Winter Feast for the Soul
January 15 – February 23
7:30-8:15 am every day
In person and on Zoom
Hosted by Liz Korabek-Emerson. Open to everyone!!!
The Winter Feast is an annual celebration of 40 days of meditation, 40 minutes a day beginning at 7:30AM. Our practice is simple and friendly. After a few minutes of chatting, we ring the bell to begin. Then about 20 minutes into the meditation, we ring it again with an invitation to change to a walking or standing meditation if they wish. Many people in the group will stand or walk, returning to their seat before or at the closing bell at 8:15.
Our sessions are hosted by Liz Korabek-Emerson, the leader of our mindfulness & meditation program at GateWay. Daily attendance is encouraged for you to get the most out of the experience, but please join us whenever your schedule allows. No meditation experience is necessary.
Come once, occasionally, or all 40 days!
This Year's Focus: Resilience
Would you like to feel more gratitude, calm, courage and generosity in 2025? These are just a few of the inner resources that can help you to feel more resilient, find balance, and bounce back from adversity. And mindfulness can help! By strengthening the ability to focus, you can turn your attention to these positive resources, more and more.
This year’s Winter Feast will be drawing on the work of neuropsychologist, Rick Hanson and his discussion of the inner resources that develop resilience from his book, Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness.
Each of the sessions will include a short talk about a resource, meditation instructions, sitting meditation and an opportunity for movement.
We can’t avoid the choppy waters of being human, but we can always learn to be better swimmers!
In Studio and Zoom Options
GateWay's 2025 Feast for the Soul will be offered both in-person and on Zoom. If you choose to come to the studio for the Feast, we offer free parking, lots of seating equipment, and a beautiful environment. Donations are encouraged, and a donation box is always available at the studio. If you join us online, the Zoom link is valid for all meditation sessions throughout the year.
About the Winter Feast
Each year over 20,000 people in at least 29 different countries participate in this free worldwide event. The premise for the Winter Feast came from the idea that when people spend time each day focusing on stillness, they will discover a new landscape of inner peace. Visit the Winter Feast for the Soul website to learn more about this practice, which began in 2008. GateWay has hosted the Winter Feast every year since we opened in the fall of 2012.
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