Guided Meditation with John

Guided Meditation with John is a monthly contemplative practice designed to cultivate presence, focused attention, and embodied awareness through meditation. Rather than approaching meditation as an attempt to stop thinking or achieve a particular state, this offering invites participants to develop a more attentive relationship with their thoughts, sensations, emotions, breath, and surroundings.

Meditation has been practiced across numerous philosophical and contemplative traditions for thousands of years, taking many different forms and serving a variety of purposes. While approaches differ considerably across traditions, many share an emphasis on cultivating attention and developing greater awareness of one's experience. In this sense, meditation can be understood not simply as relaxation, but as a practice of learning how to attend.

Each month, John will guide participants through a different meditation experience using practices such as intentional breathing, focused attention, visualization, body awareness, and periods of silence. The particular practice may vary from gathering…