Meditation: The Inner Awakening
Free Upcoming classes in Mt Eden. Register now to get started on your inner journey to happiness!
What are the deeper goals that lie beneath our lives? Lasting happiness and peace are the universals we all share. Meditation is the fast track, the time of awakening, the longing to find your peaceful inner space.
Our upcoming free courses offer the methods, knowledge and inspiration you’ll need to explore the many paths of meditation – you only need the sincerity to try and the determination to practice.
Our course instructors have decades of personal experience to share with you, and each of the structured free evenings will cover a range of techniques and essential meditation secrets. You’ll also enjoy the company of like-minded people who, like yourself, are seeking the inner treasures that our spiritual life always brings.
FREE MEDITATION COURSES
*February Courses
-Option A:
TOOLKIT FOR CALM:
A three-evening free course on creating a peaceful life….
With special New York-based guest presenter and teacher Boijayanti, sharing her meditation skills and insights during her short NZ visit.
For most people the mind has become the master, not the servant it should be – how do we regain control, cultivate a quiet and peaceful mind, a stillness in the body and the breath?
These informal and informative evenings will help with answers, covering the simple but often overlooked essentials of meditation and sharing a toolkit of techniques you can practice and explore. Our guest presenter Boijayanti is a longtime practitioner of meditation and was fortunate to have the guidance of the late Indian spiritual teacher Sri Chinmoy (www.srichinmoy.org) – she shares these inspirational teachings with humor and simplicity.
Usher in the New Year with positive new life skills, clarity of purpose and a peaceful mind and heart – you only need the sincerity to make a start.
When: Tuesdays / Thursdays, February 11, 13, 18: 7:30pm – 9pm nightly
Venue: The Fickling Centre, 546 Mt Albert Road, Three Kings, Mt Eden.
Free admission, however registration is required to accommodate numbers attending. Please register either by confirming your details on the contact page below, or responding on Whatsapp to: 0221887432
-Option B
MEDITATION – THE WAY UP
A four evening introduction to meditation.
This is suited for those wanting a fast track immersion in meditation, with a focus on how to set up and maintain a daily home practice program and providing ongoing free weekly sessions to support this.
This course is offered by long time meditation practitioner Jogyata Dallas, a fitness enthusiast and author whose several published books recount memories from his many visits to New York and his insights and experiences with Sri Chinmoy.
Jogyata offers a structured 4 part course covering the ABC’s, then introduces many lifestyle positives supporting meditation; the different key branches of yoga; mantras and spiritual chants; then shares what he describes as ‘the seven secrets of meditation’. His evenings are welcoming and encouraging, inviting participation and questions and featuring several guided meditation techniques each evening.
No new admissions after the second evening please, as this is a structured, progressive course. Plentiful local street parking.
When: consecutive Mondays/Thursdays.
February 24, 27; March 3, 6. 6:00pm – 7:30pm nightly.
Venue: the Sri Chinmoy Centre, 89 Dominion Rd, Mt Eden, on the corner with Tawari Street.
Free admission. Registration is required to accommodate numbers attending. Please register either by confirming your details on the contact page below, or responding by text or Whatsapp to: 0221887432.
All further course inquiries: call or contact as above, or email to: jogyata@slingshot.co.nz
Get in touch!
If you are interested in any of the above classes, you can send us a message below
"*" indicates required fields
Meditation FAQ
This Q&A comes from a very nice recent meditation interview with course instructor Jogyata Dallas, shared with Verve magazine:
Our class instructors
Meet a few of our regular class-giving team here in Auckland (We also frequently invite guests from abroad, so do keep an eye out for them!)
Jogyata Dallas
Jogyata has taught meditation for over 30 years and is the author of several books about the subject and his encounters and experiences with Sri Chinmoy. He lives in Auckland but teaches in many other countries. His workshops combine humor, personal anecdotes and guided meditations and reflect his sincere love of his subject.
More articles and videos by Jogyata:
- On this site: What is Meditation, Experiences of Meditation
- On other sites: Jogyata’s online Meditation Course at the Sri Chinmoy Centre
- NZ Herald article: Twelve Questions
Preetidutta Thorpe
Preetidutta ThorpePreetidutta has been a national level sailor and still loves the ocean as a place for meditation and happiness. She’s an adventurer, marathoner, trail runner and longtime meditator, and a member of a relay team that carries a peace torch around New Zealand and the Pacific islands every year to promote world peace. She runs free introductory courses in Auckland every year.
Hridayinee Williams
Hridayinee WilliamsHridayinee has studied and practised meditation for many years and shared her love of meditation in workshops offered throughout several countries.
She brings mantras and music to her courses and belongs to several Auckland a capella performing music groups. “Emptying the mind and finding stillness is difficult for most people – music fills the mind, displaces thought and replaces it with beauty…”
Abhimanyu Badami
Abhimanyu has been a member of the Sri Chinmoy Centre since 2003. A keen marathoner and occasional actor he lives and works in Auckland after moving here from India. He teaches evening workshops in introductory meditation throughout the year.
Some of spiritual master Sri Chinmoy’s philosophy can be explored here: www.srichinmoy.org
I meditate
So that my mind
Cannot complicate
My life
Sri Chinmoy
