This basic meditation class is an introduction to mindfulness practice and instruction. Great as a first class, to restart your practice, or for regular practitioners who want to meditate in a group. Class will be 10 minutes of intro/discussion on mindfulness view, then Seth will lead meditators through basic instruction, practice, followed by questions and discussion.

About the teacher:

Seth Rothschild is a Mindfulness Meditation teacher who's been practicing mindfulness meditation for over a decade through retreats, workshops, one on one study, and daily practice. He is a certified meditation teacher from the Tibet Houses' Mindfulness Teacher Training Program with David Nichtern. Seth has taught mindfulness one on one, in group settings, to therapy practices, in psychiatric settings, and has developed mindfulness in creativity workshops working with songwriters and musicians.

"I was reluctant to start meditation because I assumed the goal was to stop thinking and achieve bliss. That sounded impossible. What surprised me in mindfulness was the view that: we are not trying to eliminate thoughts, we’re practicing friendliness toward our own minds—noticing what arises, without judgment or fixation, gently returning to the breath. 

The other radical idea for me: there’s no goal. Just sitting. Breathing. Noticing. Labeling “thinking.” Returning. Not transcending. But the byproduct of that gentle practice seems to be a quality of spaciousness between thoughts, genuine compassion, the sense of stability and less reactivity to life.

I came to meditation for relief from monkey mind. As my teacher says, we learn to make friends with the monkey."If you have a favorite cushion, please bring!