Caren Prentice
I began meditating in 1972 and although it made me feel better, I struggled to establish a consistent meditation practice. Each year my new year’s resolutions included “Meditate!” in the top three (vying with lose weight and exercise for #1).
During the 80’s and 90’s as I juggled career, family, and eventually became a stay-at-home-mom to our four kids, I continued to study different traditions and techniques but I didn’t want to be identified as a Buddhist or a Yogi or an anything. I just wanted to feel less angry, and frustrated. I wanted my vision of who I was and the reality of how I was acting to align.
So, I continued looking for answers. I studied Christianity, Buddhism, Yoga, and Judaism, Native American… the list goes on. This search lead to me helping to found a non-profit dedicated to exploring and learning about the different paths to transformation. (We closed it doors in May of 2012 after seven years of great exploration and learning.)
But I’m getting ahead of myself. The turning point came in 1998 when I found a technique that I actually practiced regularly and it began to transform both me and my relationships. Several years later I found a living teacher of that technique who simply said,
“Try this. If it works, use it. If it doesn’t, don’t.”
Really?
Someone not trying to indoctrinate me but encouraging me to find what worked for me?
Such relief.
And this is the tradition of teaching I try to carry on.
Currently Teaching
FALL RETREAT: FOR TEACHERS
Location:
October 3 – 6
Thursday 5:30pm – Sunday 2:00pm
A unique retreat designed to enrich, deepen, and clarify, both your personal practice and your experiences as a teacher. This retreat is only open to graduates of the Hamsa Meditation Center Immersion and Teacher Training Programs.
Hamsa Meditation Teacher Training Level 2
Location: Online
2024 IMMERSION & TEACHER TRAINING TUITION PAYMENT OPTIONS
Location: ZOOM
NO MORE ANGER. YOUR WAY OUT!
Location: ZOOM
Saturday September 21
8:30–3:30 PT / 10:30 CT / 11;30 ET
This day long mini-retreat is designed to show you the way out of anger. It isn’t easy. It isn’t quick. But there is a way to transform your anger into wisdom. And it works! It is possible to live a life free from anger!
MEDITATION FOR MOMS ~ CENTRAL
Location: ZOOM
7 weeks, July 8 – August 19
Mondays, 7:00–8:30pm CT/ 8:00pm ET / 5:00pm PT
WOMEN’S GROUP
Location: ZOOM
Thursday Mornings
7 weeks, July 11 – August 22 8:45–9:45am PT / 10:45 CT / 11;45am ET