Join Rabbi Abi and mindfulness expert Gary Schapiro for a one-time deep dive into mindfulness/awareness theory and practice. Rest your mind and learn to make friends with whatever arises there. Cut through your speedy, racing, looping discursive thoughts and open your heart of compassionate wisdom in this one-hour session. Please join via Zoom using the regular Religious Services link. There is no charge for this class, and we would appreciate your feedback here.
Gary Schapiro has been studying, practicing, and teaching mindfulness meditation for 45 years. He spent 14 years mentoring mindfulness groups in Massachusetts prisons. Within that community, he also taught a mindfulness-based emotional intelligence curriculum created by the Prison Mindfulness Institute entitled “Path of Freedom.” Gary spent 12 years teaching mindfulness to clients and staff at Boston’s Pine Street Inn, one of the nation’s largest social service agencies, serving the homeless, people dealing with substance abuse and, in general, society’s underserved. He is currently facilitating an online mindfulness class for fellow long-time meditation practitioners.
