http://ronhaha108.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] ronhaha108.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] davis_square2008-03-18 08:47 am
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transcendental meditation

Hey all, so my head is filled with too much stuff these days and I just can't get enough sleep, I'm tense all the time (according to my wife) and I just need to calm down! 

Any idea if there's a TM center around Davis?  I need peace!

Thanks

ps: I couldn't find this topic via tags, nor through ljfind..

[identity profile] closetalker11.livejournal.com 2008-03-18 02:17 pm (UTC)(link)
... exactly.

[identity profile] ellf.livejournal.com 2008-03-18 01:22 pm (UTC)(link)
TM = transcendental meditation?

That's fairly specific, and I am uncertain as to whether any exist in the area. There are a number of Zen groups of varying traditions, good martial arts dojo, acupuncturists, massage artists, and Western style psychoanalysts about, however.

Are you decided on TM?

[identity profile] ellf.livejournal.com 2008-03-18 01:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Alas, I'm rather limited in my knowledge of different types of meditation practices. Zen may or may not be for you: it is not a practice that will give you anything, but rather, it is a practice that is focused on starving off the ego. It can be incredibly boring and generally contrary to the "give me what works!" mindset.

Perhaps someone else knows a bit more about other traditions and can help more!

not TM, but...

[identity profile] thunderjunkie.livejournal.com 2008-03-18 01:24 pm (UTC)(link)
if you're into meditation, I cannot highly enough recommend Cambridge Insight Meditation Center at 331 Broadway in Cambridge (10 minute walk from Central or on 83 bus from Porter/Mass Ave). Check out their website: www.cimc.info - there is a drop in class today from 6-7.

Good luck finding peace!!

Re: not TM, but...

[identity profile] schpahky.livejournal.com 2008-03-18 01:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Seconded, they are wonderful and cheap / free.

[personal profile] ron_newman 2008-03-18 01:32 pm (UTC)(link)
We don't have a tag for this specifically, but it's possible some of the yoga postings are of use.

[identity profile] mrboboto.livejournal.com 2008-03-18 01:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Well since Cambridge Insight came up, I'm going to take this an a-ok to post non-Davis sources-

There is an open house at the Shambhala Meditation Center (of which I am a member) every Wednesday at 7. Meditation instruction is offered free of charge. If you're more interested in a longer workshop, the Turning the Mind Into an Ally class is excellent. It's offered every two or three months.

[identity profile] mrboboto.livejournal.com 2008-03-18 01:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Forgot their website:

http://boston.shambhala.org/

[personal profile] ron_newman 2008-03-18 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Here's an earlier post about meditation. I found it under the "classes" tag while looking for something else entirely.
alphacygni: (trolleymap)

[personal profile] alphacygni 2008-03-19 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
Om City Yoga has started having beginning meditation classes recently. I've only taken yoga there, but Dee often works bits of meditation into the yoga classes, and I think a meditation class with her would be great (too bad I'm always busy on Wednesdays!)