Meditation House Porto

“In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but few in the expert's mind” - Shunryu Suzuki (zen master)

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PRESENTATION AND PURPOSE
As we grow and life goes by, we tend to fall into automatisms and routines. We go through the same places, engage in the same experiences, see and come into contact with the same people. Paradoxically, we look for getaways and vacations in exotic places, novelties and unique experiences, inspiring people and outstanding places. From habits and repetition we take everything for granted and emphasize our days on reaching a destination, achieving a goal, talking and arguing. And many times along the path of life we lose the magic of each new day, we forget the richness of the journey's steps, we get distracted from the uniqueness of the present moment.
This practical course challenges us to recover and enhance our young, curious, open and attentive mind, which is often forgotten in the midst of internal turmoil and external tasks and stimuli.
The exposition of the contents and the adopted techniques allow participants to become more developed in their meditation practice and more able to meditate and guide meditation in an autonomous, exploratory and independent way.

WHY
~ Meditation practice guides us to originality, to enjoying each breath, to wonder at the beauty of what is as it is.
~ The practice of meditation invites us to share moments, people and places as if it were the first time.
~ The practice of meditation guides us towards the totality of ourselves, towards being one and living whole.

THE COURSE
This meditation proposes, in a broadly practical way, to rescue the fresh and renewed look characteristic of the Beginner's Mind, developing full presence in every moment and in any circumstance.
We will explore meditation with different teachers and respective origins and sources of applicability, which will anchor us in the present moment, with the vitality that the here and now reveals.
We will use our body as a reference, our attention as a compass and our breath as a flow in this permanent return to ourselves.
We will emphasize learning through personal experience and the expansion of consciousness from within, cultivating and nourishing the Beginner's Mind.

FOR WHOM
~ People interested in integrating the practice of meditation in their lives and beginners in meditation who want to explore techniques and promote consistency in their practice: “Learn to meditate by practicing meditation”.
~ Meditation experts who feel like going deeper into meditation for four full days, with guidance, diversity and in a group: “Today and always, meditate as if it were the first time”.
~ Teachers, educators, parents, therapists, coaches and health professionals who want to develop meditation in their lives and bring meditation to the world around them: “Meditation is for everyone”.