Meditation Circle: Sīla- Bringing Relief and Coolness for the Mind (Online)
With Maureen Smith
May 8 - 29, 2025
Title: Meditation Circle: Sīla – Bringing Relief and Coolness for the Mind (Online)
These community classes at Clear Sky Center help you develop a stronger meditation practice so that you can take your practice off the cushion.
Join us for Meditation Circle, Thursday nights (7:30-8:30pm MST) in person, at Clear Sky Center.
These classes run throughout the year. This current series of classes will be led by Maureen Smith from May 8th to May 29th, 2025. We encourage you to attend all classes but drop-ins are also welcome. Join Maureen and community in this four week Meditation Circle series on joyful interaction and engagement with yourself and others.
Series Overview: Sīla – Bringing Relief and Coolness for the Mind
What could be more refreshing than Sīla – the feeling you get when you come across a tall shady Aspen tree on a scorching hot summer day?
Along the path of your meditation journey there are moments when we find ourselves as if walking across burning hot sand, bare foot. As we apply ourselves to our practice- again and again, we begin to discover moments of coolness and relief. We come to know that we can navigate towards the shade and like a salve, it brings relief. Come, get refreshed with us as we explore Sīla, coolness for the mind!
Maureen is a senior practitioner in our lineage, which in light of our topic, makes her very cool ; )
She is the founder of Alive Mindfully, certified with MBSR and will share the latest from her personal and professional explorations on the topic.
About the Leader

Maureen Smith
A Registered Clinical Social Worker, Maureen has been a Mental Health and Substance Use Counsellor for over 9 years and previously worked in Hospice and Palliative Care. She is a Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) facilitator and meditation teacher. Since 2005, Maureen has been a resident and co-manager of the Clear Sky Retreat Center. […]
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