Open Studio Meditation

08/29/2023

08/29/2023

Tonight at Open Studio Meditation:

The $5 Introduction to meditation is from 7:00 - 9:00.
You’ll learn deep breathing, visualization and body sensing
Be prepared to learn how easy and calming meditation can be!
Attend in person at Enclave in Wilmette or on zoom.

For me details and to sign up,
Check openstudiomeditation.com
Or email me at emacgran@gmail.com

08/26/2023

Don’t forget to sign up for the $5 meditation. workshop in Wilmette! Out next offering is this Sunday at noon. We meet at the beautiful Enclave location
For more details email me at emacgran@gmail.com or check

Open Studio Meditation brings a broad spectrum of benefits to people and communities by offering excellent and accessible iRest® meditation education.

08/24/2023

Find out how meditation can work for you!
Classes are online or in person in Wilmette
All times are CST
Learn more or sign up at
Www.openstudiomeditation.com

08/18/2023

08/18/2023

This Week at Open Studio Meditation


Yoga Nidra Meditation

Friday 9:00 AM Online and in person
Sunday 9:00 AM Online and in person

Introductory Meditation Workshop

Sunday 10:00 AM Only $10 Please spread the word!!!

RSVP

If you are able to attend, please copy and paste one of these into your response (at least 2 hours before an event)

Yes - I will attend Friday at 9:00 AM online

Yes - I will attend Friday at 9:00 AM in person

Yes - I will attend Sunday at 9:00 AM online

Yes - I will attend Sunday at 9:00 AM in person

Yes - I will attend Sunday at 10:00 AM online

Yes - I will attend Sunday at 10:00 AM in person

If you choose to attend in person, the address is Enclave (look for the big key) 1000 Central Ave, Unit G. It is on the bottom floor of the building I live in - Optima Wilmette - in the space that used to be the Physical Therapy business (so it is not on the street but in the inner courtyard). If you prefer online, I will still be on Zoom from that location.


Hope to see you at one of the sessions!

08/15/2023

Are daily stresses taking a toll on your sense of well-being? It's time to hit the pause button and find your inner calm. 🕊️✨ Our online and in-person meditation classes are designed to help you discover peace, vitality and renewal amidst the chaos.
See our new class schedule and sign up for our newsletter here:

08/15/2023

Are daily stresses taking a toll on your sense of well-being? It's time to hit the pause button and find your inner calm. 🕊️✨ Our online and in-person meditation classes are designed to help you discover tranquility amidst the chaos.

See our new class schedule and sign up for our newsletter here:

08/10/2023

Please help me spread the word! New classes and workshops are starting now - online and in person in Wilmette. See website for more details and to sign up!

07/10/2023

Join me Fridays at 9 am to meditate. Enclave in Wilmett. Email me tou reserve your space. Emacgran@gmail.com.

The Enclave is a coworking and lounge space that helps suburban residents unlock their productivity. Located in Downers Grove, Glen Ellyn and Oak Park.

07/01/2023

Such a beautiful translation - joyful to really take it in.

From Dr Christopher Wallis..

My translation of the great master Abhinavagupta’s Fifteen Verses on Awakening (Bodha-pañcadaśikā).

There is a radiance that remains undimmed through all moments of light and darkness; the One within, the end of all light and all darkness. || 1

That One is the Highest Divinity, the innate essence of all beings and states; for all that comes into being is nothing but the expression of its sovereign Power. || 2

The Goddess (Shakti) never wants to be separate from the One who holds Her; they are eternally one Being — as inseparable as fire and its heat. || 3

That Lord is none other than Bhairava, whose role is to sustain (bhṛ) the world; for through his Power, everything exists as a reflection in the mirror of the Self. || 4

That Supreme Goddess (Parā Devī) is none other than his longing to be intimately aware of his own nature, whose fullness & perfection in all beings is neither trifling nor significant. || 5

This God (i.e. Consciousness) is eternally eager for the sweetness of love-play with this Goddess (i.e. Energy); [through it,] the Lord simultaneously accomplishes the wonderfully varied creations and dissolutions [of all the objects of our experience]. || 6

This Absolute [Consciousness] which accomplishes what seems impossible has autonomous sovereign awake awareness as its nature. || 7

It is said that the defining feature of insentience is a limited power of illumination; so Awareness is distinct from insentience by the fact that it is unlimited. || 8

Thus, [the cycles of] creation and dissolution are innate [to Awareness], existing as subdivisions of its innate power of Freedom; as expressions of its true nature. || 9

For within these [cycles] there exist an infinite variety of painful and pleasurable worlds: higher, lower, and parallel [to this one] -- [all] aspects of this [unrestrained power of freedom to create]. || 10

The state of being ignorant of all this is itself a construct of that Freedom. The cyclical flux [of this autonomous Being] is indeed terrifying to those who are unconscious. || 11

By what means [does one overcome ignorance]? Through His grace? Through the power of a mantra? Through the testimony of your guru? Or through the scriptures of the Supreme Lord? || 12

Recognition of the nature of reality is divine liberation. That state of fullness experienced by the awakened ones is taught to be jīvanmukti (living liberation). || 13

(Commentator adds: Liberation is the manifestation of one’s innate freedom, bursting with wonder at the experience of the sense of ‘I’ encompassing everything.)

These two states — bo***ge and liberation — both derive from the nature of the Highest Divinity; they are indivisible — one implies the other — for there can in reality be no division within the Highest Divinity. || 14

Thus one should cultivate & cherish Bhairava, dwelling within the trident-and-lotus-throne whose prongs are the powers of Willing, Knowing, and Acting. || 15

05/20/2023

“We have a tendency to think in terms of doing and not in terms of being. We think that when we are not doing anything, we are wasting our time. But that is not true. Our time is first of all for us to be. To be what? To be alive, to be peaceful, to be joyful, to be loving. And that is what the world needs most.”
Thich Nhat Hanh

Heinrich Vogeler Frühling - Portrait of von Martha Vogeler, 1879.

05/18/2023

Give this a try!

Researchers have found that practicing "cyclic sighing" for five minutes a day can help you feel less anxiety and more positive emotions.