What meditation is for one person may be completely different for the next. Yet, both assume they know what the other speaks of when they claim to be meditating. According to the Cambridge International Dictionary of English meditation is the act of giving your attention to only one thing, either as a religious activity or as a way of becoming calm and relaxed. So actually meditation is nothing more than a way to become calm and relaxed, by focusing on only one thing.

Meditation has been used in almost all major religions, although it is mostly associated with Buddhism and Hinduism. But in the recent years it has become less attached to any particular religion or sect. Nowadays it is not just monks and devotees who meditate, it is anyone. What these ‘new meditators’ have seen in meditation is a way to:

• Cope with the hectic pace of life as it now is
• Reconnect with the sense of who we really are
• Gain control over thoughts an feelings
• Find a sense of peace and calm which helps us deal with life’s ups and downs

Meditation has come West, as Westerners who travelled to the East, where meditation had remained strongest, have discovered its age-old benefits and brought it back with them. Many meditation techniques are either directly taken from or based on ancient Eastern ones, but the delight of meditation is that it also lends itself being constantly changed.

An introduction
This workshop is for everybody who wants to learn about meditation. We will talk about the benefits of meditation, how where and when to meditate, simple exercises, how to start and of course we are doing some meditation exercises, to become relaxed and to find answers.
 

Workshop Details

• Workshop duration : 3 hours
• Workshop fee LE 150 (including a hand-out)
• This workshop is given by Dina Fakhry
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