🧘📓 Contemplative Meditation + Journaling Circle (Session 1) - 6:00–7:15 PM

🧘📓 Contemplative Meditation + Journaling Circle (Session 1) - 6:00–7:15 PM

Group meditation + meaningful conversation + quiet journaling.
No experience needed, but if it’s your first time, please arrive right on time so we can explain the process before we begin.

Description
This is a 75-minute practice that still fits into real life, but gives the room enough time to actually settle.
We begin with a short reading, sit together in contemplative meditation, talk briefly and meaningfully about what showed up, and then journal while the mind is still quiet enough to tell the truth.
This is not guided meditation narration (“close your eyes, imagine a beach…”).
In contemplative meditation, we start with a short reading, and during the sit the teacher may occasionally cue a concept from that reading.
It’s less about being “led,” and more about training attention.
If you’ve never done this style before, that’s completely fine.
Just come on time.

What the session looks like
We start the actual practice at 6:10 PM, so people have a few minutes to settle in.
- 6:00–6:10: arrive, settle, quick hello
- 6:10–6:25: contemplative group meditation (15 min)
- 6:25–6:50: meaningful conversation (25 min)
We use a talking stick so the sharing stays brief, calm, and intentional.
You can always pass.
- 6:50–7:10: quiet journaling (20 min)
Private writing. No sharing required.
- 7:10–7:15: gentle wrap-up

Important note about being late
Because the meditation starts at 6:10, late arrivals can be disruptive.
If you miss the start, please join the 7:15 session instead.

Bring
- Notebook + pen (or whatever you journal with)
- Optional: water/tea
- Optional: sweater / cushion

When and where
📅 Tuesday, March 17th
🕕 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM
📍 Central Library - The meditation room :
Central Library - Meeting Rooms - L6 North (690)

Cap 8 + waitlist
Small on purpose. Calm is better than crowded.

RSVP note
If you RSVP and then can’t make it, please cancel so someone else can take the seat.