Insight Meditation Community of Fairfield County
This is a reminder about our Fall Mindfulness Meditation Series, which will start on Thursday, September 18 and continue for 6 sessions. We are looking forward to meditating and studying and sharing ideas together with you.
(more…)
Saturday August 23, 2008 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
The Healing Journey Meets The Spiritual Journey:
How Illness Can Be a Vehicle for Awakening
with Dr. Paul Epstein
This workshop will be an exploration of how the teachings of the Buddha and mindfulness meditation practice can be integrated and applied in the process of healing the diseases of our bodies, minds, hearts, and spirits. (more…)
August 15,16,17 2008
A Weekend of Mind-Body Medicine
Aviana Retreat Center
8125 Jonestown Rd
Harrisburg, PA 17112
http://www.avianabody.com/retreat.htm
A Weekend Course in Mind-Body Healing
This weekend course, offered as one course or as individual sessions, is an experiential training in mind-body skills, providing an understanding of the science and principles of mind-body healing and the art of practical healing techniques. (more…)
How Biography Becomes Biology; The Body Bears the Burden
Friday March 28, 7:30pm
08WHH13P Approved for CEUs
Our diseases tell a story, not just about our cells, but about our selves, our histories. By listening to their story, we are led to emotions that lie at the core of our authentic being. This evening, through lecture, discussion, guided imagery and meditation exercises, we will explore how to listen and discover the meaning of the stories our illnesses tell. (more…)
Insight Meditation Community of Fairfield County offers A Day Long Workshop‘
SATURDAY April 19, 10:00-3:30
“Mindful and Heartful Healing: Touching OurDeepest Truths with Wisdom and Compassion”
with Paul Epstein, ND
Norfield Grange, 12 Good Hill Road, Weston (more…)
Insight Meditation Community of Fairfield County offers a Mindfulness Meditation Beginners’ Course
8 sessions 6:00 to 7:15 pm
Thursdays: Feb. 8 & 22, March 8 & 22, April 5 & 19, May 10 & 17
Norfield Grange 12 Good Hill Road, Weston
Fee: $120 for the 8-session course
$ 20 single session (by special arrangement with the teachers) (more…)
Dr. Paul EpsteinA holistic approach to weight loss, how and why diets don’t work and what do. There is no program, magic cure, quick fix, or instant results. Stop the addiction and pattern of yo-yo dieting, losing and gaining it all back.
We will discuss how to individualize and customize an approach that’s unique for your mind and body and emotions and supports long term change and healing rather than a quick fix. Weight is not the issue, it is a symptom and opportunity for deeper transformation.
The recidivism rate for the popular weight loss programs is over 90% yet people keep going…why and how to stop that addiction and insanity…. Are you ready for another approach that really works? Are you ready to change and heal? Are you ready to lose and keep it off!
This is not another program to follow, not one size fits all, and it is a process of self-love, healing and transformation
Dr. Epstein is a Naturopathic Physician and Buddhist Meditation Teacher. He is a 1984 graduate of NCNM where he did a residency in holistic medicine. He Co-founded and Co-directed the Israel Center for Mind-Body Medicine. Paul is also a certified yoga instructor, and has studied and practiced mindfulness meditation and clinical guided imagery and their clinical application and integration in health care for over 20 years. He graduated from the Academy for Guided Imagery, completed the 3-year training program for Community Dharma Leaders at the Spirit Rock Meditation Center, and is trained in the Internal Family Systems Model of Psychotherapy. He is in private practice in Norwalk, CT and Manhattan, NY. epsteinmb@aol.com 203-226-3923
Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat, Paradise Island, Bahamas
Topics: Winter 2007with Suggested Readings from
Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion
by Pema Chodron
New York Insight Meditation Center
The Doctor, The Buddha and YOU. In these classes, we will study, practice and learn how mindfulness meditation practice and the teachings of the Buddha can be integrated in the process of facing and healing the dis-eases of the body, mind, emotions and spirit.
