​Live and Online in.Gratitude course
Saturdays, May 3rd to June14th, 2025 | 10:30am-12:00pm PST
[NOTE: No class on the holiday weekend Saturday May 17th. Recordings for all sessions included]
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Intention Wares' (intentionwares.ca) in.Gratitude course is a 6-week online live interactive inquiry into the world of gratitude and all it offers. This experience includes an additional powerful setup session to help you prepare. Throughout the course, you'll deepen your relationship with gratitude, strengthen your connection with yourself and others, and embrace the richness of life.

Why join the Gratitude inquiry?

This course is a meaningful gift to yourself in so many ways:
1. It's an investment into you; your personal growth, life satisfaction and well-being.
2. It's a lifeline for navigating things when life get 'lifey'.
3. It enriches your daily life by enhancing your quality of living even during mundane or difficult times. 
​4. It's a way to live more fully, engage deeply, and interact meaningfully with your experiences.
5. It provides a simple and effective approach to get clear and create your future.
6. It fosters access to meaningful, connected relationships.
7. It's an uplifting contribution to the collective energy and humanity as a whole.

Investment
$90 (50% goes to the Jeneece Place; a fully donor run Homes away from Home Victoria, BC Canada. Jeneece Place services Vancouver Island children and their families traveling to Victoria, BC for treatments)

Course Details and Dates
Establish a Meditation Practice
8 week course instructed by Szara Turpel of Life Artist .School. All dates are online zoom meetings. Starts Feb 22nd through to April 12th. 
Cost for 8 week Establishing your Meditation Practice Course: $80 
(all monies collected will go to a collective donation to an initiative supporting well being/peace/unity that the group collectively chooses) 
To register please fill out the following online form: https://forms.gle/NrncqgyP3mrnzBWE6

Why establish a meditation practice?

• increase peace of mind
• ​increase focus and attention
• increase of responsiveness vs reactivity
• cultivate a deeper relationship and understanding of oneself and the world
• regulation for health and wellbeing
• peaceful parenting and other important relationships
• heightened awareness and connection with nature and the world around you
• increased observational awareness expanding you as the Conscious Creator you are.
• and more… What is your why?

This Establishing a Meditation Practice Course will focus on Samatha meditation. Samatha is a 'Pali' word that translates as “tranquility of the mind; mind calmness”. Samatha is developed by Samadhi (“Concentration; one pointedness of the mind; mental discipline”). Through focusing our attention, developing our concentration, mindfulness and mental discipline, we gain expanded access to stay present and ‘be in and with the moment’ without engaging in whatever distractions our environment or mind creates for us. It supports breath or spaciousness in our state and awareness to bring a heightened level of responsiveness vs reactivity. With practice we have greater access to an experience of calmness, clarity and tranquility.

Samatha is the foundation of any good meditation practice including Vipassana (insight meditation). We will touch on Vipassana and incorporate the fundamentals setting you up to practice in the later weeks of this course.

In this course you will:
Learn and experience the many benefits of a meditation practice,
Learn varying types of meditations and best use for yourself,
Establish your location, timing, rhythm and practice that works best for you and your life,
Learn the basics of breathwork and chakras,
Work with a mantra,
Develop a walking Meditation Practice,
Develop a sitting Meditation Practice,
Develop an open, insight Meditation Practice,
Learn in Community,
Have a structure for accountability and support

“Meditation is similar to a water filter that removes impurities from the water, leaving the water suitable for drinking, which is essential for good health. Meditation acts as a filter removing negative thoughts and emotions, reducing stress and anxiety, which is essential for good health.” 
~Luangphor Viriyang Sirintharo, Master Teacher

Course Schedule and Expectations (All times listed are Pacific Standard Time)
Please note that daily practices are expected and part of establishing your practice. You will choose your length of time for your daily practice and it is recommended for at least 15 min daily. (I personally recommend 30 min per day)

Week 1    Saturday Feb 22, 9:30am-11:30am
Optional Group Practices: Tuesday Feb 25, 8am-8:30am | Wednesday Feb 26, 12pm-12:30pm | Thursday Feb 27, 5pm-5:30pm
Week 2   Saturday March 1, 9:30am-10:30am
Optional Group Practice: Tuesday Mar 4, 8am-8:30am | Wednesday Mar 5, 12pm-12:30pm | Thursday Mar 6, 5pm-5:30pm
Week 3   Saturday March 8, 9:30am-10:30am
Optional Group Practice: Tuesday Mar 11, 8am-8:30am | Wednesday Mar 12, 12pm-12:30pm | Thursday Mar 13, 5pm-5:30pm
Week 4   Saturday March 15, 9:30am-10:30am
Optional Group Practices: Tuesday Mar 18, 8am-8:30am | Wednesday Mar 19, 12pm-12:30pm | Thursday Mar 20, 5pm-5:30pm
Week 5  Saturday March 22, 9:30am-10:30am
Optional Group Practices: Tuesday Mar 25, 8am-8:30am | Wednesday Mar 26, 12pm-12:30pm | Thursday Mar 27, 5pm-5:30pm
Week 6  Saturday March 29, 9:30am-10:30am
Optional Group Practices:  Tuesday Apr 1, 8am-8:30am | Wednesday Apr 2, 12pm-12:30pm | Thursday Apr 3, 5pm-5:30pm
Week 7 Saturday April 5, 9:30am-10:30am
Optional Group Practices: Tuesday Apr 8, 8am-8:30am | Wednesday Apr 9, 12pm-12:30pm | Thursday Apr 10, 5pm-5:30pm
Week 8 Saturday April 12, 9:30am-11:30am

Please note:
1. The first class Saturday Feb. 22nd is a mandatory attendance class. For any class not able to attend  thereafter it is asked that you request a fellow participant to go over the class missed with you BEFORE the next class so you are up to date and get an opportunity to share and support your practice.
2. This course will be recorded and shared publicly. If you do not want yourself to be on the recording please do not share, use your name on screen or have your video on. You can still join and participate and ask questions before and after recording is on (or ask in the chat box).
3. The information and direction provided in this course is for educational purposes only. Szara Turpel, or Life Artist .School, is not liable for any risks or issues that arise from using the information. Consult a medical or health professional for all health related concerns, including mental and emotional health and well-being. You are of balanced health (body, mind and emotion) and it is appropriate for you to take this course. (if unsure please speak to your health/medical professional).
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