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SUMMARY:Bringing Mindfulness to Life: Caring for Yourself & Others with Mindful Awareness\, Compassion\, and Joy (In-Person Program)
DESCRIPTION:The focus of this exciting new series of workshops will be on deepening self-awareness and self-compassion\, and strengthening resilience. Together\, we will learn to respond rather than react to life’s many challenges through the lens of mindfulness meditation and self-compassion practices. \nWe will work with our minds to transform our lives\, much as people have done for centuries\, and learn about the ways contemporary science is now validating these ancient practices. Through mindful listening and speaking\, and formal and informal meditations\, we will weave a communal net of individual and group awareness and meaningful inquiry to strengthen our connections to ourselves\, one another\, and those we may serve. \nThis new series will continue to build on the successful summer 2026 workshops guided by experienced mindfulness teacher\, Amy Bloom Connolly\, which honored the practices and teachings of the Monks’ Walk for Peace. \nEach participant will also receive a CD (or if preferred\, a link to the MP3) recording of Amy’s Nurturing Yourself Through Mindfulness . These two guided meditations can be an invaluable support to establishing or strengthening your regular at-home practice. \nParticipants may enroll in one\, several\, or all of the programs. While your greatest benefit would come from continued steady participation\, each workshop will provide practical benefits if you can attend only once or intermittently. It is our hope that over time and with continuity\, a mindfulness practice community will emerge at the Well. \nDATE: Mondays – 9/21\, 10/19\, 11/16\, 12/14/2026 and 1/18\, 2/15/2027 \nTIME: 1:00 – 3:00 PM \nCOST: In our ongoing effort to provide meaningful programming for all\, we are pleased to offer three cost options for this program – $25\, $35\, $45. Please choose which one works best for you. These options apply to each session of this program. \nLOCATION: Well for the Journey – 120 W. Seminary Ave\, Lutherville-Timonium\, MD 21093 \nREGISTRATION is required. Please register here. \nIMPORTANT: You will receive an email from programming@wellforthejourney.org at least 24 hours in advance of the start of your program. If you are unable to find the email\, please check your SPAM or JUNK email folders. This email will include details to help you prepare for your program including any pertinent handouts\, location information\, and the ZOOM link for online programs. Please be sure you have received and read this email a minimum of 24 hours in advance of the start of the program. Thank you! \nFACILITATOR: Amy Bloom Connolly \nFACILITATOR BIO: \nAmy Bloom Connolly is Founder of the Center for Mindful Awareness. The focus of her work has been to deepen self-awareness and self-compassion\, build resilience\, and strengthen self-regulation through the CMA’s signature mindfulness-based SHINESM Program (Support\, Honor\, Inspire\, Nurture\, and Evolve). Her work invites people to connect more deeply with themselves and share their gifts with the world. \nThroughout her professional career\, she has worked with low-income families; young-at-heart elders; women living in shelter; women healing from addictions and abuse; families with young children with disabilities; homeless veterans who are in recovery; and the professionals who support these folks. \nAmy has practiced and studied mindfulness for more than forty years. She is a certified mindfulness teacher through the Meditation Teacher Training Institute led by Tara Brach; and has participated in trainings and retreats with Jack Kornfield\, Thich Nhat Hanh\, Sharon Saltzberg and the Dalai Lama. Her vision is to bring mindfulness to life\, and make research-based transformational practices clear\, relevant and accessible. She also is a student of tai chi and qigong.
URL:https://wellforthejourney.org/event/bringing-mindfulness-to-life-series/2026-10-19/
LOCATION:Well for the Journey\, 120 W. Seminary Avenue\, Lutherville-Timonium\, MD\, 21093\, United States
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SUMMARY:Living and Dying with Creativity and Joy (Online\, 3-Part Series)
DESCRIPTION:Acknowledging that we will die may seem daunting\, yet it can also open remarkable possibilities for living more fully and creatively. When we accept the reality of our mortality\, we often discover deeper joy\, greater presence\, and a renewed appreciation for the time we have. \nSam Stebbins\, certified end-of-life doula\, grief educator and coach\, frequent Death Café host\, interspiritual counselor and seminarian\, and retired family physician\, invites participants into a thoughtful and creative exploration of life\, spirit\, and mortality. Through reflection\, conversation\, and experiential exercises\, participants will explore how acknowledging the inevitability of death can deepen creativity\, awaken joy\, and enrich everyday living. \nSession 1: Awareness and Deep Listening\nExploring awareness\, deep listening to ourselves and to others\, and the “Aha!” moments of insight that arise when we become more attentive to life. Participants will begin developing their own personal collection of spiritual practices and insights from various wisdom traditions.  \n“The world is full of magic things\, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.”  — W. B. Yeats \nSession 2: Exploring Death and Dying\nWe will gently explore what it means to acknowledge and accept death. Together we’ll reflect on presence\, living in the moment\, and how awareness of mortality can transform the way we live. \n“I never knew it [dying] could be so sweet… like candy or chocolate.”  — a recent client of Sam \nSession 3: Creativity\, Joy\, and Surprise\nPutting it all together: Cultivating joy\, spontaneity\, creativity\, gratitude\, and the wonderful surprises that rise up when we do so. \n“The object isn’t to make art\, it’s to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable.” — Robert Henri \nCome explore how creativity\, spirit\, and the awareness of our mortality can lead us toward a fuller\, more meaningful way of living. \nDATE(S): Mondays – October 5\, 12\, and 19\, 2026 \nTIME: 6:30 – 8:00 PM ET \nCOST: $90 \nLOCATION: ZOOM \nREGISTRATION is required. Please register here. \nIMPORTANT: You will receive an email from programming@wellforthejourney.org at least 24 hours in advance of the start of your program. If you are unable to find the email\, please check your SPAM or JUNK email folders. This email will include details to help you prepare for your program including any pertinent handouts\, location information\, and the ZOOM link for online programs. Please be sure you have received and read this email a minimum of 24 hours in advance of the start of the program. Thank you! \nFACILITATOR: Sam Stebbins \nFACILITATOR BIO: \nSam Stebbins is a retired family physician with a passion for serving people. He is a certified Interspiritual Counselor/Companion and an INELDA-trained and certified end-of-life Doula with an active practice in the DC Metro area. He is also a certified Grief Education Coach (David Kessler’s program)\, dedicated Hospice volunteer\, and experienced Death Café facilitator. A happy husband\, father\, grandfather and pet caretaker\, Sam is also seminary student in an interspiritual program who expects to be ordained in July 2026.
URL:https://wellforthejourney.org/event/living-and-dying-with-creativity-and-joy-online-3-part-series/2026-10-19/
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