Weekly Meditation

Each Tuesday evening at 7:30 pm, Anne Marie Cummings guides us through Shamatha, or "calm abiding", meditation. All are welcome. Reservations are preferred but not required; don't be afraid to drop in. A suggested donation of $10 goes toward our instructor's fees.

Instructor Anne Marie Cummings says of the meditation: "You may ask, 'What is the purpose of meditating?' And my answer is 'To free ourselves from attachments, and from aversions in the mind.' This you can achieve by watching your mind which gives you insight into its habits, habits that may be holding you back from happiness."

Each month we'll be offering a qoute by Dr. Wayne Dyer for you to consider. As we ring in the new year here is our first offering to you.

April

See the Beauty in Everything

"As you awaken to your divine nature, you'll begin to appreciate beauty in everything you see, touch, and experience"

More about Anne Marie & Shamatha meditation

Anne Marie Cummings has been exploring yoga and meditation for morethan twenty years. She was the youngest American to be certified (bythe age 17) by Bikram Choudhury’s Yoga College of India in Calcutta,India. In meditation Anne Marie has studied and taught Zen, Tibetan andShamatha meditation. During Shamatha, both mind and body are calmed byconcentrating on the breath. When the mind becomes concentrated on thebreath, it becomes serene; the meditator enters a state of bliss. Inyoga, Anne Marie challenges her students to achieve new levels ofstrength, balance, and flexibility by combining Vinyasa, Hatha,Ashtanga, and Iyengar asanas. She strongly believes the physicalpostures are a gateway to connecting to the self, and as a result offerrelief from physical and/or mental ailments.