HOW THE CREATIVE BEGIN TO CREATE Instructor: Jerry Sweeney
Saturday, September 21, 2:00P – 5:00 P
Want to spend Saturday afternoon together? Announcing a workshop on Creativity by Jerry Sweeney this Saturday, September 21 from 2-5pm. Jerry will be delving into the mystery of stimulating personal creativity with ideas and exercises on how to coax the conscious and unconscious into the production of fruitful and satisfying artwork, whether writing, painting, composition or drama.
Sweeney, the author or six novels, has remained close to the arts for decades. He will bring those experiences and insights into focus on how an individual can unlock the treasures within and set them into finished art.
Interested participants can register at 410 819-3395 or visit www.evergreeneaston.org. Cost for members is $45 and non-members is $55. Bring notebook, sketchpad and wear a colorful hat. REGISTER EARLY!
AN INTRODUCTION TO CONTEMPLATIVE FITNESS Instructor: Naomi Hyman
Sunday, September 22, 2:00 P – 3:30 P
Come learn how the journey to enlightenment may have a lot more in common with physical fitness than you think!
Buddhism has provided us with extraordinary maps of consciousness and the journey toward inner freedom. It has also left us a legacy of idealized descriptions of teachers and attainments, descriptions that have led us to believe that enlightenment is possible only for a few extraordinary individuals. But if we strip away the layers of mythology and look at the experiences of contemporary meditators, we find that these maps point to territories that are both recognizable and attainable by ordinary people. Meditation teacher and explorer Kenneth Folk has coined the term Contemplative Fitness to describe this universally accessible line of human development, one that in many respects in not much different than physical fitness. Drawing on traditional teachings, Kenneth’s insights and the instructor’s personal experience, we’ll consider what enlightenment is—and isn’t, explore the maps and learn some simple practices that can give even beginners a glimpse of the territory ahead.
Naomi Hyman, MA, RYT-200 is a meditation and yoga teacher and contemplative practice coach. She draws on nearly twenty years of committed personal practice as well as the core texts and practices of a variety of traditional and emerging contemplative paths. She is an ordained rabbi, a certified yoga instructor and has trained extensively in Jewish, Buddhist and Yogic practices. In her personal practice as well as her teaching and coaching, Naomi takes a pragmatic, results-oriented approach motivated by curiosity and a sense of adventure. Learn more at www.inner-tides.com Interested participants can register at 410 819-3395 or visit www.evergreeneaston.org REGISTER EARLY!
AUTUMNAL EQUINOX COMMUNITY GATHERING
Sunday, 9/22 at 4:00 P – 6:00 P
Join friends at Evergreen this Sunday to celebrate the Autumnal Equinox by walking our beautiful labyrinth! We will meet at 4pm… Equinox is officially at 4:44 pm. As an extra special treat, Barbara Haddaway will play her crystal bowls when we return to the Great Room. Visit www.evergreeneaston.org for more information about Evergreen.
This event is Free and open to the community! Please join us! (donations welcome) See article page 2
Evergreen: A Center for Balanced Living Features an Outdoor Labyrinth for Contemplation
Do you ever feel stressed or unable to relax? You have lots of company! If you could use a few moments of quiet contemplation, why not pay a visit to Evergreen: A Center for Balanced Living and walk the brick oval path of its labyrinth? Labyrinths are designed to instill feelings of calmness by offering participants the opportunity to walk slowly around a prescribed path. Slow purposeful walking calms the mind and fosters a sense of peace. Be careful not to confuse labyrinths with mazes, however. Mazes are meant to trick those who find themselves in their confines, while labyrinths are open and inviting. As tools for focusing and stilling the mind, they are attractive to people of all faiths and backgrounds.
Evergreen’s founder, Sarah Sadler, first envisioned creating a labyrinth in Easton 20 years ago when she opened a holistic learning center known as Psyche’s Well in a small townhouse. Sadler had experienced a marvelous calm when she walked her first labyrinth at a program offered by Jean Houston. It was a labyrinth made of snow, and Sadler walked it at night, guided only by moonlight. She vowed to create her own labyrinth as soon as she had the space. In 1999, Psyche’s Well changed its name to Evergreen and relocated to its current home overlooking the Tred Avon River.
Evergreen’s labyrinth was constructed by a group of members, including Sadler, Lois Noonan, Candace Shattuck, and Cynthia Quast, in the hopes that people in the community would come whenever they needed to soothe their tensions away. The group had many logistical challenges, such as choosing weather-proof materials and allowing for easy care of the surrounding grass. Since their construction of the labyrinth, hundreds of people have come to experience the feelings of calm that it fosters.
Evergreen: A Center for Balanced Living is located at 770 Port Street in Easton. The holistic learning center offers programs and services that nurture body, mind and spirit, and cultivate community. For more information about Evergreen Cove, including the many health, wellness, art and creativity programs it offers, call 410-819-3395 or visit online at www.evergreeneaston.org.
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