Please join us in FCM's virtual meditation hall for Morning Meditation, offered Monday through Friday from 7:00 to 8:00 am. All meditation includes some guidance by our teacher Fred or one of his senior students. Links to join Morning Meditation, plus any announcements of cancellations due to retreats or other events, are found on our home page at floridamindfulness.org.

Our schedule for Morning Meditation is as follows.

6:45 - 7:00 am Opening Zoom and settling into seat
7:00 - 7:25 am Sitting meditation (25 minutes)
7:25 - 7:35 am Walking meditation (10 minutes)
7:35 - 7:55 am Sitting meditation (20 minutes)
7:55 - 8:00 am Setting intentions for the day

Fred will be offering personal interviews via Zoom on the following days for members:

• Tuesday, October 27 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
• Thursday, October 29 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Personal interviews are a time to receive teacher support and guidance for practice.

If you are interested in having an interview with Fred next week on either of these days, please register by Wednesday, October 21.  If you can only meet in the first hour or second hour, or on one day or the other, please indicate that in your registration.

Once all the requests are in, we will create the schedule and you will be notified of your interview time.

If there isn’t room available on either of the days, you will be placed on a waiting list, and we will let you know if something opens up or if other times are available.

If you have any questions, please contact Betsy Arizu at barizu@yahoo.com

This weekly meditation group will be held Tuesdays on Zoom and is open to everyone in recovery: AA, NA, Alanon, and other programs. It is also for those trying to spend less time on the internet, Facebook, TV, shopping, etc. Please join us to learn more about the 11th Step (Prayer and Meditation) and how to make it part of your daily life. Meditation is easy to learn and will help you cultivate a rich and rewarding spiritual practice, one that will support you in realizing the promises.

People who practice meditation report reduced stress, greater peace, more clarity and happiness in their lives. They sleep better and have an increased ability to concentrate. These are some of the benefits of adding meditation to your recovery program.

Everybody is welcome, whether you are just starting out or have been meditating for a while. The evenings will be led by teachers with a foundation in both meditation and recovery.

ZOOM: Please join us online five minutes before the start at 6:30 pm.

Video Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86074740220

or

Dial-In #: 1-646-558-8656

Meeting ID #: 860 747 40220

If you have any questions please contact Eleanor at ececil1@verizon.net 

Join our teacher Fred for meditation and practices for generating an open heart. Traditional practices for cultivating loving kindness and compassion are offered in the context of bringing this open heart into our daily lives.

All of our Weekday evening Virtual Meditations are on Zoom, Monday through Thursday from 7:30-8:45 pm. The Zoom link is on our home page. Everyone is welcome. 

We look forward to sharing these evenings with you! And we appreciate your feedback and ideas.

We will continue our (pre-COVID) theme, which is a tradition and well-loved focus for Wednesday nights at FCM. This will be the perfect evening for newcomers and everyone that wants to practice gentle guided meditation and explore topics and ways to bring more mindfulness into our lives, both on and off the cushion. Leaders: Maria Teresa Jaureguizar and David Braasch

All of our Weekday evening Virtual Meditations are on Zoom, Monday through Thursday from 7:30-8:45 pm. The Zoom link is on our home page. Everyone is welcome. 

We look forward to sharing these evenings with you! And we appreciate your feedback and ideas.

Developing concentration is essential for cultivating a mind that is stable, present and at ease. We use a variety of concentration practices and objects (e.g. the breath, the body, sound, and pebbles) to train the mind to stay in the present moment rather than be carried away by discursive thinking, both in formal meditation and in our daily lives. Leader: Angie Parrish

All of our Weekday evening Virtual Meditations are on Zoom, Monday through Thursday from 7:30-8:45 pm. The Zoom link is on our home page. Everyone is welcome. 

We look forward to sharing these evenings with you! And we appreciate your feedback and ideas.

Please join us in FCM's virtual meditation hall for Morning Meditation, offered Monday through Friday from 7:00 to 8:00 am. All meditation includes some guidance by our teacher Fred or one of his senior students. Links to join Morning Meditation, plus any announcements of cancellations due to retreats or other events, are found on our home page at floridamindfulness.org.

Our schedule for Morning Meditation is as follows.

6:45 - 7:00 am Opening Zoom and settling into seat
7:00 - 7:25 am Sitting meditation (25 minutes)
7:25 - 7:35 am Walking meditation (10 minutes)
7:35 - 7:55 am Sitting meditation (20 minutes)
7:55 - 8:00 am Setting intentions for the day

The center piece for meditation and discussion on Monday night will be the Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings. We will offer a formal recitation ceremony once a month, and on alternate Mondays meditate and explore together how we can act ethically, wisely and with ease in this turbulent world of ours. Leaders: Bill Mac Millen and Marilyn Warlick

All of our Weekday evening Virtual Meditations are on Zoom, Monday through Thursday from 7:30-8:45 pm. The Zoom link is on our home page. Everyone is welcome. 

We look forward to sharing these evenings with you! And we appreciate your feedback and ideas.

This weekly meditation group will be held Tuesdays on Zoom and is open to everyone in recovery: AA, NA, Alanon, and other programs. It is also for those trying to spend less time on the internet, Facebook, TV, shopping, etc. Please join us to learn more about the 11th Step (Prayer and Meditation) and how to make it part of your daily life. Meditation is easy to learn and will help you cultivate a rich and rewarding spiritual practice, one that will support you in realizing the promises.

People who practice meditation report reduced stress, greater peace, more clarity and happiness in their lives. They sleep better and have an increased ability to concentrate. These are some of the benefits of adding meditation to your recovery program.

Everybody is welcome, whether you are just starting out or have been meditating for a while. The evenings will be led by teachers with a foundation in both meditation and recovery.

ZOOM: Please join us online five minutes before the start at 6:30 pm.

Video Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86074740220

or

Dial-In #: 1-646-558-8656

Meeting ID #: 860 747 40220

If you have any questions please contact Eleanor at ececil1@verizon.net 

Join our teacher Fred for meditation and practices for generating an open heart. Traditional practices for cultivating loving kindness and compassion are offered in the context of bringing this open heart into our daily lives.

All of our Weekday evening Virtual Meditations are on Zoom, Monday through Thursday from 7:30-8:45 pm. The Zoom link is on our home page. Everyone is welcome. 

We look forward to sharing these evenings with you! And we appreciate your feedback and ideas.

Participating in Death Cafes will help members deepen their personal awareness of death, normalize conversations about death within our community, and make it easier to talk with our families and friends about this “elephant in the living room” fact of life.

Through deep sharing and listening and open ended discussion, we will be able to reflect on the subjects of impermanence and death, and talk about whatever is on our minds, including our concerns, fears, questions and insights surrounding the topic of end of life.

Death Cafes have become a widespread phenomena in Europe, America and Australia. Based on the work of  Bernard Crettaz, a Swiss sociologist and anthropologist, and championed by Jon Underwood in England, the basic idea of Death Cafes is that it is extremely valuable to simply talk about death. One of our members, Marilyn Warlick will be the FCM Death Cafe facilitator. 

The group will meet the first Wednesday of each month on Zoom. You can drop-in to a Death Cafe for a one time experience or plan to come each month to talk about the important topic of death and dying. Please note that the group gatherings are intended as discussion groups rather than as grief support or counseling sessions. Please join us!

If you have any questions, please contact Marilyn at marilynruth21@gmail.com.

We will continue our (pre-COVID) theme, which is a tradition and well-loved focus for Wednesday nights at FCM. This will be the perfect evening for newcomers and everyone that wants to practice gentle guided meditation and explore topics and ways to bring more mindfulness into our lives, both on and off the cushion. Leaders: Maria Teresa Jaureguizar and David Braasch

All of our Weekday evening Virtual Meditations are on Zoom, Monday through Thursday from 7:30-8:45 pm. The Zoom link is on our home page. Everyone is welcome. 

We look forward to sharing these evenings with you! And we appreciate your feedback and ideas.

Developing concentration is essential for cultivating a mind that is stable, present and at ease. We use a variety of concentration practices and objects (e.g. the breath, the body, sound, and pebbles) to train the mind to stay in the present moment rather than be carried away by discursive thinking, both in formal meditation and in our daily lives. Leader: Angie Parrish

All of our Weekday evening Virtual Meditations are on Zoom, Monday through Thursday from 7:30-8:45 pm. The Zoom link is on our home page. Everyone is welcome. 

We look forward to sharing these evenings with you! And we appreciate your feedback and ideas.

In our modern age, creating and maintaining harmonious, caring, emotionally mature, and loving relationships seems to be a chronic challenge for many. Whether these relationships are of the intimate variety or familial or societal, establishing rewarding and meaningful relationships seems to be a challenge that demands never ending ‘work’. For many persons following a spiritual path, their relationships with family members, co-workers, and others are often viewed as an obstacle or diversion from the "real spiritual work” they are undertaking.

This four hour workshop will present an opposing view. Rather than an obstacle to spiritual growth, relationships will be shown to be a remarkably relevant path to developing all the positive emotions and mind states that spiritual and meditative practice promise. Actually, relationships are perhaps one of the most direct and experiential means to developing a truly wholesome and selfless life.

The objectives for this workshop are for participants to have the opportunity to:

• Explore a conceptual and practical pathway for developing relationships that are nurturing and meaningful, and have the capacity to heal, transform and awaken us.
  
• Recognize how everyday conflicts that arise within relationships are opportunities for spiritual growth and practice.
  
• Identify values and aspirations for how we want to be in life and in relationships.
  
• Learn mindfulness awareness practices that cultivate our natural capacity for love and promote the healing of emotional wounds triggered within relationships.
  
• Learn communication skills that support awareness and healing within relationships. 

The workshop leaders will use their training in Buddhism, mindfulness, meditation, counseling, plus their own personal journeys with relationships to create an environment for workshop participants to learn practical and easily applicable means to facilitate the workshop’s goals. Presentations, mindfulness practice, and guided experiential meditations will all be utilized during the workshop. The suggested fee for this workshop is $40.

Workshop Leaders

Our Teacher Fred Eppsteiner will be using his training as a family therapist, plus his experience as a meditation and Dharma teacher, to create a challenging and opening environment for workshop participants to learn practical and easily applicable means to facilitate the workshop’s goals. Theoretical and psychological presentations, mindfulness practice, and guided experiential meditations will all be utilized during the workshop.

Fred has been a student of the psychology of Buddhist meditation for over 40 years, and was a psychotherapist for more than 30 years. He has trained extensively in the Buddhist meditative traditions the U.S. and Asia. He received permission to teach from Thich Nhat Hanh in 1994 and is the editor of two books: The Path of Compassion and Interbeing.

Angie Parrish has been a student of Buddhism and mindfulness for over 20 years. After a 1999 retreat with Thich Nhat Hanh, she became a student of Fred Eppsteiner's and a member of the Florida Community of Mindfulness. Angie brought the fruits of her experience in mindfulness and meditation into her professional career as an employee benefits consultant for a wide variety of organizations, including many employee training programs.

Angie is a Dharma Leader with FCM, having been given permission by FCM’s teacher Fred Eppsteiner to share the Buddha’s teachings with the sangha. She is also a Qualified Teacher of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and is a frequent teacher of mindful living classes.

The Family & Teen Program is currently held virtually via Zoom for  FCM members' children & grandchildren. We generally schedule the program the second Sunday of month starting at 1 p.m.

We have programs for each of these two age groups.

Lotus and Dharma Buds (up to 5th grade) 

The Teen Program (middle & high school)

The Family & Teen Program is committed to fostering mindfulness, understanding and compassion in the lives of our children and their families by providing a safe and mindful environment with activities inspired by Thich Nhat Hanh and the Plum Village tradition.

Please contact Karuna at karunaee@gmail.com if you would like further information.

The center piece for meditation and discussion on Monday night will be the Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings. We will offer a formal recitation ceremony once a month, and on alternate Mondays meditate and explore together how we can act ethically, wisely and with ease in this turbulent world of ours. Leaders: Bill Mac Millen and Marilyn Warlick

All of our Weekday evening Virtual Meditations are on Zoom, Monday through Thursday from 7:30-8:45 pm. The Zoom link is on our home page. Everyone is welcome. 

We look forward to sharing these evenings with you! And we appreciate your feedback and ideas.

This weekly meditation group will be held Tuesdays on Zoom and is open to everyone in recovery: AA, NA, Alanon, and other programs. It is also for those trying to spend less time on the internet, Facebook, TV, shopping, etc. Please join us to learn more about the 11th Step (Prayer and Meditation) and how to make it part of your daily life. Meditation is easy to learn and will help you cultivate a rich and rewarding spiritual practice, one that will support you in realizing the promises.

People who practice meditation report reduced stress, greater peace, more clarity and happiness in their lives. They sleep better and have an increased ability to concentrate. These are some of the benefits of adding meditation to your recovery program.

Everybody is welcome, whether you are just starting out or have been meditating for a while. The evenings will be led by teachers with a foundation in both meditation and recovery.

ZOOM: Please join us online five minutes before the start at 6:30 pm.

Video Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86074740220

or

Dial-In #: 1-646-558-8656

Meeting ID #: 860 747 40220

If you have any questions please contact Eleanor at ececil1@verizon.net 

Join our teacher Fred for meditation and practices for generating an open heart. Traditional practices for cultivating loving kindness and compassion are offered in the context of bringing this open heart into our daily lives.

All of our Weekday evening Virtual Meditations are on Zoom, Monday through Thursday from 7:30-8:45 pm. The Zoom link is on our home page. Everyone is welcome. 

We look forward to sharing these evenings with you! And we appreciate your feedback and ideas.

We will continue our (pre-COVID) theme, which is a tradition and well-loved focus for Wednesday nights at FCM. This will be the perfect evening for newcomers and everyone that wants to practice gentle guided meditation and explore topics and ways to bring more mindfulness into our lives, both on and off the cushion. Leaders: Maria Teresa Jaureguizar and David Braasch

All of our Weekday evening Virtual Meditations are on Zoom, Monday through Thursday from 7:30-8:45 pm. The Zoom link is on our home page. Everyone is welcome. 

We look forward to sharing these evenings with you! And we appreciate your feedback and ideas.

Developing concentration is essential for cultivating a mind that is stable, present and at ease. We use a variety of concentration practices and objects (e.g. the breath, the body, sound, and pebbles) to train the mind to stay in the present moment rather than be carried away by discursive thinking, both in formal meditation and in our daily lives. Leader: Angie Parrish

All of our Weekday evening Virtual Meditations are on Zoom, Monday through Thursday from 7:30-8:45 pm. The Zoom link is on our home page. Everyone is welcome. 

We look forward to sharing these evenings with you! And we appreciate your feedback and ideas.

In this Daylong we will focus on Shantideva’s teachings in The Way of the Bodhisattva on the two paramitas of Diligence and Meditative Concentration. We will explore how diligence, which “means joy in virtuous ways” provides us with the energy that enables us to move away from living from our historical conditioning and move increasingly toward living from our aspirations. We will practice meditative concentration (shamatha or calm abiding meditation) as a foundation for developing a non-distracted mind that is capable of reflecting deeply.

Shantideva also gives us two meditations that have the power to widen our perspective, taking us out of our constricted self-absorption and its narrow views that are the source of our suffering and opening us to the reality of our interconnectedness with others. The Equalization of Self and Other meditation helps us understand that “just like me” all beings want to be happy and free of suffering, and that our joy and sorrow cannot be separated from and are not more important than that of others. The Exchange of Self and Other meditation asks us to use our imagination to put ourselves in the place of others, and others in our own place, to help us understand the clear disadvantages of thinking only of ourselves and the benefits of cherishing others.Taken together, these meditative practices serve to strengthen our energy of altruistic intention and further us on the path of selflessness and awakening.

This daylong is open to all -- FCM members and nonmembers, those in the Fall Dharma Path Intensive and those not in the Intensive.

If you have any questions, please contact Diane at dslpowell@gmail.com.

The center piece for meditation and discussion on Monday night will be the Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings. We will offer a formal recitation ceremony once a month, and on alternate Mondays meditate and explore together how we can act ethically, wisely and with ease in this turbulent world of ours. Leaders: Bill Mac Millen and Marilyn Warlick

All of our Weekday evening Virtual Meditations are on Zoom, Monday through Thursday from 7:30-8:45 pm. The Zoom link is on our home page. Everyone is welcome. 

We look forward to sharing these evenings with you! And we appreciate your feedback and ideas.