Mindfulness Practice Group of Annapolis - Meditation

Every Sunday in the Young Room of UUCA. Please wear a KN-95 or N-95 mask indoors at this time & observe distancing. Beginners always welcome. We start with 20 mins. of guided meditation, followed by a dharma discussion of the week. Sometimes the topics come from books we have made available, Sometimes we do another meditative practice after the initial sitting meditation, such as meditative walking. Plenty of time for questions. Ask to be on our e-mail list to receive notices of both Sun. & Thurs. topics.
All Sunday sessions are, as noted in Meetup, 8:30-9:30 AM Sundays in the Young Room on the lower level of UUCA. Please leave extra time for finding your way around construction. After we are all downstairs at start time, there won't be anyone to guide you at the door. At the moment construction is going on at the main entrance to the church & sanctuary. When you arrive do NOT park at the main entrance & try to reach the side door of the main building. Drive past the main entrance to the church & park in the rectangular lot in front of the Fahs House, a 2 story frame building behind the church. Please walk past the Fahs House on a paved walk toward the main church to the side door on your left. On Sunday mornings walk downstairs to the left as soon as you enter, then turn left in the lower floor's hallway.

Sensei Bob Ertman leads Reading & Writing Haiku (& other forms of short poetry) as the practice of attention & connection. This is not a class but a peer group of writers/explorers who may like to share something with the group or may simply sometimes like to encounter haiku. Beginners are welcome. You may enter at any time, since it is not a class, but your questions are welcome. Message us for the link & password. Time is actually the Zoom 40 min.

Schedule of a series of sessions with Thich Nhat Hanh's Zen practices coordinating with the Jewish & Christian liturgical years, All Sunday sessions are 8:30-930 AM in the Young Rm., & all Thurs. sessions are 6:30-8 PM in the sanctuary.:
Sun. Dec. 18: Hanukkah begins: Meditation on the Perfection of Kshanti, Endurance, Perseverance.
Thurs. Dec. 22: Annual Silent Night, of 2 rounds of Soto Zen sitting meditation & kinhin style walking.
Sun. Dec. 25 Christmas Day. TWO EVENTS 1) Meditation on death, loss, impermanence, regular time. 2) Death Cafe at 11:15.
Thurs. Dec. 29: meditation + recitation of Kwan Um Zen Master Seung Sahn's The New Year Comes & Finds His Seat.
Sun. Jan. 1: New Year's Day. Thich Nhat Hanh's New Year's Day liturgy with embedded meditation.
Thurs. Jan. 5: Beginning Anew Ceremony with embedded meditation.
Sun Jan. 15: Day before Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Meditation on relevant current topic.
We meet ALL Sundays & Thursdays unless the church is closed for weather. All sessions feature discussion except for the Silent Night.

Schedule of a series of sessions with Thich Nhat Hanh's Zen practices coordinating with the Jewish & Christian liturgical years, All Sunday sessions are 8:30-930 AM in the Young Rm., & all Thurs. sessions are 6:30-8 PM in the sanctuary.:
Sun. Dec. 18: Hanukkah begins: Meditation on the Perfection of Kshanti, Endurance, Perseverance.
Thurs. Dec. 22: Annual Silent Night, of 2 rounds of Soto Zen sitting meditation & kinhin style walking.
Sun. Dec. 25 Christmas Day. TWO EVENTS 1) Meditation on death, loss, impermanence, regular time. 2) Death Cafe at 11:15.
Thurs. Dec. 29: meditation + recitation of Kwan Um Zen Master Seung Sahn's The New Year Comes & Finds His Seat.
Sun. Jan. 1: New Year's Day. Thich Nhat Hanh's New Year's Day liturgy with embedded meditation.
Thurs. Jan. 5: Beginning Anew Ceremony with embedded meditation.
Sun Jan. 15: Day before Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Meditation on relevant current topic.
We meet ALL Sundays & Thursdays unless the church is closed for weather. All sessions feature discussion except for the Silent Night.