Mindfulness Meditation with Christy

Learn and practice mindfulness meditation. Sessions will begin with a 30-minute meditation period, followed by an optional 15-minute discussion. Christy Sharshel, MS, CMT-P has been practicing Vipassana/Insight meditation since 2011. Christy has studied extensively with leading Western teachers of mindfulness, psychology, and contemplative practices, including Tara Brach, Jack Kornfield, and Jonathan Foust, and has completed various trainings in Mindfulness Based … Read More

Mindfulness Meditation with Christy

Learn and practice mindfulness meditation. Sessions will begin with a 30-minute meditation period, followed by an optional 15-minute discussion. Christy Sharshel, MS, CMT-P has been practicing Vipassana/Insight meditation since 2011. Christy has studied extensively with leading Western teachers of mindfulness, psychology, and contemplative practices, including Tara Brach, Jack Kornfield, and Jonathan Foust, and has completed various trainings in Mindfulness Based … Read More

Mindfulness Meditation with Christy

Learn and practice mindfulness meditation. Sessions will begin with a 30-minute meditation period, followed by an optional 15-minute discussion. Christy Sharshel, MS, CMT-P has been practicing Vipassana/Insight meditation since 2011. Christy has studied extensively with leading Western teachers of mindfulness, psychology, and contemplative practices, including Tara Brach, Jack Kornfield, and Jonathan Foust, and has completed various trainings in Mindfulness Based … Read More

Mindfulness Meditation with Christy

Learn and practice mindfulness meditation. Sessions will begin with a 30-minute meditation period, followed by an optional 15-minute discussion. Christy Sharshel, MS, CMT-P has been practicing Vipassana/Insight meditation since 2011. Christy has studied extensively with leading Western teachers of mindfulness, psychology and contemplative practices, including Tara Brach, Jack Kornfield, and Jonathan Foust, and has completed trainings in Mindfulness Based Stress … Read More

Journaling with the Library

This month’s virtual Journaling with the Library featured topic is bullet journaling! Do you keep a journal? Would you like to be able to write your own personal journal? Here’s your opportunity! The inexperienced, slightly-experienced, and experienced are welcome! We will explore journaling through assigned journal prompts, the written word, and reflection. It will be a safe atmosphere and sharing … Read More

Teen Book Club at Montgomery County Public Libraries

Love to read and talk about your favorite books? Join us for our new No-Pressure Teen Book Club, presented by MCPL’s Teen Advisory Board. Log in at https://mcpl.events/teen-book-club. Bring a book to chat about, and bring another one to read. We’ll discuss recent reads, favorite books, as well as plan for a reading sprint and can talk about what books … Read More

Thurgood Marshall: A Trail-Blazing Civil Rights Victory in Montgomery County – Virtual

Join Ralph Buglass for a look at the impact of Civil Rights attorney, Thurgood Marshall on Montgomery County, seventeen years before the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education. Civil rights icon Thurgood Marshall delivered an early blow to school segregation right here in Montgomery County—gaining equal pay for the county’s African American teachers in 1937. This little-known … Read More