Unity Palo Alto

Write Your Story
2022-10-16 11:30 - 12:30, 2022-11-20 11:30 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
An experience of writing your life stories
Group-led. Register for the Zoom event:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrcuyvpzkvEtYeWTm-bFptEflBRFLmjK1l
Stories, memories, tales of the past, call them what you will, memories matter. History paints a broad picture of the world, national and local times, and events but says little about the individuals who lived through those times. Memories are not experiences to be relived and constantly aired, but to be looked at learned from, and shared so the future may see how life used to be.
Each month this group comes together to develop writing skills, inspire each other, and share stories. A topic for writing is chosen by the group at the end of each session. Each session is group-facilitated.
Materials; Journal, Life is a Song, Sing It by Joyce Riley (Optional)

Board of Trustees Meeting
2022-10-17 18:30 - 21:00
Our Board of Trustees serves as a model for putting Unity Principles to work at our Spiritual Center. Striving to put Spirit first, we lead from a consciousness of abundance, love, and understanding. Our Board meetings are currently held through Zoom.
You are welcome to attend the meeting beginning at 6:30 pm. You have two opportunities to participate during the meeting: at the beginning after the approval of the previous meeting’s minutes and towards the end after the action item review.
Please register for the meeting. Once registered, you can join any meeting. Register at:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMocO-uqjkuH9KujDKVWkAMCseSpia7MQOF
Zoom Meeting ID: 875 7664 2456
Passcode: [REDACTED]

The Gathering
2022-10-20 18:30 - 20:30, 2022-10-27 18:30 - 20:30, 2022-11-03 18:30 - 20:30, 2022-11-10 18:30 - 20:30, 2022-11-17 18:30 - 20:30
A five-week hybrid class on Thursdays
with Jho Angeles, Licensed Unity Teacher Candidate
Dates: Thursdays, 10/20-11/17 @ 6:30-8:30 pm
Cost: Love offering
This class is a prerequisite for the Unity Palo Alto Prayer Chaplain Program
Registration is closed.
Is prayer a challenge for you? If so, Jim Rosemergy offers a nine-step prayer practice called The Gathering to make it a tad easier. He proposes that “prayer isn’t something we do; rather it’s an experience of God’s presence.” Hence, during this interactive course, we will:

Identify and address the barriers to experiencing and living in Oneness through willingness, release, and forgiveness
Discover how a consciousness of God is the answer to life’s challenges and the key to contentment.

“The Gathering” can become your foundation for a genuine and ever-deepening experience of God’s presence and power while serving others through the mystery of divine power.

Sunday Morning Meditation
2022-10-23 09:00 - 09:30, 2022-10-30 09:00 - 09:30, 2022-11-06 09:00 - 09:30, 2022-11-13 09:00 - 09:30, 2022-11-20 09:00 - 09:30
Begin your week centered, focused, and empowered at our Sunday Morning Meditation.
Register once in advance for this meeting and you may participate every Sunday (NEW registration as of 11/02/2023)
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYscuCgrz8uEtNHziCwg8DZgIyzU1mvYbKfqdq-wkh5twd-gea*DUG
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Sunday Celebration Service
2022-10-23 10:00 - 11:00, 2022-10-30 10:00 - 11:00, 2022-11-06 10:00 - 11:00, 2022-11-13 10:00 - 11:00, 2022-11-20 10:00 - 11:00
Fresh and modern spirituality, speakers, and music
In-person & live stream
Sunday mornings are uplifting, inspirational, and fun! The forward-thinking, practical spiritual messages you’ll hear on Sunday will help you with the real-life issues you face during the week. Celebrate with us on Sunday in person or at www.UnityPaloAlto.org/live. Catch up on a previous service at unitypaloalto.org/service-recordings.

Inner Energy Yoga & Meditation
2022-11-01 18:30 - 19:30, 2022-11-08 18:30 - 19:30, 2022-11-15 18:30 - 19:30, 2022-11-22 18:30 - 19:30
Make your chakras shine!
With Eric Armstrong
8-Week class on Tuesdays, 11/1 – 12/20 @ 6:30 – 7:30 pm
Fireside Room
Cost: Love Offering
Registration is closed.
A new kind of yoga that everyone can do and anyone can benefit from. You’ll develop strength & flexibility, but its primary focus is meditation and developing a practice that leads to enlightenment. Wear easy on/off shoes and loose, comfortable clothing, but don’t expect to sweat. Bring a meditation cushion and/or yoga block if you have them. (A yoga mat can be useful but is not required.)
This 8-week series builds from one session to the next. By the end, you’ll have built an energy activation and meditation practice you can do on your own–one that leads to a joyful connection with something far greater than yourself.
What We’ll Do
We’ll use a combination of yoga asanas and isometric exercises to awaken our energy centers, at the same time developing the specific combination of strength and flexibility needed for strong, upright posture–the kind that lets you sit effortlessly for meditation. You’ll learn breathing practices that turn those activities into energy-activation processes. As you progress, you’ll learn subtle (but powerful) internal activation techniques that are even more effective for generating energy flows.
Over time, you will become increasingly more adept at generating internal energy flows and increasingly more sensitive to them–a dual capacity that will unfold within you, in time.
The End Game
Like a path leading to an oasis, the time required to get to the destination depends on where you start, how often you travel, and how long you travel. But arrival at the ultimate destination is assured if you travel the path.
Once you become aware of the energy within you, you begin to experience yourself as an energy being. When you do, you’ll find yourself connecting to the unending energy of the universe. and uncover the ability to become truly, authentically positive–anytime and anywhere–a state that can truly be called “enlightened”.
The Progression
We’ll start with a basic Bench Yoga practice and work up to more powerful Subtle Energy Yoga techniques. You’ll develop the kind of posture that lets you sit effortlessly for meditation, and learn how to use breath practices, soft stretches, simple isometrics, and energy activations to generate the kind of internal energy flows that lead to the experience of enlightenment.
After we’ve built an energy-flow meditation practice, we’ll talk about the nature of the universe. That understanding, along with your internal-energy experience, will help you manifest the connection. But of the two, it is the experience of internal energy that matters most.
About Me
I make no claim to perfection or a guruhood of any kind. I have flaws and am constantly learning. In other words, I am an “inspired bubble of imperfection” with important things to share. Some I learned from others. Others were inspired in meditation and developed in 30 years of practice. I believe that no one becomes truly enlightened until we are all enlightened–so it is incumbent on us all to help others whenever we can.

Blessing & Healing our World Prayer Circle *CANCELLED*
2022-11-03 14:00 - 14:30
CANCELLED for 11/03/2022
In person and on Zoom (hybrid)
Join in weekly meditation and affirmative prayer to bless and heal our world. Living your oneness in divine creation, you shine the light and raise the consciousness of humanity.
Register for the Zoom Event:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcvcOGuqT0rHdf05FNnFGCh5zRA-fHql_Jl

Zoom Meeting ID: 832 7867 6173
Zoom PassCode: [REDACTED]
Photo by Nataliya Vaitkevich: https://www.pexels.com/photo/chamomile-flowers-and-a-globe-7235821/

Blessing & Healing our World Prayer Circle
2022-11-03 14:00 - 14:30, 2022-11-10 14:00 - 14:30, 2022-11-17 14:00 - 14:30
In person and on Zoom (hybrid)
Join in weekly meditation and affirmative prayer to bless and heal our world. Living your oneness in divine creation, you shine the light and raise the consciousness of humanity.
Register for the Zoom Event:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcvcOGuqT0rHdf05FNnFGCh5zRA-fHql_Jl

Zoom Meeting ID: 832 7867 6173
Zoom PassCode: [REDACTED]
Photo by Nataliya Vaitkevich: https://www.pexels.com/photo/chamomile-flowers-and-a-globe-7235821/

Spiritual Center Update
2022-11-06 11:00 - 12:00
In the Sanctuary & on Zoom (hybrid)
Once a quarter, your Board of Trustees invites you to learn about what’s happening at your Spiritual Center. Daniel Frandsen, your Board Treasurer, will present our current and projected financial status, Rev. John will provide an update on our Spiritual Center, and you will have the opportunity to ask questions. Everyone from our spiritual community is encouraged to attend in-person or online and participate.
Register for the Zoom Event:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYscuCgrz8uEtNHziCwg8DZgIyzU1mvYbKf

(Note: This is the same zoom meeting for the Sunday Zoom Experience)

Unity Palo Alto Prayer Service
2022-11-13 11:00 - 11:30
Every 2nd Sunday after the service we come together in affirmative prayer. Infuse our community prayer requests with love and blessings before we send them off to Silent Unity, where they will be held in prayer for 30 days. This meditation service led by Casey Wicker, Licensed Unity Teacher, is the same sacred practice used by Silent Unity. One heart, one voice in prayer, affirming the light within.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87553851032?pwd=[REDACTED]
(Note: This is the same zoom meeting for the Sunday Zoom Experience)

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
2022-11-24
Love and blessings from your friends at Unity Palo Alto! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving day!

Blessing & Healing our World Prayer Circle CANCELED for 11/24
2022-11-24 14:00 - 14:30
We are canceling the Meditation & Affirmative Prayer on Thursday, 11/24. Hold a consciousness of peace, love, and joy, and HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Join in weekly meditation and affirmative prayer to bless and heal our world. Living your oneness in divine creation, you shine the light and raise the consciousness of humanity.
Register for the Zoom Event:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcvcOGuqT0rHdf05FNnFGCh5zRA-fHql_Jl

Zoom Meeting ID: 832 7867 6173
Zoom PassCode: [REDACTED]
Photo by Nataliya Vaitkevich: https://www.pexels.com/photo/chamomile-flowers-and-a-globe-7235821/
