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Abstract Alejandro Chaoul, Tibetan Bon-Buddhist TraditionAlejandro Chaoul is an assistant professor at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center where he conducts research using mind-body techniques with cancer patients, and holds group and individual meditation classes at the Integrative Medicine Center. He is also an associate faculty member at The McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics at University of Texas Medical School, where he teaches medical students in the areas of spirituality,...

Abstract Harvey Aronson Tibetan BuddhistHarvey Aronson is a psychotherapist and teacher of Buddhist psychology. He is the founding co-director of Dawn Mountain: Tibetan Temple, Research Institute, and Community Center in Houston, Texas. The center’s mission is to preserve and present authentic traditional Buddhist practice while investigating ways of making it practicable to modern Westerners. He is the author of Buddhist Practice on Western Ground, the writing of which was supported by a...

Abstract Lisa Harris, Music Meditation Suggested donation $10Lisa Harris will lead a call and response revisiting of traditional hymns and spirituals, mixed with silent reflection and communal intoning. Composer and singer, Lisa is a graduate of the Mannes School of Music and the Manhattan School of Music and is on the Voice Faculty at the Humphrey’s School of Musical Theatre. The series is co-sponsored by Ligmincha Texas Institute, The Jung Center of Houston, M. D. Anderson Cancer...

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Fali Engineer, Transcendental Meditation Suggested donation $10

Spend an hour exploring Transcendental Meditation (TM) with Fali Engineer. Zoroastrian by birth but a theosophist by inclination, Fali became a member of the Theosophical Society in 1966 and a qualified TM teacher in 1975. The series is co-sponsored by Ligmincha Texas Institute, The Jung Center of Houston, MD Anderson Cancer Center, and the Rothko Chapel.

Abstract Ginger Clarkson, Vipassana Meditation Suggested donation $10Join a practice focused on using compassion to create unity. Vipassana meditation involves fluid attention to what is actually occurring, both internally and externally, without trying to change, judge, or analyze it. A practitioner aims to observe consciously whatever happens, neither grasping nor rejecting any particular stimulus or experience, thereby freeing themselves from habitual responses. Ginger Clarkson is a...

Abstract Ginger Clarkson, Vipassana Tradition Suggested donation $10Using Qigong exercises to relax the body and focus the mind, this meditation helps participants notice whatever body sensations, thoughts, perceptions, and emotions arise from moment to moment. Vipassana meditation involves fluid attention to what is actually occurring, both internally and externally, without trying to change, judge, or analyze it. A practitioner aims to observe consciously whatever happens, neither...

Abstract Rev. Melissa Murry, Wiccan Tradition Suggested donation $10Using a “ladder,” or cord with knots, to keep track of each recitation of the meditations, participants use an old Wiccan tool to focus group energy toward healing our Mother Earth, as well as any other needed healing. The web of energy connecting all beings is utilized in this meditation and makes use of these connections to effect change around the world. Rev. Melissa Murry, High Priestess of the Temple of the Sacred...

Abstract Gaelyn Godwin Roshi, Zen Buddhist Tradition Pay What You Can, suggested value $10For the month of April, the Rothko Chapel presented a meditation in the Zen Buddhist tradition on the 50th anniversary of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s assassination. Led by Gaelyn Godwin Roshi of Houston Zen Center, this session explored the practice of allowing ourselves to be fully present with the moment and will lift up MLK’s profound impact on equity, peace and justice.We enter...

Abstract Cathy Crouch, Zen Tradition Suggested donation $10This meditation introduces participants to a fundamental Buddhist practice, mindfulness of breathing. By cultivating awareness of our bodily sensations, emotions and thoughts, we can over time develop some freedom in how we respond to our life more in line with our intentions. Cathy Crouch is an assistant teacher with the Houston Zen Center. She began her meditation practice in 1975 and joined the Houston Zen community as it was...