Whats Different about Catherines Meditation for Women Classes?

The following quotes explain how men and women can be very different as they walk their paths to inner freedom. My classes honour womens sensuality and rich inner emotional life. They also help develop mindfulness in the midst of the turbulence of modern life (or remembering to breathe even when your dryer just broke down, your kids are sick, and you cant find your keys). Sessions will include some silent sitting; conscious movement; eloquent music; guided meditations; and various practices that help us dive into the juiciness of the present moment. Sometimes we just allow ourselves to rest.

For millennia, spirituality has been dominated by the masculine expression of realization. This masculine viewpoint emphasizes transcendence, annihilation of the ego, the dissolving of limits, and ultimately, all form. The male psyche leans toward the stark nihilism of celibacy, solitude, and asceticism. Religions founded by men and perpetuated by patriarchy (basically all of them) worship the written word as absolute and set unwavering moral precepts. Feminine spirituality, however, is much softer, drawn toward deep and embodied love, open acceptance, the celebration of all life as the dance of divinity. The feminine delights in color, sex, children, blood, dance, and music as the very expression and demonstration of divinity in flesh. Art, music, images, and sensations are just as sacred as words. The masculine energy in all of us, both men and women, is associated with the left side of the brain, which processes words, logic, concepts, and time. The feminine, in both men and women, is associated with the right side of the brain with images, feelings, color, and now. We need new maps less a linear journey from one point to another and more an illustrated guide to the endless delights of exploring new territory and enjoying the divinity of this moment in a human body. the TRANSLUCENT REVOLUTION Arjuna Ardagh Meditation is instinctive. It is natural. Your body already knows how to meditate the ability is built in. Meditation is an aspect of the body's innate survival strategy, and it is good for healing, balancing, adapting to the environment, resting, recharging, renewing, and creating greater alertness. The body loves meditation and takes to it like a duck to water. The techniques of meditation arise from the body itself. People fall into meditative states naturally and spontaneously for a moment here, a moment there. You already know times when you border on meditation or slip through into a meditative state: listening to music, watching a sunset, lying in bed after lovemaking. As you wake from sleep, and as you fall into sleep, there may be moments when you are very restful and yet awake inside. In meditation you learn to extend such moments of restful alertness. What we are calling a technique is when you give in to this process for half an hour and let it carry you deep within. Meditation Secrets for Women Camille Maurine & Lorin Roche