Watch, listen and read materials from a series of weekly live group sessions held by video call during 2021 and 2024. The full Youtube playlist is here.
The purpose of the sessions was to explore Christian meditation practices that support Centering Prayer or that can be practiced as an alternative. The techniques studied in this short course are selected from those described by the Jesuit priest, Anthony De Mello in his book, “Sadhana, A Way to God.”
The practices described here are each a form of meditation in their own right and can be practiced for 10, 20 or 60 minutes at a time. Or, as we did in this group, you can use them for a few minutes to quiet the mind and prepare your heart for a practice such as Centering Prayer.
Introduction – Awareness Techniques as the Building Blocks for Meditation
Body Awareness Meditation – The Basics
A Deeper Dive Into Body Awareness Meditation
Breath Awareness Meditation – The Basics (with 20 minute guided meditation)
Breath Awareness – Taking It Deeper
Combining Body and Breath Awareness (with 20 minute guided meditation)
Observing Your Thoughts Part I (with 20 minute guided meditation)
Observing Your Thoughts Part II (with 20 minute guided meditation)
Observing Thoughts III – The False Self aka Ego (with 20 minute guided meditation)
Rob Gerhard 