| Event: “Meditation: Is it really as helpful as it is ‘Hyped’ to be” Date: Friday, March 28, 2014 Speaker: Stephen Gillum, Yoga and Meditation Instructor Time: 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Location: Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota, 3975 Fruitville Rd., Sarasota, FL Admission: Free “Meditation: Is it really as helpful as it is hyped to be” is the topic of the next Freethinkers’ Briefing at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota that will feature Stephen Gillum. Gillum has studied and practiced meditation for forty years, a calling that grew out of his initial training as a yoga instructor. His mentors included Swami Lakshman joo, Dr. V.G. Kulharni, Shunryu Susuki and Edio Simano. He is certified to instruct mantric meditation, but has developed his own non-theistic style that fuses Eckhart Tolle, Zen and Yoga with the focus on relaxing and observing the mind. This briefing, in cooperation with the Lifelong Learning Academy (lla-sm.org), will help answer questions such as will establishing a relationship with stillness through meditation help you to find health and peace of mind. This session will also help attendees to “get out of their minds if they want to survive the information age.” It will also teach simple techniques for removing stress and reprogramming the mind to find peace in what many believe is a crazy world. According to Gillum, your world is what you think it is. Change your thinking and you can change your world, Gillum says. In summary, this is a presentation on meditation and how it can improve lives. Freethinkers’ Briefings are evidence-based summaries of what the general public needs to know about complex issues in the fields of religion, morality, ethics and justice. Upcoming Freethinkers Briefings, held in cooperation with the Lifelong Learning Academy include Page Brown addressing “Can you really be a free thinker” on April 11, 2014; Marden Paru on “Health and Medicine in the Bible” on April 25, 2014; Bishop Bridget Mary Meehan on “Roman Catholic Women Priests: A Spiritual Revolution or a Holy Shakeup on May 2nd; and Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know About Mormonism presented by Ryan T. Cragun on June 6th. All sessions will be at 10 a.m. and held at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota. For information call David Ryan at (941) 365-4027 or via email at [email protected]. The Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota is a Welcoming Congregation serving Sarasota and Manatee counties. More information may be found at: www.uusarasota.org. |
