Providing an opportunity to meditate with others during the holiday season. People starting to explore meditation are welcome to attend along with those with more experience. Please arrive 5-10 minutes early since we try to start on time.
If you are attending the session and are unfamiliar with how to meditate, please let the person leading the meditation know so they can provide more guidance than usual. For first visits it is also recommended that people sit in a chair for comfort, although meditation cushions and benches are provided for use and you are welcome to try them.
These popular drop-in sessions usually rotate from week to week between two meditation practices: mindfulness of breathing and metta bhavana. The individual meditation sessions are about forty minutes long.
Before attending, please read our current Covid Guidelines. This is part of how we practice together.
Sthiraratna ('steer-a-rat-na') is the Auckland Buddhist Centre Manager and has been involved in the Triratna movement since around 2010, in both…