silence, but also brings focus, mental stamina and tangible boost in vitality.
Matteus Levell shares his wealth of knowledge gleaned from over 18 years experience in meditation and consciousness studies.

Originally trained at the Clairvision School of meditation in Australia, Matteus has led workshops on meditation and related skills of Dynamic Awareness and Vitality Enhancement in Asia, Australia and the US. He is passionate about exploring the deeper reaches of the human psyche through meditation, and in facilitating people to feel more present, empowered and free.

When: Tuesday February 1st, 2011. 7pm – 8pm.
Where: Meta Center 214 W29th St. 16th Floor. NYC
Register: Samantha at ClairvisionNYC@gmail.com
Call: Samantha on 206.954.1717.
No Cost.

New York Meditation Meetup

Friday, Feb 4th, 2011. 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm

Share a space of stillness and peace with some friendly meditators in Manhattan. We currently meet two Friday evenings a month.

This meetup is a chance to sit together with others who want to meditate, who like to sit together in a group and who also live in the City. It is ideal for anyone interested in developing a regular meditation practice.
The group is currently hosted by Matteus Levell and Samantha Keen, both experienced meditation instructors. They run New York-based wellness consultancy Vital Switch.
The group shares one style of meditation based on the techniques of the Clairvision School. It is a practical technique that works for modern people who want to learn how to silence the mind and be more in their lives.

When: Friday February 4th 7pm – 8.30pm
Where: Zendo Studio 37 W17th St, 6th Fl. New York City, NY.
Register: Samantha at ClairvisionNYC@gmail.com
Call: Samantha on 206.954.1717
Cost: $12.00 if pay on paypal ahead of time or $15.00 at the door.

Weekend Meditation Workshop, New York, USA

When: Feb 26th and Feb 27th, 2011. Saturday and Sunday 10am – 5pm each day.

Prices Two Day Workshop: $195.00. Early Bird discount (paid by Feb 5th): $170.00. Student Discount: $165.00.

A dynamic, interactive 2 day workshop introducing techniques from the Clairvision School.
This style of meditation is awakening and enlivening adding more alertness, focus and stamina to your day. The techniques are highly practical and can be immediately incorporated into your life, leading to more sustainable energy levels, coupled with a sense of inner silence and stillness. A tangible method to access deeper resources of energy and joy to enhance and center your daily experience.

Registration Essential
Contact Samantha Keen, Phone 206-954-1717, Email samantha@vitalswitch.com

The Venue: New York Core Center, 115 East 23rd St, 12th Floor. NY 10010

This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 1st, 2011 at 11:37 am and is filed under Blog. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.