Tucson Community Meditation Center

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This class is offered in a hybrid format, so you can also choose to attend in-person or from home via Zoom if you prefer. For those meeting in person, we enter the building through the back door, remove our shoes, and meet in the larger meditation hall in the front of the building.

Meditation can help us find more happiness and tranquility in life. The purpose of this class is to create a community of meditators to support each other along the meditative path. Each class will begin with 30 minutes of guided meditation exploring a wide variety of mindfulness meditation techniques. The guided meditation will have ample periods of silence to deepen your practice. This class, lead by Blake Barton, is suited for beginners through advanced meditators.

Following a short break, there will be a short talk on a meditation or mindfulness related topic. There will then be a period of Q&A and discussion. The discussion will allow for optional check-ins where you will have the opportunity to share your meditation experiences, challenges and wins.

February Topics
Feb. 2 - Working with Difficult World Events
Feb. 9 - Developing Compassion
Feb. 16 - Two Arrows Teaching
Feb. 23 - Divide and Conquer - difficult emotions and thoughts

TCMC has been offering meditation classes and retreats to Tucson since 1986. We are relatively new to Meetup, so there might not be that many RSVP's, but we also get participants from our website and newsletter. To see what else we have to offer please go to: https://tucsonmeditation.org/

You will be given optional meditation or mindfulness challenges and homework to increase your motivation and understanding. For example, meditate at least 5 minutes per day for the next week.

You may also schedule a one on one meditation coaching session with Blake to talk about your meditation practice.

When: Monday Evenings from 6:00 - 7:20 PM

Where: In-person at TCMC or Zoom, your choice.

Donations: This class and TCMC are supported by your generous donations. We have mortgage, utilities, and insurance expenses each month. The suggested donation is $5-10 per class or $20-40 per month. You may make a donation via Zelle, PayPal or credit card here: https://tucsonmeditation.org/donate-tcmc
You may donate via Venmo using this ID: @TCMC-Donate

Donations are optional, and no one one will be turned away due to inability to pay.

Registration: To register, RSVP to this meetup. If you wish to attend via Zoom please message the organizer, and we will provide the Zoom link.

Blake Barton - has been regularly practicing meditation for 23 years, and has been teaching meditation since 2012. He completed the 3 year Dharma Treasure meditation teacher training program. He has a lifelong interest in meditation, wellness, and health

These difficult times we are living in call for Strong Determination: More silence, Less opinion.

Every Tuesday from 5-6 p.m. all are invited to a silent, in-person peer-led meditation sit led by Barry Reflow with assistance from Molly McKasson.

This is an opportunity to return to our meditation hall, deepen our commitment to the practice, and help create an environment that strengthens everyone's practice.

Noble Silence will be in place, except when someone new to the practice is in need of basic guidance concerning Concentration, Clarity and Equanimity.

Please do not attend if you have any COVID like symptoms.

Donations are gratefully accepted to help TCMC pay operating expenses.

We enter through the back door of the building, and remove our shoes before entering the large meditation hall in the front of the building.