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Jazz Meditation Workshop at The Shinnyo Center For Meditation And Well-Being
Courtesy of Nick Gianni | Posted on April 2, 2015
Where
The Shinnyo Center For Meditation And Well-Being
19 W 36th St.
New York, NY
Map
212-868-9838
When
Fri, April 10, 2015
7:00 pm
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Music has often been used as a background for meditation, yoga, massage and exercise, but music can also be the focus of a meditation. The Shinnyo Center is initiating a series of Jazz Meditation sessions in which live performance is integrated with Shinnyo Guided Meditation.
Our being resonates with the sound of music, feeling the vibration of a live performance. This experience brings our awareness to the present moment. It wakens something inside of us and helps to set our lives into a more natural rhythm.
Jazz as an art form is based on being completely focused in the present moment. Being aware of our surroundings and harmonizing with the other musicians and an audience. The Shinnyo Center Jazz Meditation sessions will explore this concept with the musicians playing off the words of the meditation guide who in turn reflects the musicians. ...