Luminous Mind Meditation

12/10/2017

Lots of opportunities to meditate!
Please bookmark deniselyon.com for the latest additions and changes!

New Year's Day, Monday, January 1, 2018
Yoga & Meditation with Kelly & Denise - Yoga On Main, lower level of the Liberty, Elkin NC
A 60-minute all level slow flow yoga class with Kelly ending with
a 30-minute guided meditation by me!
2pm - 3:30pm; Cost: donation
What better way to start a great new year!
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January 4
5:30pm - 7:45pm
Sound Journey Through the Chakras with Alexander Tuttle - Foothills Arts Council, Elkin NC
Presented by Luminous Mind Meditation
Community Drum Circle at 5:30 (bring your drums!)
Sound Journey starts at 6:30 - 7:45
Details at: https://www.facebook.com/events/167586407172172/
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January 20 & 27
10:30am - 12pm
Elkin Public Library Book Club:
"Mindfulness in Plain English" by Bhante Gunaratana
Discussion and Guided Meditation
Register with Kasey at the Library at 336-835-5586
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February 10
10am - noon
Lovingkindness Meditation Workshop for Valentine's Day - at Yoga On Main, Elkin NC
Cultivating love for all beings...including yourself. Includes the fundamentals of meditation, perfect for beginners or experienced meditators. $20 per person, please contact me to save a space: denise@luminousmindmeditation.com
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March 1, 8, 15 (Wednesdays)
1-2:30pm
C.A.L.M. Class Series (Create a Luminous Mind) - in Elkin NC
A three-class series in Elkin exploring the what, why and how of meditation; learn the fundamentals of mindfulness meditation and how to live a mindful life; we will also explore gratitude, breath awareness, heart centered breath, self-inquiry and lovingkindness meditation; a great introductory course! Space is limited so that we can have a focused experience, so register soon!
Read more on this website under "CALM classes".
Registration is required - contact me at denise@luminousmindmeditation.com
$45 per person for the whole series - invite a friend!
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April 14
1-3pm
The Fundamentals of Mindfulness Meditation - at Art of Massage, Pilot Mountain NC
$20 per person, please contact me to save your space: denise@luminousmindmeditation.com
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May 26
10am-4pm
Rising Above Limiting Beliefs with Mindfulness - Elkin, NC
Our "stories" often hold us back from living from our wise, authentic and capable centerpoint of peace. In this day-long workshop, we'll explore how seeing things as they really are with mindfulness can free you from the grip of your limiting beliefs. With discussion, discovery, journaling and meditation, you will emerge knowing that you are not your stories...you are powerful beyond measure.
$75 per person; registration is required, please contact me at denise@luminousmindmeditation.com
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August 24 - 26
Meditation & Mindfulness 1.0 - at Art of Living Retreat Center, Boone NC
Details and registration at:
https://artoflivingretreatcenter.org/event/meditation-and-mindfulness-1-0/

12/09/2017

How to Stop Your Stories From Running Your Life

We experience a liberation when we can rise above the stories that color our perception. Mindfulness helps us to be more keenly aware of what we make up, and allows us to see things in a new way, as they really are...this is the heart of insight or vipassana meditation. You can learn this, and I would love to teach you. ❤️
Classes and events in 2018 are at
deniselyon.com

How to stop the chatter of our stories, reduce our stress, rewire our brains and reinvent our relationships by responding to our stories differently.

12/06/2017

We talked about gathas for cultivating mindfulness in class last night and will again this evening at 5:30. Please join! Here is one of Thich Nhat Hanh’s gathas...finding opportunities for mindfulness in the simplest of tasks.

Me and my tea, every morning since I can remember, a natural mindfulness practice. Pouring the water, steeping, smelling, the warmth of the cup, and that first sip always feels like a hug. #☮️

12/04/2017

Are you ready to meditate in 2018? Be sure you're on my email list for opportunities to learn and practice by going to deniselyon.com and signing up! Classes for the new year to be announced soon...and in lots of locations around the Yadkin Valley. Stay in the loop!

12/01/2017

Let’s Get Curious!

An amazing thing happens when you become the curious observer of your thoughts. You begin to see the world with wonder, not judgement. Imagine how this can change our relationships and our world.

Mindfulness is disruptive, says Patricia Rockman, because it changes how we pay attention to things, and ultimately, our experience of the world. Here are mindfulness techniques that can help you shift your focus.

11/29/2017

11/28/2017

Bhavana Society of West Virginia

If the breath seems an exceedingly dull thing to observe over and over, you may rest assured of one thing: you have ceased to observe the process with true mindfulness. Mindfulness is never boring. Look again. Don’t assume that you know what breath is. Don’t take it for granted that you have already seen everything there is to see. If you do, you are conceptualizing the process. You are not observing its living reality. When you are clearly mindful of the breath or of anything else, it is never boring. Mindfulness looks at everything with the eyes of a child, with a sense of wonder. Mindfulness sees every moment as if it were the first and the only moment in the universe. So look again.

Bhante Gunaratana
"Mindfulness in Plain English," pp. 100-101
www.wisdompubs.org/author/bhante-gunaratana

11/28/2017

Come to our small, casual meditation group this evening! Tonight’s discussion and guided meditation will be “Home for the Holidays”- how keeping your peaceful center during all the craziness is being “home”.

7-8pm
$10 suggested donation

11/26/2017

Save the date! August 24-26, 2018. Join me for three days at this wonderful mountain top retreat in Boone, NC with the top ayurveda spa in the US. Maybe a Christmas present for yourself and a friend? Perfect if you are new to retreat and want to immerse yourself in learning to meditate. Contact me with questions about Meditation & Mindfulness 1.0 Retreat. Register at https://artoflivingretreatcenter.org/event/meditation-and-mindfulness-1-0/

"The collective energy of mindfulness, and of peace, is the best thing we can get when we come into a retreat. We allow ourselves to be penetrated by the collective energy of mindfulness, peace, and compassion. And the healing transformation that takes place. You may wish to look for a retreat in your area or visit one of our practice centers in the coming year." Thich Nhat Hanh

11/26/2017

In 2018, what is your preference for a weekly meditation class...
Weekday evening
Weekday daytime
Saturday morning?
Please let me know your specific ideas and creative suggestions! What’s keeping YOU from attending a class?

11/21/2017

In meditation, we learn to have a new relationship to the thoughts, sensations and emotions that pull us away from our peaceful center. We gracefully come back to our breath or other focus again and again and again. But isn’t this boring, you might ask?

From teacher Sharon Salzburg: Beginning again is the most important part of the whole process. That’s the life skill we take into our everyday worlds. The nature of everything is change. Nothing in life is a straight shot where you make a decision, and you’re going for something, and you never fall down, and you never falter, and you never get distracted. We’re always starting over and starting over and starting over. Meditation helps us do that with kindness and compassion and happiness.”

11/20/2017

It's not possible to feel fear, hate or anger and gratitude at the same time.