This program runs weekly from Feb 23 - Mar 23 at 7 - 9 PM online.

In Part 1: Coming to Your Senses we develop meditation as the ground for all creative endeavors. Through a sequence of experiential exercise, we glimpse our capacity for spontaneous creative expression that is independent of agenda or forced cleverness. These glimpses provide the initial confidence that we can rest with ourselves and our world. According to the Shambhala Art teachings, resting with ourselves and our world is the ground for the creative process.

Some of the topics that will be covered in Part 1 include:

• Learning the value of slowing down and establishing a practice of shamatha meditation

• Understanding the concepts of “felt sense” and “thought sense,” and how allowing felt sense to proceed thought sense allows us to have deeper and more authentic experiences

• Learning to appreciate the vividness of experience and trusting our “first thought, best thought.”