{"id":6684,"date":"2025-11-21T10:23:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T10:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jyo.world\/staging\/2051\/?page_id=6684"},"modified":"2026-02-03T16:57:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T16:57:06","slug":"meditation-gathering","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jyo.world\/staging\/2051\/for-individuals\/meditation-gathering\/","title":{"rendered":"Meditation Gathering"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Online Meditation Gathering<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

The Journey You Own Online Meditation Gatherings are free sitting meditation sessions held online via Zoom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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About JYO Meditation Gathering<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The Journey You Own Meditation Gathering is a free, sitting meditation session designed to offer a shared, supportive space to explore grounding practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sessions are held online via Zoom and take place on Tuesday mornings, Wednesday evenings, and Saturday mornings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are low-key sessions, and you are free to join with your camera on or off. There\u2019s no expectation to speak unless you\u2019d like to share.
Register only once and you\u2019re welcome to join any of the upcoming sessions. Just be sure to add them to your calendar so you don\u2019t miss out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We hope to see you in this community of practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\nRegister Today<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Next Meditation Gathering Sessions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/path><\/svg><\/span>Saturday, October 4, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path><\/svg><\/span>8:00am PT | 10:00am CT | 11:00am ET<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path><\/svg><\/span>60 minutes<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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<\/path><\/svg><\/span>Wednesday, October 8, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path><\/svg><\/span>5:00pm PT | 7:00pm CT | 8:00pm ET<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path><\/svg><\/span>45 minutes<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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<\/path><\/svg><\/span>Tuesday, October 14, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path><\/svg><\/span>6:30am PT | 8:30am CT | 9:30am ET<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/path><\/svg><\/span>30 minutes<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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ABOUT THE HOST<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jyothi V. Robertson<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Jyothi V. Robertson is a student of meditation practice for 40+ years and trauma-sensitive grounding practices formally for the past three years. She was raised by parents who practice meditation and lead spiritual teachings for members of their Indian community. She began pursuing her own formal exploration of spirituality as an anthropology major at Princeton University and conducted fieldwork for her thesis while living at an ashram (spiritual center) in India in 1996. As a veterinarian, she is interested in highlighting the spiritual connection between all living beings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jyothi has completed certifications in trauma-sensitive mindfulness, advanced trauma-sensitive meditation, deep listening, DEI, and since 2019, has been receiving training in Buddhist meditation practices and philosophy. As a student learning meditation, she is interested in exploring these practices with others in community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Recent Guided Meditations
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Revisiting a Lived Moment of Joy<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Joy is often remembered as a thought or an image, but it is also a lived experience held in the body. This meditation offers a quiet pause to reconnect with<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Breathing Warmth Into How You Show Up<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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How you show up each day is shaped not only by what you do, but by the inner tone you carry with you. This meditation offers a pause to reconnect<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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A Body Scan for Pain Awareness<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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When pain is present in the body, attention often narrows. Thoughts can become fixed on what hurts and why, pulling energy away from the rest of your experience. This meditation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Set Your Intention with Breath<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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The start of a day often moves quickly. Before emails, conversations, or decisions begin to shape your attention, there is an opportunity to pause and choose how you want to<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Honoring the Days That Shaped You<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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When a new year is about to begin, it can be easy to focus on what is next and skip over what has already been lived. But the year you<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Settling Into the Body With a Gentle Body Scan<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Your body has been with you through every moment of the day, holding experiences quietly and faithfully. This gentle body scan meditation offers a chance to turn toward the body<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Expanding Circles of Gratitude<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Gratitude can be quiet and spacious. It does not always arrive as a big feeling. Sometimes it begins as a simple noticing: the land beneath you, the people in your<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Begin Your Day with Clear Intention<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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So often the day starts before we feel ready for it. The mind wakes up already moving, the body is present, but our attention and intention have not fully arrived.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Rooted in Winter Reflection and Letting Go<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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As the days grow shorter and darkness arrives a little earlier, something in us often shifts too. The pace of summer begins to fade, and the quieter months invite a<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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