KTC Meditation Celebration & Fundraiser

Nov. 7-16

We’re celebrating meditation and trying to raise consciousness about meditation – and raise
some rebuilding funds – for Columbus KTC.

The Columbus KTC 10-Day Meditation Challenge

We know meditation is good for physical and mental health. But how do we start a new daily
habit so we can get these benefits?

Columbus KTC’s 10-Day Meditation Challenge will help you make a Daily Meditation Plan and
stick to it for health and well-being.

Here’s how it works: You commit to meditate daily for ten days. An hour, 30 minutes, 20
minutes, 10 minutes – it’s not the time, it’s the DAILY commitment that counts. You log your daily meditation minutes on your Meditation Marathon page, which adds it to our community total. Our goal as a community is 1000 minutes of meditation, and every minute you log gets us closer to that goal.

Help us raise rebuilding funds: To support your commitment - and help KTC raise rebuilding
funds – you can ask friends and family to “sponsor” your participation in the 10-Day Meditation
Challenge.

Your sponsors also can join in and learn meditation themselves. See “Learn with Us” below.

Learn with Us
We provide an initial 90-minute Learn-to-Meditate Session on Day One of the challenge. Learn
the “why” of meditation and easy, basic techniques, and make your Daily Meditation Plan.

Meditate with Us
Starting on Day Two, we will provide a 60-minute Daily Check-in and Support Session to give
tips and pointers – and give you a chance to meet your daily meditation goal by meditating with
our group!

Each Support Session has a theme and will be led by a trained KTC meditation instructor. It will
include a refresher meditation instruction, a check-in on how you’re doing, and short
meditation periods to help you meet your daily goal.

Day 1 – Why Meditate?

Day 2 – Confidence

Day 3 – Courage

Day 4 – Resilience

Day 5 – Humor

Day 6 - Equanimity

Day 7 – Love

Day 8 – Compassion

Day 9 – Joy

Day 10 – Making Lasting Change

Setting Up Your Meditation Plan

We know meditation is good for us, but it’s hard sometimes to start a new habit.

Here are some tips to setting up your Meditation Plan:

- Set a Realistic Goal. Start out with a small amount of time – 10 Minutes per day. It’s easier
to make a daily commitment when the meditation period is short.

- Look for a Good Time. A lot of us have natural “breaks” in our day – after getting up; after
breakfast, after finishing a task, after a walk or run, after work, after supper, before
bedtime. Take a look at your day and see when you might “piggy-back” some meditation
time into a natural break.

- Make Your Mark. Track your progress by making a mark on your calendar, showing you
accomplished your meditation commitment. Some Activity apps on smart watches and
smartphones also allow you to log your daily progress.

Added incentives. We also hope these activities will help you meet you daily meditation
commitment:

- Come to Class. Every night at 7 PM Eastern Time from Saturday Nov. 7 through Monday
Nov. 16, we will have a one-hour class that will include at least 20 minutes of meditation.
It’s an easy way to meet your commitment and meet others who share your wish to make
meditation a life-long habit.

- Bring Family or Friends. Activities are always more fun when you have a buddy. Try texting
friends and family and encourage them to join you in the meditation challenge – or donate
to Columbus KTC to support you in your challenge.

- Join a Team. For fun, we’ve set up meditation “teams” to foster a little friendly competition
for our meditation event. We hope you and your team-mates will keep each other
encouraged through texts or emails and reporting your progress here on our “Meditation
Marathon” site.

We look forward to seeing you “on the cushion” with us nightly during the 10-Day Meditation
Challenge. May all beings benefit from the work we’re doing to benefit our minds, our
community and our world!

Teams

You can form your own team or join one of our “Five Banners” teams. Columbus KTC is known
for its colorful Tibetan Prayer Flags, which are printed on banners of five different colors. Each
color represents a different type of wisdom:

The Blue Banner of Mirror-Like Wisdom

The Yellow Banner of Equanimity Wisdom

The Red Banner of All-Connecting Wisdom

The Green Banner of All-Accomplishing Wisdom

The White Banner of All-Clarifying Wisdom

Rebuild KTC Meditation Marathon supporting Columbus Karma Thegsum Choling Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Center

Rebuild KTC Meditation Marathon

Rebuild KTC Meditation Marathon supporting Columbus Karma Thegsum Choling Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Center