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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/2026-12-14/
LOCATION:Well for the Journey\, 120 W. Seminary Avenue\, Lutherville-Timonium\, MD\, 21093\, United States
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SUMMARY:Resisting the Rush: The Practice of Advent (Online Program)
DESCRIPTION:To the animals it makes all the difference.\nTheir hope\, and the hope of all that breathes\,\nis that human ones abandon themselves to the One Great Love.\nFor that\, all creation waits.\n~ Gayle Boss\, All Creation Waits: The Advent Mystery of New Beginnings \n \nAdvent is a season of waiting—not passive waiting\, but the sacred practice of making space for what is coming. In the midst of busy days and full calendars\, we are invited to resist the rush toward Christmas and instead pause\, listen deeply\, and make room for the mystery of One Great Love. \nJoin us online on Monday evenings during Advent for a time to slow down in sacred community. Drawing on stories from All Creation Waits: The Advent Mystery of New Beginnings by Gayle Boss\, we will ponder the wisdom of animals as they respond to the changing season by slowing down\, entering the darkness\, and surrendering to the Mystery. \nEach week will include an opening prayer and time of centering\, a story from All Creation Waits\, an invitation for reflection and deepening\, and an opportunity to share or simply listen\, as you feel comfortable. \nRather than adding one more thing to your Advent calendar\, consider this invitation an act of resistance to the rush—a sacred pause in which to breathe\, receive\, and make room for the Mystery. In the company of one another and the creatures of the earth\, we will listen for the quiet ways Love is being born among us. \nEach week stands on its own\, so you are welcome to join us for one\, several\, or all four as your Advent journey allows. \nDATE: Mondays – 11/30\, 12/7\, 12/14\, and 12/21/26 \nTIME: 7:00 – 8:30 PM ET \nCOST: $25 per week or $80 for all 4 weeks \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: Lorie Conway \nFACILITATOR BIO:\nLorie has a passion for deep listening and accompanying others on their spiritual journeys through spiritual direction\, small groups\, and retreats. It is Lorie’s ongoing journey of transformation and spiritual discovery that fuels her desire to offer spiritual companioning to others. Lorie’s spirituality is rooted in the Christ tradition and is welcoming of the many paths and unique journeys enfolded within Divine Mystery. Lorie received her certificate in spiritual direction from the Kairos School of Spiritual Formation and holds a M.A. in Religion from Lancaster Theological Seminary and a M.A.S. in Behavioral Management & Human Resources from Johns Hopkins University. She is also a Veriditas trained Labyrinth facilitator and a SoulCollage® facilitator. Lorie is delighted to serve both on the programming staff at the Well and as a program and retreat facilitator. She is also Director of the Shalem Institute’s Transforming Community: Leading Contemplative Spiritual Groups & Retreats program. \n\n\n 
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