Nancy Hathaway Relationship Counseling
"...a time to study more deeply what it means to be human"
Retreats/Meditation
Retreats are a time away from the busyness of daily life spending time in a comfortable and safe environment where thinking and planning are less called on giving ourselves the pleasure of enjoying our precious time focusing on attending to moment-to-moment living which gives us a rare opportunity to explore being in life, tasting life and using the senses to open to what it means to be human by studying and practicing the power of being here now. We come to the place where compassion rises by itself and love for all things grows as we go closer to seeing that the self is in all things.
Retreats vary from One Day, to One Week, to a shorter day for A Family Retreat. Retreats are usually held at the Morgan Bay Zendo, in Surry, Maine and Center for Studying Mindfulness in greater Portland, Maine
Tuesday Evening Meditations Monthly 2nd Tuesday of the Month 7:00 - 8:15
Center for Studying Mindfulness @ 83 India Street, Portland location
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.....All Are Welcome
.....Center for Studying Mindfulness 83 India Street Portland
~~7:00pm - 7:10pm Tea in Silence
~~7:10pm - 7:30pm Meditation
~~7:30pm - 7:40pm Walking Meditation (enter or leave option)
~~7:40pm - 7:50pm Talk, Q&A with Nancy, Meditation
~~7:50pm - 8:15pm Meditation
Bring teacup & pillow/cushion
Evening Meditation 2nd Tuesday of the Month 7-8:15pm
Center for Studying Mindfulness; 83 India Street, Portland, Maine
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.....All Are Welcome
.....Center for Studying Mindfulness 83 India Street Portland
~~7:00pm - 7:10pm Tea in Silence
~~7:10pm - 7:30pm Meditation
~~7:30pm - 7:40pm Walking Meditation (enter or leave option)
~~7:40pm - 7:50pm Talk, Q&A with Nancy, Meditation
~~7:50pm - 8:15pm Meditation
Bring teacup & pillow/cushion
A Week Long Zen Training Retreat
Morgan Bay Zendo Surry, Maine
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This week long retreat begins on Monday, July 18th at 9am and is open to all who would like to spend a quiet week at the rustic, charming Morgan Bay Zendo in Surry, Maine. www.MorganBayZendo.org Morning meditation will be from 6-8am, followed by breakfast in silence in the traditional monastic four bowl style. After breakfast the morning will be spent on the grounds working in the vegetable or Moss Garden, or doing odd jobs quietly around the Zendo. A simple healthy vegetarian lunch in silence will be followed by rest time. The afternoon will be time for optional sitting, walking to the bay, or on the many Nature Preserves close-by, talking with others, and short discussion groups led by Nancy. Afternoon Tea will be served at 5pm. Evening sitting and chanting and walking meditation will begin with the Kwan Seum Chanting followed by the Evening Bell Chant in Korean at 7:00pm with sitting until 8:30 followed by a short talk. All are Welcome. The retreat ends with A Day of Meditation "Enjoying Moments" on Saturday from 8:30 - 2:30. $175/week For shorter periods please speak with Nancy.
A Day of Meditation 9am-3pm with Nancy Hathaway and Guest Teacher
Morgan Bay Zendo, 532 Morgan Bay Road, Surry, Maine 9:00am - 3:00pm (includes lunchtime)
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This Day of Meditation will be in the traditional Korean Zen style with monastic four bowl style eating. A talk will be given and the sitting meditation will alternate with walking meditation.
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Being Present with Our Children
An Afternoon of Mindfulness for Families Surry, Maine 11:30 - 3:30pm
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This afternoon of Mindfulness for Families held at the Morgan Bay Zendo in Surry, Maine www.MorganBayZendo.org begins with a fun game of 'kick the can' where parents mindfully play with their children, followed by a welcoming circle in the Meeting Hall. Snacks are available throughout the day for the children. We do Mindful Yoga for the whole family outside if the weather is sunny, a quiet Mindful Walk through the Zendo Moss garden, a sit down snack with parents enjoying the Mindfulness of the group, story telling in the Meditation Hall, a few moments of quiet with children sitting on their parents laps and a closing circle. This day is a special time for parents to pay attention in the moment to their children supported by the community of families. Nancy is guiding the afternoon with the whole group in mind. Cost $25/adult; $45/parenting partners, children/no fee