The venerable Mingyur Rinpoche has authorized Michael Stein to teach Rinpoche’s 5 week Anytime Anywhere Meditation class and, also, to lead a Joy of Living meditation practice group in Las Vegas. Before graduating from Rinpoche’s year-long intensive Meditation Teacher Program, Michael had practiced secular Buddhist meditation, daily, for about 35 years. His meditation journey began on the Zen path. Because Michael then lived in the tiny city of Wheeling WV, long before the advent of Zoom, there was a paucity of live meditation groups. After his 4-person live sitting group dissolved, Michael practiced Insight meditation until he found a well-established Shambhala sitting group in Pittsburgh. When Michael moved to Las Vegas in 2019, he could not find an established live meditation group. He, however, was able to find one of Rinpoche’s Joy of Living Zoom sitting groups. The rest is history.
Joy is not the absence of suffering, the absence of challenges, or the absence of anything else. Living with joy means developing a sense of inner well-being that allows us to embrace whatever the present moment offers.
Anyone can join Anytime Anywhere Meditation, regardless of religious or cultural orientation.
Meditation is a way to discover your potential.
Awareness, compassion, and wisdom are innate qualities within you.
You can meditate anytime, anywhere, under any circumstance.
