Medmob: Amherst

07/23/2020

Happiness cannot be found
through great effort and willpower,
but is already present, in open relaxation and letting go.

05/12/2020

Turn toward everything. Have complete openness. Aware, present. Precise, clear.

03/05/2015

Hey Valley Meditators! Downtown Mindfulness in Amherst has started a weekly sit on Wednesdays from 12:30-1:30pm at YogaAmherst (above Rao's). Check it out!

In the midst of your busy day, take a break to connect with yourself and others in a nurturing environment. In this series of classes, learn mindfulness practices and how they can help you cultivate clarity, creativity, and ease in your personal and professional life.

10/09/2014

Hey Valley Meditators! If you happen to be near Amherst for lunch today, check out the grand opening of Downtown Mindfulness, our newest meditation community in the valley!

Mindfulness-Based Workshops, Classes, And Individual Coaching To Promote Skillful Living Please click on any event on the calendar to get more information and register for an event.

07/02/2014

Hey Folksies! A few of us are getting together Thursday morning at 9am to meditate in the beauty of Sweetser Park in Amherst (across from The Black Sheep). Prolly a 45 minute sit. Come on down and join us in this awesome summer!

06/28/2013

Hey Valley Meditators....we're still cookin' up our next MedMob, but in the meantime here's some local Dharma time that's in the valley...

Sunday 7-9pm @ Northampton Insight Community - Dharma Talk by Eowyn Ahlstrom http://northamptoninsight.org/schedule.html

Sunday 9am Pioneer Valley Shambhala Center - Drop-in Sit http://pioneervalley.shambhala.org/

Mondays 5:30-6:45 @ Pioneer Valley Insight Center - Drop-in Sit and Discussion http://insightpv.org/sittings/

Wednesdays 7:15-8:30 @ Pioneer Valley Insight Center - Drop-in Sit and Discussion http://insightpv.org/sittings/

And then, of course, is the world-renown Insight Meditation Society that is just over the Pelham Hills in Barre, offering fantastic multi-day meditation retreats. http://dharma.org/

06/16/2013

Wonderfully beautiful MedMob in Emily Dickinson's garden yesterday! What a nice sit.

"Nature" is what we see—
The Hill—the Afternoon—
Squirrel—Eclipse— the Bumble bee—
Nay—Nature is Heaven—
Nature is what we hear—
The Bobolink—the Sea—
Thunder—the Cricket—
Nay—Nature is Harmony—
Nature is what we know—
Yet have no art to say—
So impotent Our Wisdom is
To her Simplicity.

~ Emily Dickinson ( #688)

06/08/2013

Hey Medmobbers - we'll have an official Medmob next Saturday 6/15....but since it looks like the rain has passed today...I'm gonna head over to Emily's garden today at 11am to sit! Come join in!

06/07/2013

Hey Medmobbers...we're gonna push off our meditation in Emily Dickinson's garden again due to the rain rain rain. The 10 day forecast is whispering to us that next Saturday 6/15 will be beautiful. So we're going to reschedule for 11am on 6/15! See you then...and in the meantime, remember to take a look around at all the beauty this rain is bringing....

To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee,
One clover, and a bee.
And revery.
The revery alone will do,
If bees are few.

--Emily Dickinson

05/17/2013

There is a solitude of space
A solitude of sea
A solitude of death, but these
Society shall be
Compared with that profounder site
That polar privacy
A soul admitted to itself—
Finite infinity.
- Emily Dickinson ( #1695)

We came across this beautiful poem by our neighbor Emily and we thought, hey, let's do our next MedMob at Emily's place! So that's a what we're gonna do!

MedMob in Emily Dickinson's garden on Saturday 5/25 at 11:30am. A soul admitted to itself, peeps! See ya there (event with details comin' soon).

04/27/2013

04/27/2013

Here's a great quick video about what a MedMob is!

http://youtu.be/g-tCgHCJ5To

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