*FREE GUIDED MEDITATION CLASS*
This class is taught by:
Lisa Scarponi
LISA SCARPONI has been teaching guided meditation for over a decade to both large and small groups. Her classes are geared to beginners and well as intermediate students. Lisa is a Level III Reiki Master and a Certified Hypnotherapist. She currently teaches a monthly Reiki I class to the staff at Pocono Medical and volunteers at the hospital in the CAM Department (Complementary Alternative Medicine). Her manual has been certified by the hospital. Lisa has also studied Reconnection and alternative healing modality as well as the use of crystals. As a certified hypnotherapist she has worked on smoking cessation, substance abuse, phobias, fears, weight loss, childhood memory regressions as well as past life regressions. For more info please contact her at [email protected]
Swamini Ramananda
Swamini Ramananda Saraswati, a Sannyasini (Hindu monk), is a teacher of Vedanta and Sanskrit and is a long-time disciple and student of the internationally known scholar of Sanskrit and Vedanta, His Holiness Swami Dayananda Saraswati, founder of Arsha Vidya Ashram Gurukulam in Saylorsburg,PA and in India. Swamini Ramananda was initiated into sannyasa by Pujya Swami Dayananda in a traditional ceremony on the banks of the Holy Ganga River in India. Formerly, she was a university professor in the Psychology Department at East Stroudsburg University teaching a variety of Psychology courses for over 25 years and training mental health counselors. In addition, she had a private practice in Psychology where she treated patients with emotional problems. Swamini has two masters degrees and a PHD in Psychology, For over 10 years Swamini Ramananda lived, studied and taught in India. She also resided at the Swami Dayananda Ashram in Rishikesh for four years on the banks of the Holy Ganga River where she was teaching and continuing her sadhana and the study of the ancient Indian Scriptures. Swamini Ramananda has committed her life to the study and teaching of Vedanta, the Knowledge of the Self. Currently she lives and teaches Sanskrit, Indian Philosophy (Vedanta) and Meditation in her own small ashram, which Swami Dayananda named Arsha Jnana Sthana: Center for Self-knowledge. But, since her heart is still in India, she spends 3 to 5 months there every year.
Nikol Kallinteris
Nikoleta Kallinteris began her yogic journey in 2006 through the practice of Ashtanga Yoga — a doorway that opened her to the deeper wisdom of yoga and its timeless teachings. Since 2010, she has shared this path with others, inviting students to cultivate body awareness, mindful reflection, and self-embodiment. Her offerings arise from a lived understanding of yoga, nurtured through the depth of her own practice.
Driven by a deep curiosity for life’s quiet mysteries, Nikol independently continues her study of sound therapy, physical vitality, spiritual discernment, and the enduring wisdom of contemplative traditions, such as the philosophy of Yoga, Zen, Buddhism, Taoism, and more.
Formal Training: 500 E-RYT Certification in Hatha Yoga, Restorative Yoga, Anatomy Studies for Yoga Teachers (ASFYT 1–3), Essential Yoga Anatomy (Glo), YogaRenew Anatomy & Physiology; Third Degree Usui Reiki Attuned; Received the Tao through ceremony by Holy Master Hsu (2018).
Nikol has studied with many esteemed teachers, including Jennifer Allen, Chris Loebsack, Swamini Ramananda, Glenda Dawson, Manju Jois, Paulie Zink; Doug Swensen, Tao Porchon, Jason Ray Brown, Seane Corn; Kino MacGregor, Jason Crandell, Paul B. Roache, MD, and Joe Miller.
Additional Studies: B.A. in Communications/Psychology, A.A. in Fashion Design, Certified Graphic Designer, Certified Beauty & Special Effects Cosmetic Artist.
“If you are a pattern for the world, there will be nothing you can’t do.” — Lao Tzu
*All are welcome - Including new & current students.
*No Experience Necessary
*Chairs and pillows will be available.
*No need to sign up in advance (please arrive early).
*No Experience Necessary
*Chairs and pillows will be available.
*No need to sign up in advance (please arrive early).
*Our classes are for adults only. Sorry no children. Teenagers under the age of 18 may come with an adult.
In this guided meditation class the student will be led through a relaxing and enjoyable inner journey with inspiring and soft spoken words directing the mind and body into a state of peaceful awareness. Meditation defines a natural state of being, allowing us to shift from our ordinary lives and awaken our deeper selves. The health benefits of meditation are tremendous as one can expect to increase personal happiness, mental ability, creativity, focus, concentration and over all well being; while simultaneously decreasing stress, negativity, depression, substance abuse, physical aliments and disease. Meditation helps us journey to our true center and awaken our life force.
*GUIDED MEDITATION CLASSES are also offered at The Ashram in Saylorsburg (arshavidyagarukulum.org) by Swamini Ramananda - monthly on the 1st & 3rd Saturdays at 10:00am-12:30pm followed by a Vegetarian Lunch at 12:30 pm (The fee is your donation).