Meditation
Meditation techniques are useful when you start meditating, and I'm always happy to instruct beginners in the basics. Below you can also find some helpful suggestions in the downloadable meditation notes or try the heart-based meditation videos.
Both beginners and experienced meditators find that they are helped in their meditation by the support of the group and by the chanting that leads into the meditation. Beyond all techniques, silent meditation is essentially a way of resting in your being. At first, you get enticing glimpses of it: moments of expansion or spaciousness, of peace, love, joy, or bliss. As you settle into meditation more fully, you will find deep peace, and a very subtle joy and love. Sometimes an emptiness that is full at the same time presents itself. All these are deeply restful and nurturing. Welcome to yourself!
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Grace's beautiful chants put me into a deep meditative state!! The experience of meditating in the group is powerful. Thank you Grace. |
'Spa for the Soul': Meditation retreats
An invitation to come to rest deeply in the heart of your own being, and to experience the stillness that you are. BC (Before Covid 19), they used to take place every one to two months in Montreal at a yoga studio in NDG. If you'd like to find out more about these or the now online version, please sign up to the Meditation mailing list. You can also check out the instructions page.
NB: During the Covid-19 social distancing era, this retreat is offered as a two-hour online meditation retreat.
The format is as follows: We will 'check in' at the beginning so as to arrive with each other and in the online space. I will do some chanting to lead into the meditation, but due to technical limitations with the zoom platform, we won't be able to chant together. We'll do at least two periods of meditation, possibly adding a short walking meditation. There will be space for questions or sharing either between the meditations or at the end. As always, the retreat will unfold in its own sweet way. I look forward to sharing this new format with you!
Upon registering, you will get instructions how to join the retreat via the zoom platform, and how to set yourself up for the retreat. The instructions are also available HERE.
The format is as follows: We will 'check in' at the beginning so as to arrive with each other and in the online space. I will do some chanting to lead into the meditation, but due to technical limitations with the zoom platform, we won't be able to chant together. We'll do at least two periods of meditation, possibly adding a short walking meditation. There will be space for questions or sharing either between the meditations or at the end. As always, the retreat will unfold in its own sweet way. I look forward to sharing this new format with you!
Upon registering, you will get instructions how to join the retreat via the zoom platform, and how to set yourself up for the retreat. The instructions are also available HERE.
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Next meditation retreat:
Saturday, 6 June 2020, 10am to 12 noon online. $20. To register: Pay the registration fee, $20, in one of two ways:
Either: send an interac payment to grace (at) gracebubeck.com, with a note that you're registering for the retreat. |
Or: pay via Paypal by choosing the $20 option.
Cancellation policy: Should the retreat have to be cancelled, your registration fee will be returned in full. If you cancel on your side, your payment will be returned minus $5 to cover administrative costs. For last minute cancellations (24 hours or less), the full registration fee will be retained.
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What people said about previous meditation retreat days:
Dear Grace, I want to say again how much I enjoyed the retreat with you on Saturday. It did me a world of good and I have felt a lot of light since then and a strong vibration in the third eye. And the experience has reminded me of what I miss in meditation, as I have not been very disciplined about it lately. I am very grateful and feel I have regained a part of myself. Mary
Diving truly into a lake of stillness and really connecting to loving myself and others, through a process of healing by chanting and by meditation. Beautiful group energy. Thank you, Grace, thank you to all for these blessings of the heart. Gerard Grugeau
Thank you, Grace, for making these retreats possible, they are special moments. And what a beautiful discovery the heart meditation was for me. It was a pleasure to be with you all! Sylvain Delisle
It was exactly what I needed. Grace created the perfect space for me to re-center, nurture and ground myself, as well as express myself through chant and make new discoveries. Thank you for this gift, Grace. Mel Sirois
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Would you like to have a taste of heart-centered meditation?
Here are two videos of guided heart meditations from online retreats:
I joined your online meditation last night on YouTube. Thank you for your beautiful presence and loving voice. I felt that I was being wrapped in blankets with just your calming voice for company - thank you so much. David Edge, UK |
Are you looking to find a way of meditating that suits you? Or for instructions how to meditate?
You can download this handout with quite detailed suggestions. It's a bit dated, but people still find it very useful. 
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Meditation symbol by Matt Brooks from Noun Project