Retreats, Bi-Monthly Meditation Group & Courses

Retreats:

Spring 2017

Living Through Dying

April 28-30, 2017 
Friday evening 7pm- Sunday 12pm
Garrison Institute – Garrison, NY
Led by Lawrence Edwards, PhD, poet, author, mentor and teacher.

Living Through Dying will take participants into the practices and teachings found at the deepest levels of the great spiritual traditions.  Learn meditative and spiritual practices that empower you to understand and move through the many forms that death takes in life – the death of relationships, loved ones, hopes and dreams, and ultimately oneself.  Death opens the way for new life and expanded consciousness when we are prepared to journey through it.

Themes of birth and death, the nature of the eternal and the ephemeral, death and resurrection, dying to the ego, dying in the depths of meditation, and the transcendent way beyond suffering into pure rapture, appear in our spiritual traditions as ways of approaching the mystery of what lies beyond the ordinary mind and everyday life.  We often intuit that there’s greater meaning and greater depth to life than what we’ve experienced.  That intuition and the longing to go beyond what our culture and religions may have given us is part of awakening to the deeper truths of who and what we are and why we walk this earth.  At the heart every human being is a mystic capable of directly knowing the profound meaning and deep truths of life, the link between womb and tomb, birth and death, and creativity and dissolution.

Through teachings and practices from the Tibetan book of the Dead, the Grail legend, the Heart Sutra, and non-dual teachings of Kashmir Shaivism and Vedanta we will explore the Way beyond the way.  We will also consider near-death and past life experiences and what they may reveal to us about living through dying.  The program will include meditation, chanting, and mantras, in addition to teachings and discussions.  Join us for this extraordinary opportunity to deepen your appreciation of your soul’s journey through life and death.

Lawrence Edwards, PhD, LMHC, BCN has been teaching and practicing meditation for over 45 years and trained as a monk in India.  He’s also trained in Tibetan Buddhist practices, Jungian psychology, and neurotherapy.  He is a licensed psychotherapist in Armonk, NY.  He is the founder and director of the Anam Cara Meditation Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to making meditation practices available to everyone.  He has done meditation training with hospice staff as well as physicians, nurses and people from all walks of life.  He has been on the faculty of New York Medical College since 1998.  He is the author of The Soul’s Journey: Guidance From The Divine Within, Kali’s Bazaar – a collection of poetry, and other works on mystic visions and Kundalini.

This retreat has limited openings to facilitate optimum learning.  Please register early.

Friday: 7pm – Sunday: 2pm
$225 Program Registration Fee

Accommodations are not included in the program fee.  The Garrison Institute adds the program fee and accommodations together when you register.  Accommodations include delicious vegetarian meals from Friday dinner through Sunday lunch and use of the beautiful grounds and hiking trails right on the Hudson River.

To register and reserve accommodations please call 845-424-4800 or visit: Garrison Institute
Payment of program fees and accommodation fees or commuter fees must be paid in full to register.  The Garrison Institute charges a fee for people who are attending the program but staying off-site. This is their commuter fee.
For more information please contact the Garrison Institute.

March 12th – New York Open Center – 10am-5:30pm, NYOC Members: $125 / Nonmembers: $145
Awakening Kundalini: The Path To Radical Freedom

In this one day workshop, Lawrence Edwards, a renowned Kundalini expert with more that 40 years’ experience, will share ancient teachings and lead us in meditations, mantra practices and chanting, to take us into the heart of Kundalini, showing us how to sustain the power of meditation throughout our lives.
Kundalini is our innate power of consciousness to know the highest as our very own Self and to see the Divine present at all times, in all places. Awakening and unfolding this innate capacity is our birthright. Kundalini is known as the power of grace, the power of revelation and transformation. It takes meditation beyond what the mind can do into the state of pure knowing, of living in the Presence of the One, the Divine within. For more information visit the New York Open Center.

Monthly Meditation Group:

Second and fourth Thursday evenings each month, 7:15pm, at the Anam Cara Meditation Foundation, 2 Byram Brook Place, Armonk, NY 10504.   Visit Anam Cara Meditation Foundation for details.
All are welcome!

Swatantriya Meditation – The meditation of absolute freedom. Swatantriya Meditation is based on the inner power of Consciousness called Kundalini. It embraces and empowers all meditation techniques to take one beyond the ordinary confines of the mind. This is the primary form of meditation that Lawrence teaches. It includes mindfulness training, breath awareness, mantra and additional practices.

Meditation Courses

May 2016

The Art & Science of Meditation

A FREE Evening Seminar

May 2016 Date and time to be announced

Learn meditation practices you can do at home to gain the extraordinary health benefits of meditation. Meditation is the top stress reducing, health enhancing activity you can engage in. You’ll learn about the scientific reseach that has been done on meditation showing its positive effects on the brain, immune system, cardio-vascular health and more!

Meditation practices are a part of every spiritual tradition and include non-theistic, non-spiritual approaches as well. The Anam Cara Meditation Foundation, directed by Dr. Lawrence Edwards, teaches meditative practices from a variety of traditions. No matter what one’s interest or perspective there are meditative practices that will work for you and give you access to your power to transform your mind, brain, body, health and relationships.

Meditation: The Practice Of Freeing the Mind Of All It Needs To Be Free Of.

A Four Week Meditation Course

March 2016

Buddhist Wisdom Treasures III
Living Dharma
4 week course
Wed. evenings 7:15-8:45pm

Many people have been asking for a continuation of the Buddhst Wisdom Treasures for Non-Buddhists initial courses and here it is! You don’t have to have taken the first course, though it will be helpful, and of course you don’t have to become a Buddhist to enjoy and benefit from the insights and wisdom of this great tradition.

Pre-registration required.
Fee: $120

April 2016

To register contact Lawrence Edwards, PhD at 914-219-8600

April 2016

ABIDING IN STILLNESS

Like a broken gong be still, be silent.
Know the stillness of freedom
Where there is no more striving.
     Buddha

Silent Meditation Retreat
Led by Lawrence Edwards, PhD
April Dates To Be Announced
Sunday 9:00am-3:30pm
Fee: $90, includes light meal
To register call 914-219-8600

Dive into the depths of meditation by living in silence, even for this brief span of time the effects are powerful. Deepen and expand your meditation practice by nurturing it with the time and attention it deserves. The Buddha said, “Better than a hundred years of ignorance is one day spent in reflection. Better than a hundred years of idleness is one day spent in determination.”

All are welcome!

Anam Cara Meditation Foundation

Preregistration required

Refund Policy:
Full refund given if cancellation is received 8 weeks prior to the program or if the program has to be canceled for any reason. 50% refund given if canceled 4-8 weeks in advance. If you cancel within 2-4 weeks of the retreat no refund is given and 50% may be applied to a future program. The balance will be received as a tax deductible gift to the Anam Cara Meditation Foundation, a 501 (C) 3 educational organization. Last minute cancellations are nonrefundable.

For information on additional courses and programs please visit the Events listing at the Anam Cara Meditation Foundation website.