about
mission
Spacious awareness is the capacity to let go of reactive tendencies of the mind and ride the winds of change and uncertainty with grace and ease. The invitation in all of the meditation and writing courses offered here is to practice the art of directing and sustaining attention in order to meet physical, emotional and psychic challenges more freely. The invitation is also to unleash the mind to explore boundless frontiers of creativity by bringing a sense of curiosity and wonder to the mystery of simply being alive.
facilitator
David Grogan is an editor, writer and meditation instructor who delights in accompanying others on the path of discovery. During four decades as a magazine journalist, including lengthy tenures as executive editor of Discover and editor of American History, he helped conceive and midwife vivid narrative stories by scientists, journalists and historians. He is a member of the New York Insight Meditation Center Teachers Council and the teaching team for Space2Meditate, an online meditation community. He is also a member of the CUNY Graduate Center Lifelong Peer Learning Program (LP2).
–Website photographs are by David’s life partner, Cheung Ching Ming. Most were taken on their daily walks along the Brooklyn waterfront during the pandemic.
facilitator’s teaching credentials
Mindfulness Training Institute (MTI): Certified Instructor
International Mindfulness Teachers Association: Certified Mindfulness Teacher
Brown University Mindfulness Center: Qualified Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Teacher
Birren Center for Autobiographical Studies: Certified Guided Autobiography Instructor