with Dr. Jay
Mindful Your Way To Wellness
A 6 week beginners meditation series
In this course you’ll learn basic meditation techniques to launch your home meditation practice for physical, mental and emotional well being. This community event is offered in a dana basis (suggested donation $5-$20 a class)
Live event Every Sunday 2-3:30 PST/5-6:30 EST
March 24-April 28
In person spots are limited- post “seat me” to save your seat in house at:
1614 Woolsey st. D
Berkeley, CA 94703
In this course you’ll learn basic meditation techniques to launch your home meditation practice for physical, mental and emotional well being. This community event is offered in a dana basis (suggested donation $5-$20 a class)
Each week
we’ll cover different topics related to meditation through a 90min:
10 min community check in
10 min course overview
20 min talk on weekly topic
30 min guided meditation
20 min Group process: Q&A
Weekly Topics
Sunday, March 24, 2-3:30 PST/ 5-6:30 EST
Tuning into the observing mind and turning down the monkey mind. Guided meditation, body scanning and progressive relaxation.
Sunday, March 31, 2-3:30 PST/5-6:30 EST
How can breath help my practice? Tuning into the breath, establishing an anchor and transforming judgements to discernments. Guided meditation, central practice of observing and naming emotions and thoughts.
Sunday, April 7th, 2-3:30 PST/5-6:30 EST
Learn to surf. Sometimes waves of intense emotional experiences can wash over us. After naming emotions, how do we work with them? Guided meditation, RAIN- Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture.
Sunday, April 14, 2-3:30 PST/5-6:30 EST
How is the brain wired? Wire your brain for loving kindness for yourself and others. Guided meditation, gladdening the mind.
Sunday, April 21, 2-3:30 PST/5-6:30 EST
How do emotions get stuck in the body? How do emotions and stress affect my wellness? Guided, standing walking and movement practice.
Sunday, April 28, 2-3:30 PST/5-6:30 EST
How will I know it’s working? Guided sequential body scan, while anchoring the breath, observing mental processing, unwinding the somatic, slowing down compulsive mental processing, tuning into present moment awareness.
You are encouraged to take the lessons and techniques of the week to your home practice and work up to a 30 minute daily meditation practice over the course of the series.
Start with 5 minutes per day of meditation and add 5 minutes to your daily practice every week of the series to reach your goal of sitting in meditation for a full 30 minutes daily.
This course is for complete beginners and those who embrace beginner’s mind. If you’re a seasoned practitioner looking to revisit foundations, or a new student looking for some community support in building a first time meditation practice, this is for you!
Dr. Jay has been meditating for 20+ years, teaching various workshops and bodywork courses since 2011 as well as recently teaching acupuncture doctoral level courses at Emperors college of acupuncture in Los Angeles, CA. He is currently enrolled in a 2 year meditation teacher training program with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach and is beginning the practicum portion of the course with this series. Your commitment to the 6 weeks is appreciated, to keep group coherency and to get the full benefit of this systematic instruction of Mindful Your Way To Wellness.
Stay tuned for dates for the upcoming day long meditation retreat which is also a requirement for meditation teacher training practicum.
