Lunch Time Meditation
Greg Satya Shanks
Red Willow Learning Center
Missoula MT

Have you been curious about meditation (talk about which seems to be everywhere these days), but have never found the time to check into it?

Designed to fit snugly into your lunch hour, this class will teach you the basics of mindfulness meditation. The practices you will learn come from the Buddhist tradition but are presented in an easily accessible, secular context. You will learn experientially what mindfulness meditation really is, which will dispense many current misunderstandings about meditation. You will also get tips on meditation posture, how to establish a regular practice and pointers on how to take your meditation practice further.

Greg Shanks works as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor at Montana Neurobehavioral Specialists in Missoula. Greg is from the UK and originally moved to the US to teach meditation in San Francisco before falling for and eventually settling in Missoula. He has practiced mindfulness and meditation intensively for thirty years and was ordained into the Triratna Buddhist Order in 1984. He is associated with the Rocky Mountain Buddhist Center.

Over the last decade, paralleling advances in our understanding of the brain, mindfulness, and meditation has gained acceptance within both the mental health and medical communities, leading to the development of specific mindfulness-based therapies and programs.

Greg integrates these approaches into his counseling practice as well as teaching them in educational settings. He has recieved foundational training in both Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) from qualified trainers in both the US and the UK.

Course Schedule: Mondays, March 12-April 2, 12:10-12:50pm

Course Cost: $27.00 for 4-week series
Sliding scale available.
Contact Kathy Mangan, 406-721-0033 for more information and registration details.