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Guest Meditations

    Lauren Speeth DBA DMin
    Carol Anderson

Recordings for this site were
funded in part by the
Trust for the Meditation Process.
Our thanks go out to them for their
generous support.

Our thanks also to the
Elfenworks Foundation for their support
in redesign of this site.

Brother Camillus and Brother Poulos

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Music for Contempletive Moments
Breathe gently...listen...be well.

Josh Workman guitar - loop
Chinese Tea
    John Watkins -Composition, performance, and engineering
    Hiroshi Iguchi - Guitar
    Lauren Speeth - Flute

Rejuve
many thanks to The Elfenworks Foundation for bringing this beauty into our lives and spirits

 


Welcome to the Saint Mary’s College of California
Office of Mission and Ministry Meditation website.

This is God’s project to help other people meditate and learn to use meditation for prayer, and to develop themselves. We envision it going to all our schools, and for the faculty staff and students, and that they also may learn to share this with their family and friends. And so the Schools of the Brothers may begin to spread this beautiful practice throughout the world, because Saint LaSalle said the most important religious exercise of the Brothers is to meditate daily. Audio Version - mp3


uncoming events

 

SELF IMPROVEMENT
Meditation techniques for improving self. Often we attempt to change through will power. Meditation techniques of visualization and self-image change can effectively empower us to change beyond simple attempts using will power.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
From 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM, Delphine Lounge

FORGIVENESS THROUGH MEDITATION
A Meditation Ritual for Learning to Forgive Others.
Forgiveness is often difficult and can be a terrible burden of pain, bitterness and resentment. The Universe wants to help us forgive. In meditation learn to access the power of forgiveness to release the burdens of retained anger and grudges.
This meditation is most appropriate for lent.
Saturday, March 24, 2012
From 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM, Delphine Lounge

Meditation workshops will begin at 9:00 AM and end at 1:00 PM. A $25.00 donation or more is gladly accepted. However, depending on personal circumstances participants may offer a smaller donation and in exchange offer four ours of donated service to others. Students are free. All four meditation workshops will be held at Saint Mary's College of California in Delphine Lounge, by the Ferrogiario Quad, between the bookstore and Café Louie.

Nota Bene: Please email me if you intend to come in case the venue or time are changed, but ordinarily that will appear on my website at least two weeks before the scheduled workshop. Thank you. My email address is--cchavez@stmarys-ca.edu.

    Classroom and Workshop participant comments

most important exercise of the day
"Even just a five-minute meditation can recall us to the fact that we are in the presence of a God who loves us with an overwhelming love. This is the Christian and specifically Lasallian heritage - in the Rule of the Brothers the most important exercise of the day is interior prayer..."

workshop cds are available
"CD's containing guided meditations to help you build your personal meditation practice are available at the workshops.

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