Life is stressful and uncertain. The world pandemic has wide-ranging effects. Yet even in difficult times, we can cultivate presence, ease, compassion, and gratitude. Mindfulness provides rich inner resources and tools. When we’re mindful, we listen, notice, focus, and create. We are present in our own lives.
About the Teacher: Joy Jordan is a former statistics professor who left academia to better align her inner and outer lives. Now she teaches meditation and mindfulness. Joy’s classes include active practice, accessible exercises, and heartfelt teachings.
This 5-week course includes formal instruction on meditation, current research on mindfulness, tools to work with difficult emotion, methods for cultivating positive experience, paths to self-compassion, suggestions for informal, everyday practice. The elongated time-frame lets students fully engage and form new habits.
AGE: 19+
LOCATION: Scheig Center in Appleton Memorial Park (1313 Witzke Blvd)
DAY: Thursdays
TIME: 5:30-6:30 p.m.
DATES: Thursday, September 14 – October 12
FEE: $50
CLASS #: 114715-01
When people practice mindfulness, it awakens their inner wisdom and awareness. Yet it’s easy to stop practicing—we often resist the very habits that bring us ease and healing. This second 5-week course re-establishes practices of meditation and mindfulness. It also provides new instruction on compassion, well-being, self-kindness, and meaningful communication.
AGE: 19+
LOCATION: Scheig Center in Appleton Memorial Park (1313 Witzke Blvd)
DAY: Thursdays
TIME: 5:30-6:30 p.m.
DATES: November 2-December 7, 2023 (No class November 23)
FEE: $50
CLASS #: 114715-02
The course is reserved for people who’ve taken Mindfulness 101
This 3-hour session allows you to slow down, listen inward, and deepen your awareness. The retreat includes seated and lying-down meditation, mindful movement, written reflection, deep listening, and loving-kindness and self-compassion practice. No mindfulness experience required. Wear comfortable clothing and cozy socks. Bring a soft blanket, water bottle, and yoga mat. (If you don’t have a yoga mat, it will be provided for you.) This session is a safe space to practice self-care and awareness. Show up just as you are.
AGE: 19+
LOCATION: Scheig Center, 1313 E. Witzke Blvd., in Appleton Memorial Park.
DAY: Saturday
TIME: 1:00-4:00pm
DATES: November 11, 2023
FEE: $35
CLASS #: 114715-03
This 5-week course includes formal instruction on meditation, current research on mindfulness, tools to work with difficult emotion, methods for cultivating positive experience, paths to self-compassion, suggestions for informal, everyday practice. The elongated time-frame lets students fully engage and form new habits.
AGE: 19+
LOCATION: Scheig Center in Appleton Memorial Park (1313 Witzke Blvd)
DAY: Thursdays
TIME: 5:30-6:30 p.m.
DATES: Thursday, February 8-March 7, 2024
FEE: $50
CLASS #: 114715-04
This 3-hour session allows you to slow down, listen inward, and deepen your awareness. The retreat includes seated and lying-down meditation, mindful movement, written reflection, deep listening, and loving-kindness and self-compassion practice. No mindfulness experience required. Wear comfortable clothing and cozy socks. Bring a soft blanket, water bottle, and yoga mat. (If you don’t have a yoga mat, it will be provided for you.) This session is a safe space to practice self-care and awareness. Show up just as you are.
AGE: 19+
LOCATION: Scheig Center, 1313 E. Witzke Blvd., in Appleton Memorial Park.
DAY: Saturday
TIME: 1:00-4:00pm
DATES: February 17, 2024
FEE: $35
CLASS #: 114715-05
