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Train Your Mind: Meditation Foundations

A rotating class that explores meditation through modern science and ancient contemplative wisdom. No experience needed, and no tradition required.

A bench beneath a single square window of light

At a glance

Anyone curious about meditation, including the skeptical and the long-lapsed. Many people arrive here first and find the rest of the Hermitage afterwards.

Format

Two phases of four classes

Teacher

Samuel Robinson

Where

Online and in Indianapolis to confirm

Cost

To be announced to confirm

Next cohort

Dates to be announced to confirm

What you’ll practice

I

Phase one

Four classes on the foundations: attention, relaxation, the breath and a daily sitting, with the science of what each one does.

II

Phase two

Four classes deepening the practice: working with thoughts and emotions, contemplation, and carrying the quiet into ordinary life.

outline to confirm with Samuel

“Meditation is to the mind as exercise is to the body.”

Samuel Robinson

Hear when it opens

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