JANUARY
Series of Prayer Practices
1/11 Praying in Color- drawing and doodling with prayer
1/18 Praying with the Body -breath/meditative and movement practice with the psalms
1/25 Making Prayer Beads
all at West Falmouth United Methodist Church 636 West Falmouth Hwy. (Route 28A)
Praying with the body weekly at West Falmouth United Methodist Church
636 West Falmouth Hwy. (Route 28A)
January to February
Fridays 1/16 to 2/27 at 10:30am
Praying with the body is a mindfulness practice that incorporates prayers that follows a pattern with an opening invocation, psalm prayer, silent reflection, praying with the body, heart and soul, and breathing practice with gentle yoga poses (to do if you are able). Sitting with the divine presence, living your prayer, contemporary psalm, self-compassion practice and blessing of the body, and a closing prayer ending with breathing with the sound of three bells. This is a gentle, doable way of making prayer more wholistic, going to the Beloved with our hearts and minds and bodies as well. It is an embodied spiritual practice. All four ways of praying are contained in the practice. Verbal, mental, affective, and contemplative-are all embodied in the ritual pattern.
As Love, the Creator has equipped us with everything we need in our journey toward goodness, wholeness, truth and beauty. The Beloved ever-compassionate to all, and faithful in love, is always with us. There is nothing anyone can do to separate from this divine Love. Therefore, when we pray with our bodies with an awareness of the Infinite loving presence, we embody that Love.
BOOK GROUP Reading The Book of Hope by Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrahams
The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times (2021) is a self-help, dialogue-style book co-authored by Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams. Goodall was a well-known English primatologist, and climate activist who rose to prominence after her groundbreaking observations of chimpanzee behavior in Gombe, Tanzania. Abrams is an author, editor, literary agent, and film producer. Much of his work is non-fiction, and like Goodall’s work, it revolves around creating positive and lasting social change.
The pair work to define HOPE and how the concept can inspire action to prevent greater climate change and biodiversity loss. The book also details Jane’s main reasons for maintaining hope and her journey to becoming a global icon for hope.
Please join us on Tuesday nights online at 7pm to discuss and share.
Starting January 20th.
If you have questions please email:
Spiritualityinpractice@gmail.com
SECULAR MEDITATION - 32 Practices for Cultivating Inner Peace, Compassion and Joy
by Rick Heller via Zoom Tuesdays at 8:30am on zoom
This is a 40 minute reading and sitting meditation practice. Meditation is a form of mental exercise with numerous scientifically verified physical and psychological benefits. As meditation teacher Rick Heller shows, the benefits of the practice extend beyond the personal to enrich relationships with others, with one’s community, and with the world. In Secular Meditation, step-by-step instructions, personal stories, and provocative questions teach empathy for others, stress reduction, and the kind of in-the-moment living that fosters appreciation for life and resilience in the face of adversity. Heller simplifies what is often found mysterious, describing and providing detailed instructions for thirty-two different practices, ensuring that anyone can find the right one.
Please join Saramaria via Zoom for a 40-minute practice with a reading and a 20 minute meditation and discussion.
Ongoing Events
CHOOSE THE PROGRAMS THAT LEAD YOU TO TRANSFORMATION
Weekly Practices
Guided Meditation
SATURDAY -THURSDAY
at 8AM
Morning guided meditations include body scans, forgiveness, peace, gratitude, loving-kindness, compassion and self-esteem meditative practices, as well as visualizations and coping with anxiety practices.
Praying with the body
Here is a sample recording:
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/UGy34jjFNG13pHlyof2qDBsIvR62IhdwFJfPP2HDn-lB7ewUFzui01zbHLs9L8lv.C132gtSbcFBMz29B
Access Passcode: Y6#Peg@B
THURSDAY, SUNDAY at 8:30 PM
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This is a mindfulness practice that incorporates prayers of the psalms with breath work, gentle yoga poses (to do if you are able), a sitting guided meditative practice ending with a self-compassion practice!