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CoreTraining: Building the Foundation for Meditative Living
Location: Mother Madelaine Room
Category: New Series
Date: Sunday January 5, 2025
Cost: $20.00
Minimum Deposit: $20.00

Description:

2:00 to 3:30 pm

CoreTraining: Building the Foundation for Meditative Living

with Dan Rotnem


In person and via Zoom

CoreTraining is a transformative program designed to help individuals develop self-mastery, emotional intelligence, and mental strength through purposeful living. The program features 12 practices–6 meditations and 6 mindfulness exercises—that blend ancient wisdom with modern psychological insights. Dan will lead a 90-minute hybrid session on the first Sunday of each month, focusing on a different CoreTraining practice. This system empowers you to unlock your highest potential and navigate life’s challenges with clarity, purpose, and authenticity.

CoreTraining suits people seeking to integrate spiritual growth with emotional intelligence and practical life skills. Its focus on identity, co-creation, and transformative practice creates a system that supports stress reduction, self-transcendence, and comprehensive personal growth and empowerment.

The twelve practices are divided into six modules, each containing one meditation and one mindfulness practice. Each practice is effective on its own and can be engaged with by beginners and advanced students alike. You do not need to attend all sessions to “keep up” or benefit.

Participation in all sessions is not required.

January 5, 2025:
CreativeSource
is a powerful meditation practice that helps you cultivate focus, creativity, and inner balance. In this workshop, you’ll learn to quiet the mind, enhance your attention, and tap into your inner energy source. Using techniques drawn from Zen, Taoism, and modern mindfulness, you’ll begin by focusing your mind on a simple object—like counting breaths with mala beads—to build mental clarity and discipline. As you progress, you’ll incorporate breathwork and energetic visualization, allowing you to feel a surge of vitality and contentment flow through your body. This foundational practice will help you build emotional resilience, creative clarity, and a deeper connection to your true self. Whether new to meditation or a seasoned practitioner, this 90-minute workshop will equip you with powerful tools to unlock your highest potential. Join us to experience the flow of creativity and purpose you’ve been seeking.

Dan Rotnem is a mindfulness teacher, dharma teacher, and master martial artist who guides people to transform their lives through self-awareness, emotional mastery, and purposeful living. His goal is to make his teachings practical, relatable, accessible, and life-changing for everyone. Dan combines ancient wisdom, from Alchemy to Zen, with modern ideas from psychology, neuroscience, and somatics. He has a BA and MA in Chinese from The Ohio State University, a BA in Metaphysics, and is working on a Ph.D. at the University of Sedona. Dan created CoreTraining and is writing a new Dao De Jing translation and commentary called Weaving the Way.

Registration:

If you would like to register for this or any of our programs, there are several easy ways to do so.  
You may:
• click the "Register" link located at the bottom of this page
• call 724-964-8886 to speak with a member of our friendly staff
• complete and mail a 
printable registration form along with your payment to:

     Villa Maria Education and Spirituality Center
     2067 Evergreen Road
     P.O. Box 424
     Villa Maria, PA 16155 

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