Yoga Meditation 1 Course - Pymble, Sydney
Inspired by the glimpse of meditation benefits learned in the IYTA Yoga Teacher Training Course 1978-79, Margaret North started her pursuit of personal peace through meditation. It was difficult. It was like looking at a distant star and knowing that, once one had reached it, one would know, always, a sense of comfort and peace, security and love where such as fear, anger or loneliness would never have a place. But how to get there?
For the next twenty-five years, Margaret ‘sat at the feet’ of as many wise teachers as she could find as well as allowing all she was learning to guide her through the inevitable up and down rhythm of her life. The self discovery she had achieved through her pursuit of meditation enabled her, in fact, to gain strengths from ‘low’ passages in her life and to live through them gracefully, becoming more and more based in deep peace.
Margaret came to realise that those who find meditation difficult or elusive need to take certain steps and come to certain understandings before that peaceful state can become their own. Margaret’s knowledge of these steps became an eight-lesson course which we have been offering in the Kuring-Gai Yoga School continuously since 2005.
Here is an overview of each of these important steps to meditation and thus personal peace:
Week 1: Who am I?
Week 2: Our mind – healing or harmful? The balance of body, mind and soul.
Week 3: Our soul. Nurture our soul.
Week 4: Living in the present moment.
Week 5: Am I my own best friend?
Week 6: What about others? Forgiveness. Understanding.
Week 7: Release our personal power. Discrimination.
Week 8: Where to from here? Going home.
The Meditation 1 Course is experiential and simple to follow. Each lesson always brings to every student personal insight and feelings of serenity. The course is eminently suitable for those starting out on the meditation journey or wishing to deepen their own practice.
Every one of us deserves to be able to say:
I am filled with peace ….. and love ….. and understanding …..
My mind feels light and free from worries …..
I am content.
Details of the next Meditation 1 course:
For all - beginner or experienced – invite your friends to join you.
8 Tuesdays starting 13th March to 8th May 2012 incl (8 weeks)
7:30 - 9pm at 30 Marlborough Place, St. Ives
Cost: $195
Yoga Meditation 2 Course - St Ives, Sydney
This is an extension course for those who have completed Margaret's Meditation 1 Course.
Week 1: The concept of Soul revisited
Our aim is joyousness. Only our soul knows what joyousness is.
Week 2: Revision of each of the 8 weeks of Meditation 1.
Which ONE is the greatest stumbling block?
Week 3: Feedback on what you have changed in your life from Week 2’s
understandings. Change needs to be deep within, fundamental.
Week 4: Be an inspiration! Intuition, joyousness, blessings, gratitude, kindness,
integrity. Your personal motto for living.
Details of the next Meditation 2 course:
Prerequisite: Meditation 1
30 Marlborough Place, St. Ives
March/April 2012
Cost: $95
Monthly Meditation Group
For those who have completed Margaret North’s 8-week Meditation 1 Course.
Ideal for maintaining your deepening meditation practice,
including wisdom to discuss and ponder
Details of the next Monthly Meditation Group:
Prerequisite: Meditation 1
Commencing Monday 30th January 2012 and Monday 6th Feburary 2012.
Two Mondays per month for five months
A continuing group meeting 7:30 – 9pm
30 Marlborough Place, St Ives.
Cost: $75