AYP Group Forming in San Francisco

[Phil Morningstar]

Greetings Folks,
 
  My name is Phil Morningstar and I am also interested in group meditation. I live in Berkeley and am interested in both groups. I am a friend of Rabar and have already discussed the group with him but I also like the sounds of Sean's offer of using his place. I live in a very small apt. and couldn't host it here really. meeting others on this path and comparing notes would be great, Doing meditation in our combined Kundalini charged auras would be even better.
Peace and Love
Phil

[Juliet]

I am up for an East Bay group as well.

Juliet

[rabar]

Well, here I am again, three months later, and not much closer to getting anything going. What's happening in the East Bay? I'm beginning to think I'm not much of a candidate for group meditations, because I happen to snore in samadhi. It sounds funny, but I'm not kidding. Acually, _I_ sound funny, although I'm  not around to hear myself. I think that's why the Vipassana group's leader gave a chat on 'noisy breathing' after my second session with them. Anyway, I'm perfectly happy with my approach, so then the question is, am I fit for polite meditation society? I certainly would not want to detract from others' concentrations.
I think I'm fated to continue on this particular trek until either it moves me onto something more silent or -- what? Meanwhile, I still would be very happy to have e-mail from local AYPs and discuss various get-together possibilities.

[Etherfish]

just tell them it's an advanced purr/snarl you learned in the himalayas.

[Manipura]

Hi Rabar - I'm still eager to get together, even on an irregular basis.  We could meet and talk about whether there's interest in getting together more regularly.  We'll all bring earplugs.

[Katrine]

Hi all

I really hope you get this group going (too bad I'm so far away....I would have loved to join in).

Yogani wrote:

 

quote:Over the past couple of years, others have expressed interest in forming local groups to help transmit the AYP knowledge and for support to those who are doing the practices. I encourage anyone interested in doing that to move ahead. It can add another layer of growth to your path.

2 years ago I started up meditation groups at my clinic (I have earlier introduced my students in homeopathy to meditation...I simply included it (10 min) in classroom teaching sessions).This time I set the limit to 6 people (7 including me); and I had them sign up for 5 nights (once a week). The session lasts for 1h 45min and in additon to meditating I talk about a spesific topic every night (like: intuition, creativity, resistance, abundance etc). I answer their questions the best way I can. This way, learning to meditate is put in a relevant context. That is important here, since meditation still is surrounded by a cloud of mystisism for many people.

Anyway - my own process skyrocketed after this. I feel so blessed[]. And the groups are so much fun! After about 6 months more and more people kept asking me if they could come again. So I now have "drop-in-meditation" about once a month (I feel sure it will increase). When they now asked me for a book list, I linked them to amazon.com and Yoganis book: "Deep meditation". I still haven't seen it...I ordered it some time back, so I hope it will reach me soon. I didn't know about the free copies.....it would have been great to hand out some. But....I also feel that it is a book worth paying for (although I haven't read it, I have read Yogani....and he passes the quality control ).

May all your Nows be Here

[riptiz]

Dear Katrine,
Meditating in groups is a great way of boosting your progress as the collective energies increases the effect for all.
L&L
Dave

'the mind can see further than the eyes'

[sean]

Hello ... well I've moved into a new place. It's another loft, fairly big and still in the East Bay in Oakland. I could probably accomodate a group of 10-15 if everyone brought their own cushions or chairs. Let's get a dialogue about this going, this could be really cool. My email is somlor@gmail.com ...

Sean

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