What we’re about
Mindfulness Meditation and Human Flourishing Group
A Practice of Care
The Mindfulness Meditation and Human Flourishing group explores the role of mindfulness, including meditation, as a key to flourishing in our day-to-day lives.
We meet weekly on Sundays from 3 pm and 5 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Campus of Sarasota. We start with a 30-minute meditation followed by a teaching and group discussion. Open to beginners and experienced practitioners.
We listen to teachings about the ethical, contemplative, and philosophical frameworks of mindfulness based on Buddha's teachings and the work of Stephen Batchelor, John Peacock, Christine Feldman, Bhante Gunaratana, Robert Wright, and Jon Kabat-Zinn. Other classical and modern philosophical sources are also discussed.
Prior meeting topics include the practice of mindfulness, including meditation techniques, and the four foundations of mindfulness being: mindfulness of the body, feeling tones, mind including mental states, and ideas. Other weekly topics have included the four immeasurables: loving-kindness (boundless friendliness), compassion, Joy, and equanimity), the Fourfold Task, the Eightfold Path, generosity, and gratefulness.
The direct email for the group is MindfulnessBHFsarasota@gmail.com
