Submitted by bwelsh822 t3_yeec6v in ColumbiaMD
Anyone know if there are any in the area ? I’d really like to start meditation to help with my anxiety but I honestly don’t even know where to begin and I’d love to do it with some sort of group if possible.
I teach meditation one on one, if you’d like to learn
The Kadampa center In Baltimore did weekly sessions in a number of communities including Columbia. A dharma talk and meditation. I would be surpassed if that isn’t still going on.
Wow thank you. I actually went to The Pearl once and really liked it.
The floating meditation sounds great but I’m a bigger guy and done know how that would workout LOL
I will look into it though! Worse case, I’ll try the sound meditation and see how that goes!
Came here to say that. KMC is holding a six week class in Columbia on tuesdays.
https://www.meditationmd.org/classes-retreats/meditate-in-columbia-2022-10-25
The Pearl is wonderful! Shift Yoga near Maple Lawn also has fantastic (non-floating) yin yoga and meditation classes taught by the owner, Jessie.
Wow! Do you have some sort of website or business page ?
Wow thank you! That’s very close to me house where they are doing the Columbia ones. Have you ever been?
Thank you! Very close to my house! Have you ever been ??
Nope, but I’m planning on it!
I’m going to try to join this coming Tuesday
I would be careful in associating with Kadampa
https://tricycle.org/magazine/the-one-pure-dharma/?utm_source=fb
Troophead t1_itxpivb wrote
I do some meditation workshops at The Pearl at the Columbia Lakefront. I have a class pack so I don't go regularly, but there's a sound meditation class on Tuesdays at 6:45pm and 10:30am Saturdays.
I like floating meditation (you meditate suspended in a hammock), which is Sundays at 12:30. I prefer the floating meditation because hey, making time to lie in a hammock is cool, and also sometimes the sounds used in sound meditation can be too distracting for me. Though sometimes there's construction noises from the Whole Foods nearby so noise level can vary by day.
If you wanna try a one-time thing, there's a floating meditation workshop coming up on Sunday, November 13 at 3:00pm.
Yoga Center of Columbia has some too, but I haven't been there since before the pandemic. Nothing wrong with them, I just haven't made the time. It's worth checking their class schedule. I would say Pearl is more like a spa and Yoga Center of Columbia is more like a fitness studio, in terms of atmosphere.