March 15th Session

March 15th Session

Hi everyone, Jacqueline will be running the session today (March 15th). I’m feeling off. No COVID-19 symptoms but playing it safe for everyone. Once I’m feeling better and the social distancing recommendation comes down, I intend to teach no matter…

How to Work a Meditation

How to Work a Meditation

Some suggestions: If you are a part of our Guelph community, just continue coming to the Sunday or Wednesday sessions just as you have been. Maybe bring a small notebook to write down the meditations and maybe take a few…

Time to Write My Book

Time to Write My Book

Hi, My name is Ken Hood. I have been studying, practicing and teaching meditation/mindtraining for 30 years in the community of Guelph Ontario. I have also been a bookseller for 36 years at The Bookshelf. Anyway, it’s time for me…

Meditation Possibilities

Meditation Possibilities

  Sunday Meditation & Inquiry Sessions @ 10:30 am (Will begin again Sept. 15/19.) Everyone is welcome! We begin with a half-hour meditation. Instruction is available, if are new to practice. We then have an open-ended inquiry about our experience….

Mahamudra

Mahamudra

Pith Instructions from Tilopa I bow to Vajra Dakini. 1. Mahamudra cannot be taught, Naropa, But your devotion to your teacher and the hardships you’ve met Have made you patient in suffering and also wise: Take this to heart, my…

Tough Stuff

Tough Stuff

Here are a couple of practices that we have been using to work with difficult conditions. The first is predisposing our minds to see a difficult condition as something beneficial. Not easy but very powerful when it works. We recite…

Hi everybody, Next week is the long weekend July 1. So this week June 24th is the last session until early September. If I don’t see you tomorrow, have a great summer! Share on:Facebook0TwitterPinterest0GoogleLinkedin0

No Class This Sunday May the 20th

No Class This Sunday May the 20th

So that you can enjoy long weekend. See you next week! Ken photo credit Annie Spratt from Unsplash   Share on:Facebook0TwitterPinterest0GoogleLinkedin0

Bringin’ a little light to the darkness…

Bringin’ a little light to the darkness…

We are have a return of light/solstice gathering tonight. All are welcome and it’s free!   In the Grip of the Solstice – Marge Piercy Feels like a train roaring into night, the journey into fierce cold just beginning. The…

The Holidays

The Holidays

There will not be a meditation on Sunday December 17 and 24. We will have a session on December 31 at 10:30 am but not on January 7 2018.  We will start our regular sessions January 14. See you then!…

Self Acceptance

Self Acceptance

Here is a reflection or meditation that you might want to try. It sounds like the last one I posted but is very, very different in its impact. Try repeating it seven times a day or whatever works, then see…