Mindful Philosophy - Postponed

Mindful Philosophy? You ask...

Philosophy is often defined as the search for true knowledge. Western traditions generally strive to grasp truth using reason and intellect; while Eastern traditions engage stillness and witnessing to understand truth. Mindful philosophy is a meeting of these traditions and embraces both embodiment and thinking, curiosity and acceptance, play and seriousness, individuality and community.

Join Meeghan Ziolkowski for two evenings of community-building and mindful philosophy -- an opportunity to explore what it means to be mortal, to experience loss, to grieve, to find tiny little joys, to be angry, to be grateful, to connect, to let go. . .

Grief is a universal human experience. And, although uniquely personal, our grief is not meant to be carried alone. We live in a grief-phobic culture, which can make us feel isolated and broken. But, in shared broken-heartedness we can find connection and open-heartedness. Looking at grief and mortality together isn’t about fixing or changing. It is about our differing experiences within our common humanity. Death and grief are too often hidden away in our society. This is a chance to welcome it into the warmth of community — and to be together in facing what it really means to be mortal.

Expect to spend our time together engaged in the following activities: grief yoga (gentle mindful movement and stillness), personal reflection and journaling, share personal experience, and learn about philosophical perspectives. Together, we will witness, engage our creativity, and explore a simple ritual.

You already belong! Your grief (in whatever form, from whatever source) is welcome.

FYI: This is not a clinical grief group. Meeghan is a philosopher not a therapist.

Meeghan Ziolkowski recently retired from twenty years of being “Professor Z,” teaching philosophy and ethics. She is a lifelong learner, thinker, and seeker. She is drawn to gather with others to explore our shared (and weird) human existence through discussion, creativity, and mindfulness.