How to Meditate – Simple and Effective Methods for Everyone
February 18th, 1:00-4:00pm
No Charge
Registration Encouraged – send registration to info@hermeticinstitute.org
Are you looking for ways to improve your health, attitude, creativity, and even productivity? Do you want to deepen your spiritual practice, but aren’t sure where to begin?
If the answer is “Yes” then meditation may be for you.
Meditation has been proven to increase brain activity associated with happiness, well-being, and creativity, leading to healthy, happier lives for those who meditate. For thousands of years, monks, nuns, and lay people have experienced deep spiritual insights as a result of their meditation practices. For every person, there is a need, and for every need, meditation can provide a way to its fulfillment.
This class will cover basic meditation theories and practices that will allow you to experience the benefits of meditation. If you have tried to meditate in the past but found it too difficult then this class is for you. Simple, effective, and proven methods of mediation that can be done anywhere, by anyone, at anytime will be taught.
Topics to be covered include:
Posture – Why You Don’t Need to Sit Like Pretzel to Meditate
Breathing – The Breath of Life
Using Symbols and Creative Visualization
Hebrew Letters, Gregorian Chants and Sanskrit Mantra – The Harmony of Sound
Meditation for Health and Wellness and as a Spiritual Tool
Mark Stavish, M.A., holds degrees with honors in Theology and Counseling, and is the author of five books on spirituality, including, Kabbalah for Health and Wellness, that have been published in seven languages. Mark has appeared in or has been consulted for numerous television and radio programs, including Coast 2 Coast (C2C), 21st Century Radio, X-Zone Radio, Animal Planet, History Channel, A&E, BBC, and The New York Times.
Death, Dying and Lucid Dreaming: A Glimpse of Things to Come
March 24, 11:00am – 4:00pm
No Charge
Registration Encouraged – send registration to info@hermeticinstitute.org
It is often said that we spend nearly a third of our life asleep. Neolithic cave dwellers to modern scientists have all sought to better understand what happens when we close our eyes at night, asking the questions: why do we dream, and what do dreams mean mean to us, our waking lives, and even can dreams give us a glimpse of our possibilities of survival after death?
How to:
Remember your dreams
Dreams, symbols, and how to interpret your dreams
Induce dreaming and lucid dreaming
What to do when dreaming lucidly
Why lucid dreaming is important from the view of Eastern and Western mysticism
Mark Stavish, M.A. is the author of several non-fiction books including Between the Gates – Lucid Dreaming, Astral Projection and the Body of Light in Western Esotericism, wherein he examines the purpose and potential uses for lucid dreaming, including its role in how we die and what happens to us after according to Eastern and Western spiritual traditions. Mark has appeared in or has been consulted for numerous television and radio programs, including Coast 2 Coast (C2C), 21st Century Radio, X-Zone Radio, Animal Planet, History Channel, A&E, BBC, and The New York Times.
How to Write and Publish Your Non-Fiction Book
April 14th 11:00am – 4:00pm
No Charge
Registration Encouraged – send registration to info@hermeticinstitute.org
Have you ever wanted to write a book but have trouble finding the right topic, time to write, or simply aren’t sure how to approach it, or even what to do with it once it is written? Inside everyone is a book waiting to be written, from biographies and memoirs, to cook books, local histories, and how-to books of every sort, everyone has something they want to share with others and books are the way to do it.
In this presentation Mark will show aspiring authors how to:
Find Your Topic, Your Voice, and Your Inner Passion All At Once
Make It Interesting, or, Why What You Have to Say Really Matters to Others
Use a Simple three-step formula that will help you complete a book in as little as three months
Understand Publishing Options: Traditional, Self-Publishing, and Electronic formats
Take it to the Next Step: It’s In Print, Now What?
If you are currently working on a book, have an idea for one, an outline, or sample chapters, bring them for discussion, and find out what the next step for you in your writing career should be.
Mark Stavish, M.A. is the author of five non-fiction books that have been published in seven languages, has taught writing and public speaking on the university level, and has been a consultant or guest for television and radio programs, including Coast 2 Coast (C2C), 21st Century Radio, X-Zone Radio, Animal Planet, History Channel, A&E, and the BBC. Mark has also appeared in The New York Times, and Publishers Weekly.
