NEW MEDITATION GROUP AT PIMC

Wednesday Wake-Up with Gregory Maloof

Weekly Sits Beginning Wednesday December 4th, 2019 7 pm - 8:45 pm

Embody the Dharma

This mid-week sit will offer you a unique opportunity to greatly expand your understanding of the psychology, philosophy, and spirituality of the Buddhist Eight-Fold Path. It will also help you to gain the necessary technical mastery that will exponentially increase the effectiveness of your meditation practice so you can:  Learn to incorporate a broad range of meditative skills that will enable you to customize your practice Get in touch with your natural strengths and true purpose to live a life of courage and authenticity  Increase self-confidence and self-compassion in order to gain peace in areas of your life that tend to cause stress, anxiety and depression   Cultivate a consistent, reliable and effective meditation practice that will produce powerful breakthroughs in the areas that matter to you most

Within a safe and supportive group of dedicated meditators, we will focus on integrating meditative insights into daily life in order to establish lasting peace and harmony, as we aspire to embody the liberating promise of waking up to true happiness and freedom from suffering.

Meet Your Teacher

Gregory Maloof is an authorized Buddhist Dharma teacher in the lineage of Ruth Denison and a mindfulness-based therapist with a bachelor’s degree in Western philosophy and a master’s degree in marriage, couples and family counseling.  Gregory draws inspiration from both Western and Eastern paradigms in his approach to understanding and sharing the Dharma and his teachings are informed by over 25 years of meditation experience. Gregory has studied in the traditions of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, U Ba Khin and Ven. Pa Auk Sayadaw and has also been heavily influenced and inspired by various teachers in the Thai Forest Tradition.  Gregory’s humorous, compassionate, and practical style supports students to experience significant healing and lasting change.