Reducing Anxiety Through Meditation

Reducing Anxiety Through Meditation

Life in today’s world is stressful. People are anxious about their health, their finances, their relationships, their safety, and their work. Doctors and medical practitioners are promoting the benefits of meditation to relieve stress and anxiety. By sitting in meditation, we can calm the body and the mind. We can slow our brain waves to states of relaxation. When we are in a state of physical and mental calmness, we have more control over our reactions towards life’s stressors. Through meditation we can cope with the stresses of life. Meditation helps us replace anxiety with joy and peace.

Join Arlene Samsel for this informative lecture. There will even be a short meditation sitting. 

Registration for this program can be completed online below, by calling 309.590.6168, or in person at the Adult Services Desk.

About The Presenter

Arlene Samsel is uniquely qualified and experienced in meditation, public speaking, and the performing arts. She has been an elementary school teacher and has also performed publicly as a musician for many years. In addition, Arlene was director of a camp where she taught children how to meditate. She has been meditating for 25 years and has given many meditation workshops and retreats which has enabled her to speak firsthand about the crucial role of meditation in enhancing the daily lives of busy people. Arlene and her husband have raised a family of 3 children and reside in New Brighton, Minnesota.