The six sessions will be offered in a Zoom format and will be geared specifically to people who have minimal or no prior experience with meditating. The practice itself is simple, involving learning to pay attention, connecting the mind and body in the present moment.

Over the seventeen years of the Center’s existence in Keene, the six-week course has introduced hundreds of community members to the benefits of mindfulness practice. According to a recent article in The Boston Globe, Mindfulness Meditation Practice has produced measurable changes in the ability of practitioners to reduce emotional stress, while also promoting changes in the brain that can assist in coping with chronic pain, high blood pressure, and sleep disturbances.

Past class members have commented, “It was so much more than a class. It was a commitment to myself – a gift.” Others found, “It demystified the idea of meditation,” and “I found the meditations could be used throughout my day to help me cope with various challenges in a more positive way.”

The course will be taught by two facilitators at the Monadnock Mindfulness Practice Center who have each been practicing meditation for many years. Aylene Wozmak has been a hospice nurse for twenty-five years and has received training in Mind/Body Medicine through Harvard Medical School Dept. of Continuing Medical Education. Ginnie Gavrin holds a Masters Degree in Counseling. She is currently retired from her massage therapy practice.

Registration for the course is required and the number of participants will be limited in order to accommodate a Zoom format. Suggested donation for the course is $75. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.

For further information, or to pre-register, call Ginnie at 876-9318 or Aylene at 355-7255.