Walking With Fear: Meditation with Rae Houseman
Sat, Feb 8 | 9 am to 4 pm | ConcordUU.org

Located at the Quaker Friends Meeting House
11 Oxbow Pond Rd | Canterbury, NH 03224

$30 (Scholarships available). There will be an opportunity to provide a gift of dana to the teacher.

Register by visiting our website or at https://concorduu.org/lifespan-faith-development/contemplative-practices/retreats/#fear

Though we are often unaware of it, uncertainty is part of our daily reality. We tend to assume that things will go as we are accustomed. We are likely to get upset or frustrated if things don’t go the way we had expected. Then at some turn, life circumstances unfold in such a way in which the experience of uncertainty is brought to the fore of our attention. When we open to the uncertainty of the unknown we may experience fear. It is
a natural response. We can practice walking courageously with our fear, not trying to get away from it. We can learn to become intimate with uncertainty, recognizing that in every moment we are moving into the unknown. We may experience more connection to life through this process.

In this daylong retreat, we will take time to explore the practice of walking with our fear and opening to the unknown, together in community. Rae Houseman, meditation teacher, mindfulness mentor, and trauma therapist, will lead us in a day of exploring questions together through lessons and meditations.

Rae Houseman is a meditation teacher, mindfulness mentor, and trauma therapist. Rae holds a Masters Degree in Somatic Psychology and is a certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. Rae brings a kind and earnest sense of inquiry into her engagement with the practice and is passionate about integrating mindfulness into daily life activities in support of a more embodied approach to the practice. She has practiced extensively in both the Insight Meditation and Vajrayana traditions and finds the interweaving of these approaches to be complementary of a deeply compassionate and discerning practice.