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I’m delighted to let you know of three NEW additions to our timetable this Springtime! All three hold a focus of building inner resilience and strength and all three aim to help the Spirit relate with greater ease to the mind and body.

On Wednesday Donal O Leary will present a four week course on “Nutrition for the Nervous System: Health, Nutrition and Wellbeing”.
This course will offer an overview of the principles and pillars of health – how in cleaning and nourishing the body, we connect it to back to the healing intelligence of nature. By any reckoning there is much to learn of our nutritional habitat, and this is an exciting first step in gathering that wisdom.

Also starting this Wednesday ( 1- 2pm) Mari Kennedy will begin a Mindfulness Meditation entitled “Arriving at your own door: Coming home to yourself in 2012″. This is probably the year where we find out who we really are, and knowing our strengths and weaknesses will benefit our collective response to our uncertain times. This too, is a four week course open to all interested in connecting to their essential self.

Finally, and by an innovative extension, we continue on Friday with “Mindful Meditation through Movement“. Anna Fiona Keogh offers this creative approach to developing basic mindfulness skills such as awareness and acceptance through moving.
“Through our moving bodies, we meet ourselves. We sense, we feel, we think, we act. We hold in, we let go, we feel light, we feel heavy. We breather. We are still.”

Again, are welcome to attend this course starting this week.

So, now, that’s the good news for this coming week! Next week I will alert you to renewing both courses: “The Hours” starting on Monday 6th Feb with Jacqueline Kelleher and Mary Dowd, and “Connect” with Ursula Browne starting 16th Feb.

Until then let me wish you a wonderful ST. BRIGET’S DAY and hearth entry into Spring.

Christine

THE LIVING ROOM

A silent space in the middle of the city

MONDAY

1.00 – 2.00pm JOHN MAIN MEDITATION with Maria Gavin

TUESDAY

10.00am – 11.30am St. TERESA OF AVILA. THE INTERIOR CASTLE. Study Group
1.00pm – 2.00pm CARMELITE WISDOM MEDITATION With Joey Feely

WEDNESDAY

10.00-11.30 NUTRITION AND THE NERVOUS SYSTEM with Donal O’ Leary.
1.00PM- 2.00pm MINDFULNESS MEDITATION with Mari Kennedy

THURSDAY

1.00pm – 2.00pm
CENTERING IN LOVE MEDITATION with Joanne and Jim Gallagher

FRIDAY

9.45 – 10.45am TAI, CHI GUNG with Georgina Wright
11.00 am- 12.15pm HATHA YOGA WITH Cindy Ireland

12.30 – 2.00 pm MINDFULNESS MOVEMENT with Anna Fiona Keogh

A suggested donation of €5.00 for the workshops is asked from those who can afford it.

Hello there Everyone,

Welcome to a 2012-friendly Living Room – hope you dig our post Neanderthal template.

Just to remind you that this month’s Friday@The Living Room is our salute to Joy which we reckon is the foundation for Resurrection, Right-living and Resilience. With that in mind, we hope you might join us, not in a meeting – but an in an eating – and help us close our four part series asking, “Where is the Love?”.

Being presented with the contemporary search for three R’s (as above), this series of conversations contemplated how we can discern our own desires (blaming others is toooo 2011), what we might let go of, and what we can open up to to, to jig along a brighter future.

So, if you’re free, and what to gather with the Exceptional (every last one of us) why not come on down and shake the happy tree from 7pm to 9.30pm this Friday, and help us close the series? You might bring some food to share, and on the night raise your thumbs with us to Brigit, and all other blessed luminaries who ever shone in the dark.

I’d really, really, really thank David Korowicz for co-piloting the series with me. Also I’m forever grateful to the pure generosity of Dolores Wheelan, Ivor Browne, Anne Kenny, Joey Feely, Allison Sleator, Donn Brennan, Gillian Gavin, Francis Valoor, Jim and Joanne Gallagher for setting up and shining out their lights for us.

Also to let you know, Allison Sleator is offering singing classes here in The Living Room on Monday 5.00pm-6.30pm.

Let me hope then, that you might be able to com’on down this Friday, and polish up your big and little joys so that they might shine down all the ways of 2012,

In joy,

Christine

THE LIVING ROOM

A silent space in the middle of the city

MONDAY

1.00 – 2.00pm JOHN MAIN MEDITATION with Maria Gavin

TUESDAY

10.00am – 11.30am St. TERESA OF AVILA. THE INTERIOR CASTLE. Study Group
1.00pm – 2.00pm CARMELITE WISDOM MEDITATION

WEDNESDAY

1.00PM- 2.00PM ACCOMPANIED SILENCE with Christine Clear

THURSDAY

1.00pm – 2.00pm
CENTERING IN LOVE MEDITATION with Joanne and Jim Gallagher

FRIDAY

9.45 – 10.45am TAICHI, CHI GUNG with GEORGINA WRIGHT
11.00 am- 12.15pm HATHA YOGA WITH CINDY IRELAND

1.00 – 2.00pm. Accompanied Silence with Jean Burtchaell

A suggested donation of €5.00 for the workshops is asked from those who can afford it.

Hello there One and All!

I hope the year has started well for you, and that the strengthening light brings with it a strengthening hope.

Having done some of our spring cleaning last week, we are open now in earnest, and I invite you once again to come and sup on the silence with us. Indeed, speaking of supping, we will be starting our new Nutrition for the Nervous System, on Wednesday 1st of February at 10am – 11.30am, and all are welcome to sign up for this 4 week course. Also – and gaily extending the culinary metaphor – I’m very happy to welcome back Dr. Donn Brennan (Founding President of the Ayurvedic Practitioners Association ( Indian medicine) in the UK, and director of the European Herbal Practitioners Association.) to come and partake on our first ‘EATING’ – a meeting with food – at 7pm – 9.3pm on Friday 27th January. The theme is JOY and the emphasis is on resurrection, right relationship and resilience, what could be tastier? More of this next week.

So for now, let’s climb back into the reflective saddle, and taking up the reigns, gallop into the future.
Why not include us in your new year resolutions?!
With best wishes,

Christine

THE LIVING ROOM

A silent space in the middle of the city

MONDAY

10.00 – 12.30pm “THE HOURS” with Jacqueline Kelleher and Mary Dowd
1.00 – 2.00pm JOHN MAIN MEDITATION with Maria Galvin

TUESDAY

10.00am – 11.30am St. TERESA OF AVILA. THE INTERIOR CASTLE. Study Group
1.00pm – 2.00pm CARMELITE WISDOM MEDITATION with Joey Feely

WEDNESDAY

1.00PM- 2.00PM ACCOMPANIED SILENCE with Christine Clear

THURSDAY

1.00pm – 2.00pm
CENTERING IN LOVE MEDITATION with Joanne and Jim Gallagher

FRIDAY

9.45 – 10.45am TAICHI, CHI GUNG with GEORGINA WRIGHT
11.00 am- 12.15pm HATHA YOGA WITH CINDY IRELAND

1.00 – 2.00pm. Accompanied Silence with Christine Clear

A suggested donation of €5.00 for the workshops is asked from those who can afford it.

Happy New Year One and All!

And, still let me wish you a ‘Happy New Year’ though it’s already a week old. As co-creators time with Father time and Mother nature, I hope the pathways in 2012 are lit with grace and guidance and lead to all the low lying fruit in the garden.

Speaking of low lying, we’re keeping things slow and low around here until Monday 16th January when we resume a full program – though, Tai chi and yoga will go ahead as usual next Friday.

We have an exciting Springtime Program this year with meditations/conversations on many of the most pertinent aspects of our lives. More information on this next week.

Just to say that Friday@The Living Room will be held on January 27th (last Friday) of this month as opposed to the third Friday – simply because of the month that’s in it.

With warm wishes for now,

Christine

The Hours. click to enlarge

I hope this finds you in fine fettle and hearty spirits.

Please see attached poster for The Hours, a 6 week course which invites those recently retired, released and/or made redundant.
This course will focus on how we plan the day when previous structures have been taken away. Using meditation, conversation and group work The Hours will help each person find an appropriate routine which remains life giving and connecting to the surrounding environment. The course is offered by Jacquline Kelleher and Mary Dowd and starts this Monday, 10am -12.30pm

Also, please also see the timetable of events for the following week.
With best wishes for now,
Christine

THE LIVING ROOM

A silent space in the middle of the city

MONDAY

10.00 – 12.30pm THE HOURS WITH JACQULINE KELLEHER AND MARY DOWD

1.00 – 2.00pm JOHN MAIN MEDITATION WITH MARIA GALVIN

TUESDAY

10.00am – 11.30am ST. TERESA OF AVILA. THE INTERIOR CASTLE. STUDY GROUP
1.00pm – 2.00pm CARMELITE WISDOM MEDITATION

WEDNESDAY

1.00PM- 2.00PM ACCOMPANIED SILENCE

THURSDAY

10.00am – 11.30am CONNECTION’ for MIND BODY AND SPIRIT with URSULA BROWN:

1.00pm – 2.00pm
CENTERING IN LOVE MEDITATION WITH JOANNE AND JIM GALLAGHER.

FRIDAY

9.45 – 10.45am TAICHI, CHI GUNG with GEORGINA WRIGHT
11.00 am- 12.15pm HATHA YOGA WITH CINDY IRELAND [update: Cancelled for this Friday, resumes following Friday]

1.00 – 2.00pm. Accompanied Silence.

A suggested donation of €5.00 for the workshops is asked from those who can afford it.

Hi there Everyone,

Please see this week’s timetable of events. Sally Eustace’s ‘Exploring Serenity Prayer’ will finish this Wednesday, but Ursula Browne has started her ‘Connect’ course on Thursday which will run for the next five weeks. I hope we might see you soon.

With best and warm wishes for now,

Christine

THE LIVING ROOM

A silent space in the middle of the city

MONDAY

1.00 – 2.00pm JOHN MAIN MEDITATION WITH MARIA GALVIN

TUESDAY

10.00am – 11.30am ST. TERESA OF AVILA. THE INTERIOR CASTLE. STUDY GROUP

1.00pm – 2.00pm CARMELITE WISDOM MEDITATION

WEDNESDAY

10.30 – 12.30 EXPLORING THE SERENITY PRAYER

1.00PM- 2.00PM ACCOMPANIED SILENCE

THURSDAY

10.00am – 11.30am CONNECTION’ for MIND BODY AND SPIRIT with URSULA BROWN:
A new 6 week course.
€30.00

1.00pm – 2.00pm
CENTERING IN LOVE MEDITATION WITH JOANNE AND JIM GALLAGHER.

FRIDAY

9.45 – 10.45am TAICHI, CHI GUNG with GEORGINA WRIGHT
11.00 am- 12.15pm HATHA YOGA WITH CINDY IRELAND

1.00 – 2.00pm. Accompanied Silence.

A suggested donation of €5.00 for the workshops is asked from those who can afford it.