Insight Meditation San Francisco Bay Area, Whole Body Breathing, Vipassana Meditation

Whole Body Breathing Daylong
— Concentration & Insight

When: Saturday, September 24, 9:30 to 4:30
Where: San Francisco Buddhist Center, 37 Bartlett Street, between 21st and 22nd, Valencia and Mission
Cost: $45
Lunch: Eat out.
Note: Please arrive a little early. The doors will close promptly at 9:30.
Register:

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED.

There will NOT be registration at the door Sep. 24.

Cancelation/Refund Policy:
More than 14 days before first class: 100% refund;
Within 14 days of first class: 50% refund;
On day of first class or later: No refund.

Course Description

The Buddha emphasized the importance of concentration and meditative absorption in the process of awakening. But many meditators find concentration difficult to attain. As a meditative technique, Whole Body Breathing is a way of sensitizing to the breath so that ease and pleasure can naturally arise. When the mind finds pleasure in its meditation object, it can become absorbed more easily. Absorption leads to stillness, which becomes a platform for penetrating insight into the nature of all phenomena as stressful, impermanent, and impersonal, thus liberating the heart. As we become more intimate with our breathing, we discover the possibility that each breath can reveal the whole of the dharma, from suffering to the end of suffering. The day will include led meditations, talks, and periods of Q&A.

9:00 - 9:30:	Registration (Please arrive early. We will start promptly at 9:30.)
9:30 - 9:45:	Meditation: Body & Breath
9:45 - 10:15:	Introduction: Imagining The Breath
10:15 - 11:00:	Meditation: Whole Body Breathing
11:00 - 11:20:	Questions & Sharing
11:20 - 11:30:	Break
11:30 - 11:45:	Broad Concentration vs. Narrow.
11:45 - 12:20:	Meditation: WBB (Traditional Method)
12:20 - 12:30:	Questions & Sharing
12:30 - 1:30:	Lunch
1:30 - 1:50:	Meditation: Walking
1:50 - 2:05:	Concentration & Insight
2:05 - 3:05:	Meditation: WBB & the 6 Sense Bases
3:05 - 3:20:	Questions & Sharing
3:20 - 3:30:	Break
3:30 - 4:15:	Meditation: WBB & Lovingkindness
4:15 - 4:30:	Final questions, course evaluations, handouts.

Bill Scheinman has been a meditator for 17 years and has taught meditation since 2001. He teaches workplace mindfulness courses in San Francisco, as well as 8-week classes in mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR). He has studied with Eugene Cash and Thanissaro Bhikkhu, both teachers of whole body breathing. He is a graduate of the Dedicated Practitioner’s Program at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California, and is a member of the Board of the San Francisco Insight Meditation Community.

bill@stressreductionatwork.com
(415) 820-1533

Whole Body Breathing Daylong — Concentration & Insight

Course Description

Whole Body Breathing Daylong
— Concentration & Insight