Upcoming SMI Classes & Events Calendar:
DECEMBER 2021
Are You Paying Attention?
Dec. 2, 9, and 16th, 2021, 6:00-7:30pm
Mindful Grief & Bereavement
Monday, Dec. 6, 2021, 7-9:00pm
Mindful Walking
Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021, 9:30
Yoga Nidra
Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021, 6-7:00pm
Art & Meditation Event with Art Center Sarasota
Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021, 5-6:30pm
FEBRUARY 2022
MBSR
Thursday, Feb. 17 - Apr. 14, 5-7:30pm
MARCH 2022
MBSR Retreat
Saturday, Mar. 26
Ongoing Events Calendar:
Weekly Sits
Wednesdays, 6pm EST
&
Fridays, 12pm EST
Online Movement Classes
Qigong
Wed, 10-11am
1st & 3rd week
Tai Chi Easy™
Wed, 10-11 am
2nd & 4th week
Yoga Nidra, also known as ‘yogic sleep’, is an ancient yogic practice of healing and relaxation. Next class is Tuesday, Dec. 14, 6-7pm. For more information and to register for the December class, click here.
Qigong and Tai Chi Easy™
with Nancy Saum, retired RN
Qigong, 10-11am EST
1st & 3rd Wednesday
Tai Chi Easy, 10-11am EST
2nd & 4th Wednesday
For details and to register please click here.
To donate for these classes, click here.
Resources Pages
Check out the new additions to our website by clicking on the Resources tab on the main menu. From apps to retreats to web links, you’ll find high quality, useful resources and book title suggestions to support your practice, no matter if you’re a novice or an old hand at meditation.
Stronger Together
During these challenging times, while we are all navigating uncertainty, the support of our community is essential. More than ever we are committed to creating a safe space for our community to share in mindfulness by continuing to host our weekly meditations.
Since the beginning of the pandemic SMI has been offering our weekly sits and classes on Zoom. We will continue to do so until it is safe to meet in person once again. We look forward to seeing you on Zoom.
WEEKLY SITS
Wednesdays, 6PM EST
&
Fridays, 12PM EST
If you fill out this form, you will receive weekly reminders for the scheduled meditations on Wednesday 6PM and Friday 12PM and with the Zoom link. You only need to fill out this form once.
To see our group guidelines/agreements and for Zoom instructions, click here.
We are now reading Wherever You Go There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn. Get the reading schedule here.
New Classes!
Are you Paying Attention?
In this 3-part Zoom series we will explore why we have an attention system, how attention works, why it’s a superpower, what acts as “Kryptonite”, and different mindfulness-based techniques (practices) we can use to optimize and take ownership of it. Dec. 2, 9, and 16th, 6-7:30pm. Taught by Carl Eisen. Class fee is $45 for all 3 sessions. For more information and to register, click here.
Mindful Grief & Bereavement
We experience grief when we experience any change in our relationship to the world. Some losses are large, some are smaller; no matter the size, grief is a normal human reaction to loss, and how we uniquely express it is called bereavement.
Join Lisa Patterson, ADEC-certified Thanatologist, for discussion and guided exercises on mindfully being with grief on 12/6/21. For more information and to register, click here.
Next walk is Dec. 11, 9:30 at Philippi Estate Park. Details and register here.
Mindful Walking
Walking Meditation or Mindful Walking is the practice of learning to be aware of the sensations and movements of your body as you move through the world around you, and to
take time to be aware of the sights, sounds, smells that surround us every minute.
Art and Meditation Event with Art Center Sarasota
Celebrate the meditative visual works of Bassmi Ibrahim at an intimate evening of guided meditation and visual awareness.
Tuesday, Dec 14, 2021, 5-6:30 pm
Registration: $5
MBSR - Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction
Coming in February 2022, SMI will be hosting the original Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) curriculum developed over 40 years ago by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. As potent and effective as ever, this evidence-based program, taught internationally in hospitals and communities, is the best-researched mindfulness technique in the world, boasting hundreds of clinically proven health benefits. Get details here.
