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Inner Awakening: Free Introductory Meditation Courses

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Meditation: The Inner Awakening

What are the deeper goals that lie beneath our lives? Lasting happiness and peace are the universals we all share. Meditation is the fast track, the time of awakening, the longing to find your peaceful inner space.
Our September / October free courses offer the methods, knowledge and inspiration you’ll need to explore the many paths of meditation – you only need the sincerity to try and the determination to practice.

Our course instructors have decades of personal experience to share with you, and each of the structured free evenings will cover a range of techniques and essential meditation secrets. You’ll also enjoy the company of like-minded people who, like yourself, are seeking the inner treasures that our spiritual life always brings.

Mt Eden

When: Tuesdays/Thursdays 1, 3, 8, 10 October; 6:00pm – 7:30pm nightly.

Four evenings that also form a progressive structured introductory course, no admission after the second evening please.

Venue: Sri Chinmoy Centre, 89 Dominion Rd, Mt Eden. Entry is through the side door just around the corner in Tawari Street.

Registration: Free admission, but registration is required to accommodate numbers.
Please use the contact form below, or text your name, number attending to: Jogyata 0221887432.

Green Bay

This series of introductory classes covering the ABCs of meditation – breathing and concentration techniques to remove stress and calm the mind; the use of creative visualisations and mantric chants; meditation in the spiritual heart centre; how to set up your own personal meditation program.

Once a week for three weeks from 6.30pm – 7.30pm

  • Oct series: Thurs 10, 17, 24 October
  • Nov series: Thurs 7, 14, 21 November

Venue: Green Bay Community House, 1 Barron Drive
Registration: Free admission, but registration is required to accommodate numbers.
Please use the contact form below, or text your name, number attending to: Simahin 0212 987 498.

Highland Park

This Saturday w/shop will cover different skills and approaches to meditation, with guided instruction taking you through breathe exercises, mantras, visualization, heart centre techniques and mind calming techniques.

Saturdays, Oct 12 and Nov 9; 2.00pm – 4.00pm.
Venue: Highland Park Community House, 47 Aviemore Drive
Registration Free admission, but registration is required to accommodate numbers.
Please use the contact form below, or text your name, number attending to: Nishima 0272 000 604.

Inner City

A two consecutive Monday evenings with meditation teacher Vera, introducing the ABC’s of meditation in her always informative and inspiring way. Follow up sessions will also be optional for those wishing to progress further and deepen their meditation practice.

Mondays, Sep 30 and Oct 7; 7.30pm – 8.00pm.
Venue: Betty Wark Room, Ellen Melville Centre, 2 Freyburg Place
Registration Free admission, but registration is required to accommodate numbers.
Please use the contact form below, or text your name, number attending to: Vera 021 121 5783.

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November Meditation Courses

*Option A: ‘Still mind, body, breath’

When: Mondays/Thursdays, Nov. 4, 7, 11, 14; 7:00pm – 8:30pm nightly.

Venue: Sri Chinmoy Centre, 89 Dominion Rd, Mt Eden. Entry is through the side door just around the corner in Tawari Street. Ample street parking available.

Content: Four evenings with meditation instructor Jogyata, who spent many years developing his own practice under the tutelage of the late Indian master Sri Chinmoy. These evenings form a progressive course and include guided meditations, the use of mantra, an overview of the different paths of yoga, lifestyle recommendations supporting meditation and essential steps needed in developing a successful practice. Jogyata is a storyteller, weaving his own life experiences into his talks and meditations and bringing spirituality into everyday life. No admission after the second evening please as this is a structured course.

Registration: Free admission, but registration is required to accommodate numbers.
Please use the contact form below, or text your name, number attending to: Daniel 021831382

*Option B: ‘Meditation – The Big Picture’

An evening not to be missed! With guest visiting speaker Prachar Stegemann, musician, writer, marathon runner, international teacher, here for one week as part of his global tour promoting the benefits and secrets of meditation. In addition to sharing his own inspirational accounts of meditation, his Big Picture evenings are interactive and encourage a wonderful, informal rapport with his audiences, inviting the deeper questions – ‘Why am I here, how can I know my soul’s purpose, what lies beneath the chatter of my mind’?

When: Monday/Thursday, Nov. 18, 21: 7:00pm – 8:30pm

Where: Fickling Convention Centre, 546 Mt Albert Road, Three Kings. Look for the entry below the library, opposite City Fitness gym. Plenty of free local parking available.

Registration: Free admission, but registration is required to accommodate numbers.
Please use the contact form below, or text your name, number attending to: Daniel 021831382

Looking forward to seeing you all!

Meditation FAQ

This Q&A comes from a very nice recent meditation interview with course instructor Jogyata Dallas, shared with Verve magazine:

View classes FAQ

Our class instructors

Meet a few of our regular class-giving team here in Auckland (We also frequently invite guests from abroad, so do keep an eye out for them!)

Jogyata Dallas

Jogyata has taught meditation for over 30 years and is the author of several books about the subject and his encounters and experiences with Sri Chinmoy. He lives in Auckland but teaches in many other countries. His workshops combine humor, personal anecdotes and guided meditations and reflect his sincere love of his subject.

More articles and videos by Jogyata:

Preetidutta Thorpe

Preetidutta has been a national level sailor and still loves the ocean as a place for meditation and happiness. She’s an adventurer, marathoner, trail runner and longtime meditator, and a member of a relay team that carries a peace torch around New Zealand and the Pacific islands every year to promote world peace. She runs free introductory courses in Auckland every year.

Hridayinee Williams

Hridayinee has studied and practised meditation for many years and shared her love of meditation in workshops offered throughout several countries.

She brings mantras and music to her courses and belongs to several Auckland a capella performing music groups. “Emptying the mind and finding stillness is difficult for most people – music fills the mind, displaces thought and replaces it with beauty…”

Abhimanyu Badami

Abhimanyu has been a member of the Sri Chinmoy Centre since 2003. A keen marathoner and occasional actor he lives and works in Auckland after moving here from India. He teaches evening workshops in introductory meditation throughout the year.

Some of spiritual master Sri Chinmoy’s philosophy can be explored here: www.srichinmoy.org

I meditate
So that my mind
Cannot complicate
My life

Sri Chinmoy