Numinous meets every Sunday afternoon from 2p-4pm (5:30p-7:30p in Summer) for special guest speakers, self-cultivation lectures, and coherence meditation. Your patronage goes to support Global Peaceful Cities Projects in Albany, and Schenectady, NY. Without you, our research would not be possible. Thank-you!
To view our full calendar, go to http://numinousonline.com/calendar/
Interested in learning meditation, but don’t know where to start?
Interested in learning how to lead others in meditation?
Earn a certificate of completion in Meditation Leader Training, a six hour programme open to those new to meditation and those with experience.
The next class is scheduled for Fall 2017. Please email Info@PeacefulCities.org for more information.
ALSO, with every ticket sold/donation there will be a meal donated to someone in need at the Interfaith Partnership for the Homeless in Albany, NY. Each one, feeds one.
The Albany Peace Project is a 10-year research study designed to determine if an organized group of trained meditators, creating a “coherent state” in their bodies (and then focusing peaceful intention outwardly) can measurably reduce local violence. The hypothesis is that focused peaceful intention has real world impact, as suggested and supported by many prior research studies. The goal of this project is to dramatically enhance wellness, productivity, and societal peace in Albany and the surrounding areas.
Albany Peace Project founder and Biofeedback Specialist, Bethany Gonyea has been teaching organizations coherence skills for over twenty years and provides the science and data behind why coherence meditation works, and how to practically apply this knowledge. Dr. Karin Reinhold, SUNY Albany mathematics professor, supports these efforts by offering both correlative and analytical data. This additional layer of accountability makes the Albany Peace Project an exciting groundbreaking endeavor for facilitating peace at the city level.
THANK-YOU TO OUR SPONSORS:
PLEASE NOTE: SPIRITUAL CONVERSATIONS FOR MEN ARE NOW POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
– Glenn Hogue & Tim Moon, MA
– 7:00 PM Unity Church of Albany
– The first Wednesday each month
Let’s start the conversation!
Most spiritual programs are predominantly attended by women, which often causes women’s issues to be the focus of such programming. However, at NUMINOUS, we wanted to provide new programs that would specifically support Men’s spiritual discoveries as they do the significant work of pioneering how to blend ancient spiritual teachings with contemporary culture’s expectations of masculinity.
This is critically important work, as we seem to be in a time in history when all sorts of established paradigms are falling. The rugged individualism of the late 20th century is being challenged on all levels, especially in relationships. The traditional roles between male and female are being blurred as well.
How do we maintain the integrity of our yang (masculine) energy while assimilating the gentler aspects of spirituality and still be effective in this world? How do we learn how to connect, while maintaining our individual authenticity and truth? Many of us have learned that we don’t need to do life alone, but we are unsure of how to skillfully include input from Spirit, women, and other men, without loosing connection with ourselves.
Learning how to skillfully partner, listen, and still assert our truth seems to be a huge piece of the mission for our generation of men. These Spiritual Conversations For Men will give us an opportunity to gain answers to the some of the most distracting questions of our lives. In a quiet environment, we can safely discuss what matters to us most, and obtain invaluable insights from others who have grappled with the same questions. Through this exchange, we learn that we don’t have to do “life alone.” Also, we learn how good it feels to be supported and to provide the same meaningful support for others. These discussions will offer us clarity and direction as we learn to connect, and yet still hold individual balance.
Numinous will be offering Spiritual Conversations For Men on a bi-weekly basis starting April 7 at Fo Castle Farms. We are extremely fortunate to have Tim Moon, MA, CASAC and Fo Castle Owner/Operator Glenn Hogue. These two have over 55 years of combined spiritual understandings to chart this prosperous territory.
http://www.focastlefarm.com
$20 Appreciated Donation
The Albany Peace Project is an online and offline community of meditators who focus their meditation intentional efforts to help eliminate suffering in the Greater Albany, NY area. To date, 20 out of 24 intentional studies were performed throughout the world that demonstrate when large groups of people focus their peaceful intentions there is a positive effect on the whole.
Currently, researchers, Karin Reinhold, PhD, and Bethany Gonyea, MS are gathering and training meditation volunteers in the greater Albany area to become part of this exciting pioneering work. Meditative instruction and intentional research video blog casting is being offered to help people gain an understanding of the inspiring research that has already been done, and the need to add to this exciting growing body of work.
The Albany Peace Project is an outreach of NUMINOUS, a 501(c)3 non-denominational organization which offers lectures that synthesize biofeedback training & healing/prayer research to provide reliable methods for strengthening and inspiring dynamic lives of service. The Albany Peace Project has been created with the acknowledgement that not all faiths can agree on doctrine, but can agree to employ focused healing intentions to reduce human suffering.
When you click on the link below it will take you to that day’s specific meditation. When you participate in this study, please follow the instructions. Please be sure to click the play button on the Soundcloud to participate in our collective research, and Dr. Karin Reinhold will be able to include your participation with our data. We need you to click the soundcloud once you visit the page in order for our data to work.
12.31.16 – Bethany Gonyea Opens APP 2017: Awakening Your Hero
1.1.17 – Bethany Gonyea, Founder, Awakening the Hero Within
1.2.17 – Mary Sise, LCSW, Author of Energy of Belief
1.3.17 – Karin Reinhold, PhD, Researcher for Albany Peace Project
1.4.17 – Mark Shepard – “Compulsive Singer/Songwriter” & NLP Master Trainer
1.5.17 – Michelle Dalbec – Kripalu Yoga Teacher
1.6.17 – Brandon Russ – Spirit Tree Connections, Owner
1.7.17 – Bethany Gonyea – Social Coherence and Emotional Diabetics
1.8.17 – Bernard Shuman – Mindfulness As A Solution To Violence
1.9.17 – Damian Ubriaco – Saratoga High School English Teacher
1.10.17 – Ray Crist – Jaguar Path Yoga & Shamanic School
1.11.17 – Ellen Rose Cunningham – Kripalu Trained Ayurvedic Yoga Teacher
1.12.17 – Martina Zobel – Integrative Yoga Therapy
1.13.17 Steven Leonard – Kripalu Staff Yoga Teacher
1.14.17 – Bethany Gonyea – Collective Emotion and “Global Coherence”
1.15.17 – Rev. Crystal Muldrow – Unity Minister
