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Page history last edited by Rick Repetti 8 years, 8 months ago

Welcome to the KCTL Contemplative Practices Faculty Interest Group wiki!

 

 

Description: 

The Contemplative Practices group meets 30-60 minutes once a week throughout the year in KCTL (M-391). Our actual meeting times vary semester to semester, given the large number of members whose schedules we seek to best accomodate. (Just before each semester, we send out a Doodle poll to all past and present members asking for their availability, then we select the time slot with the most votes.) Our primary purpose is to actually practice meditation together, and to discuss the use of meditation and related contemplative practices (such as mindful speaking, journal writing, and other reflective exercises) in our lives and, for those of us who teach, in our classrooms (and related venues). The meetings are typically conducted in the following manner:  After a few minutes of brief greetings, announcements, and other minor exchanges, the group facilitator leads a guided meditation for approximately 20 minutes, followed by a brief reading on meditation (or a contemplative poem, etc.), and then there are questions and comments (informal discussion about the meditation, meditation practice in general, and related matters of interest).  Sometimes, an article or other handout on the subject is distributed to those present, and occasionally the group discusses a previously chosen reading.  The meetings are always open not only to all interested faculty, but to any staff or administrators as well who wish to come simply to participate in the meditations.  (Staff members often come just for the meditation, and leave just afterwards, if they have only a 30-minute break.)  Faculty, administrators, and staff are also encouraged to bring select students to attend the meditations.  (The restriction to "select" students is due simply to the fact that our meeting room can usually only accomodate a few more people than usual, as we typically fill up all the seats around the table.)

 

Guided Meditations (designed by the facilitator):

body scan meditation with flutes : http://tiny.kingsborough.edu/bsmwf

deep breathing - 3 min: http://tiny.kingsborough.edu/db

mindfulness of body - 21 minutes: http://tiny.kingsborough.edu/mob

mindfulness of body, breath, mind - 10 min: http://tiny.kingsborough.edu/mbbm

mindfulness of breath -15 min: http://tiny.kingsborough.edu/mob15

mindfulness of mental states - 11 min: http://tiny.kingsborough.edu/moms

mindfulness of thoughts - 12 min: http://tiny.kingsborough.edu/mot

state of mind - 5 min: http://tiny.kingsborough.edu/som

stream meditation with flutes: http://tiny.kingsborough.edu/flutes

the stream - 6 min: http://tiny.kingsborough.edu/stream

thoughts - 8 min: http://tiny.kingsborough.edu/thoughts

 

Facilitator: 

Rick Repetti, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Philosophy, Department of History, Philosophy & Political Science.  Room D223, ext. 5226, rrepetti@kingsborough.edu.  Rick has been practicing yoga and meditation since 1973, and teaching both in the community since 2000. A founding member of the CUNY Contemplatives Network, Rick is also Web Forum and Blog Facilitator of the Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education (ACMHE). As a member of the CUNY Contemplatives Network, Rick is pioneering a new concentration in Contemplative Studies as part of the CUNY BA program.

 

Members include or have included the following faculty and staff (typically from 6-12 attend regularly):

Jack Arnow, Mary Beth Dawson, Diana Treglia, Jay Mancini, Nathaniel Greene, Gabrielle Kahn, Tara Yarczower, Matthew Gartner, Natasha Lvovich, Teresa Tamburlini, Betsy Thompkins, Arlene Chambers, Chris Schrader, Cecilia Nunziato, Sandy Gaynor, JoAnn Colonna, Vickie DiMartino, Hanane Elabid, Robbyn Candela, George Edwards, Raphael Afonja, Homar Barcena, Jay Bernstein, Irene Horowitz, Mohamed Lakrim, Antonia Lieggi, Kerry McKenzie, Maria Mejias, Richard Najjar, Phyllis Napoli, Mary L Navarro, Maureen Sharkey, Illeana Viquez, Odie Coffey, Michelle Brosh, Victor Broder and others (plus a number of students are typically in attendance)

 

Meeting Notes:

2015 notes

2014 notes

2013 notes

2012 notes  

2011 Notes

2010 Notes

Prior to 2010

 

Important Emails: 

3-24-11 Email announcing new meeting frequency and format 

 

Readings:  Links and References

www.acmhe.org

www.contemplativemind.org

www.nyimc.org

www.dharma.org

www.dhamma.org

More to come...

Comments (3)

Rick Repetti said

at 2:01 pm on Feb 3, 2010

Please email Rick Repetti at rrepetti@kingsborough.edu formore information

Rick Repetti said

at 1:38 pm on Apr 3, 2011

If you are a member and your name is not listed above, or you are not a member and your name is listed above, please leave a comment here.

Shannon Caravello said

at 7:35 pm on Oct 11, 2012

Thank you for the links you posted for the Guided Meditation. I haven't been able to attend due to scheduling conflicts but have been able to enjoy what you have linked. Thank you for all your hard work and dedication!

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