Meditation Monday|Atlanta Contemporary

Atlanta Contemporary presents Meditation Mondays

Starting on Monday, May 11th (and every 2nd Monday of the month going forward), Atlanta Contemporary will host a session of mindfulness-based activities to inspire awareness, creativity, and healing for everyone. “As within, so without,” goes the saying, and during a time of heightened collective stress, anxiety, and fear, Atlanta Contemporary strives to be a beacon of hope and inspiration. We are partnering with meditation instructors, artists, sound-healers, and more, to support the community in a healthy and insightful way. We hope that your hearts will be open to receiving these gifts and that you may ease into a brighter future. And, if you know someone who may benefit from these sessions, please do not hesitate to share the love.

This Monday, May 11th, join Hannah Joy as she leads participants in a guided meditation of Anapana— observing the respiration— followed by a question and answer session/discussion on the benefits of meditation. Hannah is a meditator of the Vipassana technique, and teaches the foundation of the technique, Anapana, to those who are willing to receive this seed. She began meditating 3 years ago and dwelled within the monastic setting of the Southeast Vipassana Center in Jesup, GA, both volunteering and growing her practice. Since experiencing the immense benefits of a daily meditative practice, she is continuously inspired to share this life-changing technique with others.

How to Be Involved

This virtual event is streaming via Zoom. Click here to register for the Zoom meeting and receive a link to join when it begins.

- Visitors can watch via Zoom. Zoom participants can join in via audio, video, and text chat during the open conversation portion of the lecture. First-time users can watch this video on how to join a Zoom meeting. This event will be recorded and shared for posterity.

- Zoom Conversation guide

Zoom viewers will enter the conversation with audio and video muted. Please stay muted until the open conversation portion. We promise we want to talk to you!
Start by introducing yourself with your name and pronouns.
We are here to grow and learn! Be open to different styles and areas of knowledge.
Share the floor – Be conscious of others joining in with questions and comments.

Bio

Hannah Joy

Hannah is an artist of Indian heritage based in Atlanta, GA. She aims to inspire healing through self awareness via her meditative practice and artistic creations. Hannah practices Vipassana meditation, which is the cultivation of “seeing reality as it is,” and teaches the foundation of the technique to those who are willing to receive this seed. She began meditating 3 years ago and dwelled within the monastic setting of the Southeast Vipassana Center in Jesup, GA, for a year both volunteering and growing her practice. Since experiencing the immense benefits of a consistent meditative practice, she adopted complementary habit patterns, including yoga, therapeutic art, and tapping. Hannah continuously aspires to heal and grow herself while inspiring others to do the same introspection and evolution of their inner landscape.

Her artistic body is inspired by her flame of self-awareness developed in meditation with notes of her Indian heritage. She typically utilizes ink on paper and mixed media in a process-focused style of working; i.e. prioritizing the creative experience rather than a specific outcome. Currently, Hannah hopes to share both her creative and meditative processes with humanity through the lens of hope and healing.