Anam Cara

Bi-Weekly Meditation Sessions
2024-12-05 19:15 - 20:30, 2024-12-19 19:15 - 20:30, 2025-01-02 19:15 - 20:30, 2025-01-16 19:15 - 20:30, 2025-02-06 19:15 - 20:30, 2025-02-20 19:15 - 20:30, 2025-03-06 19:15 - 20:30, 2025-03-20 19:15 - 20:30 (America/New_York) and 5 more dates | Anam Cara Meditation, https://us02web.zoom.us/j/665891390?pwd=[REDACTED] Zoom Meeting 665 891 390
Open Meditation:

1st & 3rd Thursdays each month – except holidays

7:15-8:30pm
Online at Zoom.com:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/665891390?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 665 891 390 Password: [REDACTED]
Programs include instruction, chanting and meditation

No registration necessary.
Fee: by donation
First Thursday of the month: dharma talk
Third Thursday: chanting/Heart Sutra

Everyone is welcome!
Led by Lawrence Edwards, PhD, Founder & Director
Swatantriya Meditation – the meditation of absolute freedom. This is the form of meditation taught by Lawrence and includes practices from all traditions. Swatantriya Meditation is based on the inner power of Consciousness called Kundalini in the yogic tradition. It embraces and empowers all meditation techniques to take you beyond the confines of the ordinary mind.
We offer an ongoing nondenominational meditation class that meets every first and third Thursday evening of the month, except for holidays. People can come as frequently as they like. There’s no need to sign up for a series of sessions. We offer these meditation sessions to support people in their ongoing meditation practices. Enjoy!
Fee: All donations gratefully accepted ($20 suggested donation per session).
All donations go to support the Anam Cara Meditation. Beginners are welcome, along with experienced meditators. A wide variety of techniques and practices are taught, including chanting, mantra and mindfulness meditation.
If the group is going to be canceled on any evening a message on 845-304-4965 will state that the group is canceled for that evening, otherwise we meet via Zoom as scheduled.

Listening To The Divine Within - Part 4 of Gently Falls Her Rain Of Light
2025-01-05 15:30 - 17:30, 2025-01-12 15:30 - 17:30, 2025-01-26 15:30 - 17:30, 2025-02-02 15:30 - 17:30, 2025-02-09 15:30 - 17:30 | Lawrence Edwards, PhD – Zoom
Listening To The Divine Within
Gently Falls Her Rain Of Light – Part 4

Contemplative Course – 5 Sessions – 2hrs each via Zoom.
Sunday afternoons 3:30-5:30pm ET – Starts on January 5, 2025
1/5, 1/12, 1/26, 2/2, 2/9/2025
Fee: $250 for 10hrs – Venmo, PayPal or Zelle (email info@thesoulsjourney.com if you need help with the fee)
Registration closes 1/4/25

Everyone is welcome! No prerequisite. Each session has ample time for questions, discussions and sharing personal reflections, all in an informal satsang atmosphere. All sessions are recorded and available to participants each week in case you had to miss a session. The rich contemplations and discussions have provided profoundly deep teachings for all who have been participating in these courses. Each reading from this collection invokes different facets of the Divine, teachings, practices, and inspirations for living our Divine nature into everyday life.

“I have taken many courses with Lawrence. After each course, I find myself being less and less solely identified with mind, feelings and body. I see life more and more as a play, nothing is so serious. It feels like nothing is really happening. There is more, freedom more joy. My beliefs are constantly challenged and transformed. The recognition of my true Self is less and less clouded. I find myself more and more living from that recognition.
Being with Lawrence during these courses has been such a transforming experience. The transmission is so strong. What a delight and joy to be in his presence. I feel so fortunate. I am so grateful.”
R.E., Westchester, NY
To register: email info@thesoulsjourney.com using your email address and pay the registration fee. Your email address will be used to give you the Zoom link. You can make your payment to Venmo @Lawrence-Edwards-3 or via PayPal: https://paypal.me/drle For other ways to make your offering for the course please email info@thesoulsjourney.com. Registration payments are non-refundable after 1/1/25, though they may be applied to a future course.

The Zoom link for the course will be provided to all registered and paid participants.
If you have any questions please email info@thesoulsjourney.com.
I look forward to seeing you in the course!
With you in love and service,
Lawrence

Listening To The Divine Within - Series 5
2025-03-09 15:30 - 17:30, 2025-03-16 15:30 - 17:30, 2025-03-23 15:30 - 17:30, 2025-03-30 15:30 - 17:30, 2025-04-06 15:30 - 17:30 | Anam Cara Meditation, https://us02web.zoom.us/j/665891390?pwd=[REDACTED] Zoom Meeting 665 891 390
New Series – includes new unpublished writings!
Contemplative Course – 5 Sessions – 2hrs each via Zoom
Sunday afternoons 3:30-5:30pm ET starting 3/9/25
3/16, 3/23, 3/30, and concludes on 4/6/25.
Fee: $250 for 10hrs – Venmo, PayPal or Zelle (email info@thesoulsjourney if you need help with the fee)
Registration closes 3/8/25

Everyone is welcome! No prerequisite. Each session has ample time for questions, discussions and sharing personal reflections, all in an informal satsang atmosphere. All sessions are recorded and available to participants each week in case you had to miss a session. The rich contemplations and discussions have provided profoundly deep teachings for all who have been participating in these courses. In this new series we will finish up the last 4 poems from Gently Falls Her Rain Of Light and then move on to new unpublished gifts from the Devi and selections from Kali’s Bazaar! Each poem from these collections invokes different facets of the Divine, teachings, practices, and inspirations for living our Divine nature into everyday life.
“I have taken many courses with Lawrence. After each course, I find myself being less and less solely identified with mind, feelings and body. I see life more and more as a play, nothing is so serious. It feels like nothing is really happening. There is more freedom, more joy. My beliefs are constantly challenged and transformed. The recognition of my true Self is less and less clouded. I find myself more and more living from that recognition.
Being with Lawrence during these courses has been such a transforming experience. The transmission is so strong. What a delight and joy to be in his presence. I feel so fortunate. I am so grateful.”
R.E., NY

“Joining this course is an invitation to embark on a spiritual journey where words become prayers, and understanding becomes a form of devotion. With each poem shared, Lawrence invites us to experience the Divine in her many forms. These poems are not just words, but conduits of divine energy – a manifestation of Shakti herself. In the three courses I’ve taken, each has become a sacred space for participants to explore and share the profound messages embedded in each verse.”
P.S., CT
“I’ve enjoyed all of the courses I have taken with Lawrence! These deep dives into the divine’s living presence are a joyful, refreshing part of my weekend. I love the uplifting poetry, the sublime teachings, and the chance to share in the thoughts and experiences of other seekers. Lawrence facilitates and teaches with love and grace, and I always leave class with a more open heart. I wish everyone could experience this kind of sacred sharing!”
E.M., CT
“A wellspring of grace – to sit at a true teacher’s feet. I feel so fortunate to have taken every course that Lawrence has offered on Zoom. Words cannot express the experience that each session brings. The writings are rich with symbolism, which are fun to unpack, wisdom & guidance for the longing soul’s journey, and last, but not least, a peek into an intimate relationship with the Divine and her beloved. I look forward to the next gathering with my fellow travelers.”
P.W., NY

“No matter where you are on your spiritual journey this course will impact you. I’ve found it to be an engaging and deepening path into the sacredness of everyone and everything. I wouldn’t miss it.”
C.V.N., FL
To register: email info@thesoulsjourney.com using your email address. This will be used to give you the Zoom link. You can make your payment to Venmo @Lawrence-Edwards-3 or via PayPal: https://paypal.me/drle For other ways to make your offering for the course please email info@thesoulsjourney.com. Registration payments are non-refundable, though they may be applied to a future course.

The Zoom link for the course will be provided to all registered and paid participants.
If you have any questions please email them to info@thesoulsjourney.com.
I look forward to seeing you in the course!
With you in love and service,
Lawrence

Living Meditation: Deepening & Expanding Practices, 6 sessions
2025-05-04 16:00 - 17:30, 2025-05-18 16:00 - 17:30, 2025-06-01 16:00 - 17:30, 2025-06-15 16:00 - 17:30, 2025-06-29 16:00 - 17:30
Experiential Course – 6 Sessions – 1.5hrs each via Zoom
Sunday afternoons 4-5:30pm ET starting 5/4/25
5/18, 6/1, 6/15, 6/29 and concludes on 7/13/25.
If you can’t attend the live sessions, you can take the course asynchronously and email questions or comments you’d like to share.
Recordings of each session will be available online for 3 months for course registrants.
Fee: $250 for 9hrs – Venmo, PayPal or Zelle (email info@thesoulsjourney if you need help with the fee)
Registration closes 5/3/25.
Learn how to deepen your practices and apply them in relationships, work, studies, and everyday life. Take advantage of the support of fellow meditators and the profound teachings that open the way to greater freedom. We will draw on a variety of practices including mindfulness, mantra, yoga, devotion, visualizations, contemplations, Kashmir Shaivism, the Noble Eightfold Path, and more! Each session will have ample time for discussion and questions about your own practices. Kundalini awakening can dramatically change practices as they become fully empowered by Shakti! We’ll dive into Shakti Kundalini as the root power of all yogas. Class size will be limited to ensure time for everybody’s questions. Please register early!
Everyone is welcome! No prerequisite.
“I have taken many courses with Lawrence. After each course, I find myself being less and less solely identified with mind, feelings and body. I see life more and more as a play, nothing is so serious. It feels like nothing is really happening. There is more freedom, more joy. My beliefs are constantly challenged and transformed. The recognition of my true Self is less and less clouded. I find myself more and more living from that recognition.
Being with Lawrence during these courses has been such a transforming experience. The transmission is so strong. What a delight and joy to be in his presence. I feel so fortunate. I am so grateful.”
R.E., NY

“Joining this course is an invitation to embark on a spiritual journey where words become prayers, and understanding becomes a form of devotion. With each poem shared, Lawrence invites us to experience the Divine in her many forms. These poems are not just words, but conduits of divine energy – a manifestation of Shakti herself. In the three courses I’ve taken, each has become a sacred space for participants to explore and share the profound messages embedded in each verse.”
P.S., CT
“I’ve enjoyed all of the courses I have taken with Lawrence! These deep dives into the divine’s living presence are a joyful, refreshing part of my weekend. I love the uplifting poetry, the sublime teachings, and the chance to share in the thoughts and experiences of other seekers. Lawrence facilitates and teaches with love and grace, and I always leave class with a more open heart. I wish everyone could experience this kind of sacred sharing!”
E.M., CT
“A wellspring of grace – to sit at a true teacher’s feet. I feel so fortunate to have taken every course that Lawrence has offered on Zoom. Words cannot express the experience that each session brings. The writings are rich with symbolism, which are fun to unpack, wisdom & guidance for the longing soul’s journey, and last, but not least, a peek into an intimate relationship with the Divine and her beloved. I look forward to the next gathering with my fellow travelers.”
P.W., NY

To register: email info@thesoulsjourney.com using your email address. This will be used to give you the course Zoom link. You can make your payment to Venmo @Lawrence-Edwards-3 or via PayPal: https://paypal.me/drle For other ways to make your offering for the course please email info@thesoulsjourney.com. Registration payments are non-refundable, though they may be applied to a future course.

The Zoom link for the course will be provided to all registered and paid participants.
If you have any questions please email them to info@thesoulsjourney.com.
I look forward to seeing you in the course!
With you in love and service,
Lawrence

Bi-Weekly Meditation Sessions
2025-06-05 19:15 - 20:30, 2025-07-03 19:15 - 20:30 | Anam Cara Meditation, https://us02web.zoom.us/j/665891390?pwd=[REDACTED] Zoom Meeting 665 891 390
Open Meditation:

1st & 3rd Thursdays each month – except holidays

7:15-8:30pm
Online at Zoom.com:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/665891390?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 665 891 390 Password: [REDACTED]
Programs include instruction, chanting and meditation

No registration necessary.
Fee: by donation
First Thursday of the month: dharma talk
Third Thursday: chanting/Heart Sutra

Everyone is welcome!
Led by Lawrence Edwards, PhD, Founder & Director
Swatantriya Meditation – the meditation of absolute freedom. This is the form of meditation taught by Lawrence and includes practices from all traditions. Swatantriya Meditation is based on the inner power of Consciousness called Kundalini in the yogic tradition. It embraces and empowers all meditation techniques to take you beyond the confines of the ordinary mind.
We offer an ongoing nondenominational meditation class that meets every Thursday evening, except for holidays. People can come as frequently as they like. There’s no need to sign up for a series of sessions. We offer these meditation sessions to support people in their ongoing meditation practices. Enjoy!
Fee: All donations gratefully accepted ($20 suggested donation per session).
All donations go to support the Anam Cara Meditation. Beginners are welcome, along with experienced meditators. A wide variety of techniques and practices are taught, including chanting, mantra and mindfulness meditation.
If the group is going to be canceled on any evening a message on 845-304-4965 will state that the group is canceled for that evening, otherwise we meet via Zoom as scheduled.
