Bhavana Learning Group offers a weekly Practice Field.
Serving our Client Community
On February 3, 2019, Bhavana Learning Group launched a weekly one-hour Practice Field for our client community to deepen their practices and develop community. Together, we learn to use our breath and embodied practices to cultivate awareness and wisdom in everyday life.
Time: The Practice Field is held for one hour, every Sunday at 10:00 am (EST).
Where: Zoom Platform.
Requirement: Our firm’s current or former clients or former students in our multi-course programs.
Intention: To tune in to a “field” of practice in our everyday lives.
Purpose: Develop the awareness for trusting direct perception – increasingly – more than relying on conceptual constructs.
Practice Field Faculty.
- Director, Neil Ruiz.
- Guides, Brendalyn King, Heather Wood, and Tony Zampella.
The Process.
During each one-hour session, participants learn to embody contemplative practices by sharing experiences of real-life situations, bringing questions for the group, and gathering insights from the community.
Each week a guide will lead a practice and facilitate:
- Participating in a 15-minute meditation to deepen our contemplative practices.
- Sharing the direct experiences from that exercise.
- Exploring practices in our lives and sharing questions and successes with the group.
- On occasion, a wisdom teaching is presented.
To enjoy membership in our online learning community and enable participation, we offer these Community Guidelines. Please review these to enhance your experience. We also offer the following :
- 5 Practice Agreements to support Being in the Practice Field.
- Community Resources to support practices for conscious leaders and learners.
- Our Commitment to Dignity and Justice as the foundation of Community.
Download document of “Postures” to support your practice.
Cushions:
1) Zafu Meditation Cushion to SIT ON
2) Zabuton (mat) to support your cushion
List of TERMS for practice
List of Practices: 12 Contemplative Practices and 12 Zen Practices
Review this post: Discover Self Through Practice
HOW TO PRACTICE SHAMATHA MEDITATION
Additional Contemplative Practices
Beginner: Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment by George Leonard (1992)
Intermediate: Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Henepola Gunaratana (2011)
Advanced: Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening by Joseph Goldstein (2013)
Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki, (original, 1970, hardcover, 2006 / paperback, 2011)
The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation by Thich Nhat Hanh (1999)
For information about the Practice Field, contact neil@bhavanalg.com
