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501 CHURCH AND FRIENDS
INVITES YOU
TO EXPERIENCE
THE BODY
IN PRAYER
AND WORSHIP
I WOULD LOVE TO
RUN ANOTHER SERIES
LIKE THIS AGAIN
In this series we will explore ways that yoga can inform, assist, and deepen our life in prayer and our relationship with God. We will draw upon the depth of understanding offered by the ancient tradition of yoga as a devotional practice and as a means of preparing the mind and body for meditation (or centering prayer).
The first 4 sessions will focus on different approaches to finding God in stillness and silence, The yoga practices will focus specifically to prepare us for each approach. These are: Coming to the level of sensation and breath in the poses to bring us more deeply into the present moment; Holding poses so as to practice stopping the momentum of our thoughts and activities to make room for new life; Moving in yoga poses so that we may let go of the restlessness of the body that the mind may more easily come home in the body to hear the word of God in scripture or more easily return to a word as anchor; Yoga practiced as devotional postures to lead us into medtiation with icons as windows to God.
The last 2 sessions will offer liturgy with yoga: Worshiping with yoga posture sequences to sung prayers. These practices call us to integrate mind, body, and spirit in our worship. While the series will be primarily experiential, there will be opportunities for reflection on how the body has been used and understood in the Bible and the history of Christianity.
NO PREVIOUS YOGA EXPERIENCE
NECESSARY
ALL ARE WELCOME
YOGA AND MEDITATION
May 15 Present Moment - Holy Spirit
May 22 New Life
(May 27 - no session)
June 5 Word as Anchor
June 12 Image as Window to God
June 19 Worship
June 26 Worship
COME FOR ONE CLASS
OR THE ENTIRE SERIES
$10 OR LESS / CLASS
Sundays at 5:01 @ 501 4th St NW DC
Contact Wendy Moen
wmoen@501church.org
Held at:
First Trinity Lutheran Church
501 4th St NW Washington, DC 20001
Parking in the DC Courthouse lot
at the corner of 4th and E NW
Near Judiciary Sq Metro
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