Morning Vipassana meditation / Ochtendmeditatie (Online & Tienhoven)

Let's start our Tuesday mornings with a short meditation. We will create a moment of mindfulness, to find stillness and inner peace. As we will practice Vipassana, we will focus on the breath, the heartbeat, bodily sensations, or energy flow. We can also be inspired by a mantra, a poem or just listen to the silence in ourselves. You can join online or on the spot, in Tienhoven (Utrecht). The guidance is donation-based.

What kind of meditation?
Every time will be different, but the meditations will be simple, they will take maximum 30 minutes and will be easy to step in. They are based on the Vipassana tradition. Examples of teachers who can be an inspiration are:

• Jon Kabat-Zinn, who introduced mindfulness-based stress reduction, which is based on the Theravada boeddhistische tradition, where Vipassana was founded.
• Saki Santorelli, who was a student of S.N. Goenka from Birma and he introduced Vipassana meditation in the western world.
• Tara Brach: is an American mindfulness teacher, who combines western psycological research with the Zen Buddhist philosophy about compassion and Vipassana meditation techniques.

For whom?
Everybody is welcome, no matter what is your gender, age, body type or background. These 2-weekly morning meditations are visited by participants from our Sangha group but everybody is welcome. There is also space for co-creation, so if you would like to lead a meditation and guide the other participants, feel free to contact Tijs. Before the meditation, we will quickly say hello and check in with each other, to hear how we feel this morning.

Online participation
Join the Zoom event at least five minutes before the start time. Your camera and microphone must be switched on when you enter the online meeting room, to create a safe atmosphere for everyone. The Zoom link, Meeting ID and Passcode will be sent to the participants and will be published in the Event Comments below, about 30 minutes before the start of the meditation.

Participation on location
You can also participate on the spot, in a homely atmosphere, in the living room of Tijs. Please confirm at least two days in advance that you wish to participate on the spot and only come if you feel healthy. Be sure to arrive on time, 15 minutes before the meeting starts.
Address: Tijs Breuer's home
Westbroekse Binnenweg 56A-c69;
3612 AJ Tienhoven (Ut)
Map: https://goo.gl/maps/GAyuvXkU63VsZwqLA

Video-recording
The instruction will be recorded on video. Only Tijs (the instructor) will be visible on the video. If you have participated, you can receive the video-recording for free, so you can practice at another moment for yourself.

Donation
Voluntary contribution (i.e. € 7 - € 15) is appreciated.
https://www.neptunus-wellbeing.nl/en/donaties/
or https://www.paypal.me/neptunus
Questions? Call or text Tijs Breuer, +31626174884
The meeting will be spoken in English.