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• SDPA Event: Centering Practice / Secular Contemplative Prayer Event

  • When
    10/07/2024
  •  
    5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    La Jolla / Riford Library 7555 Draper Ave La Jolla, CA 92037

  Centering Practice / Secular Contemplative Prayer Event

  DATE/TIME:  October 7, 2024  7:30 PM 

  LOCATION: La Jolla / Riford Library

  7555 Draper Ave La Jolla, CA 92037

  PARTICIPATION:  Only SDPA Members 

  We will join for a private SDPA members event where speaker will explain how to engage in centering practice/secular contemplative prayer. These steps are:

  1. Focus on intention of the centering practice. (is it a prayer to a deity or is it an intention setting practice?)

  2. Focus on fulfilling relationships in your life. 2. Emit openness and let go of using proper semantics (not relying on using the proper words or having high standards for what is supposed to happen).

  3. Think of something captivating with childlike wonder.

  4. Feel the rhythm of this contemplative practice (the tendency for ideas to come and then sometimes only silence will prevail).

  5. Analyze our response to these visualizations.m6. Ask individuals to share their experience with the group if they feel comfortable

  For more information, please contact Committee Chair:

  Joanna R. Benavidez, Ph.D., USAF (Ret.) 
  benavidezjoanna@gmail.com
  

  The purpose of the Contemplative Practices Committee is to assist members in integrating contemplative practices into their work with clients and into the various aspects of their personal lives.  The Committee offers members and the public education and resources related to contemplative practices, particularly during times of community crisis.

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