Meditation & Tea

With Dr. Ozben's new move to Solano Ave., she finally found enough space to create a meditation room at her new clinic! We are excited to announce that during the month of March, every Thursday 8-9 am, we will be hosting space for an hour of quieting the mind and listening to the silence.

The sessions will be held at the backroom (meditation room) of Felek Acupuncture by Dr. Ozben Felek, LAc. and sometimes by guests who have long-term meditation experience who would like to share their insight and guidance.

Dr. Ozben has been practicing meditation since 24 years old and has been continuing her regular meditation practice since then. She has been to many meditation retreats in California and studied different kinds of meditation practices such as Zen, Taoist and Sufi meditation. As an avid Chinese Medicine practitioner, she believes in the importance of meditation, movement exercises (qi gong, tai chi, yoga, etc.) as well as acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine. Meditation gives us the opportunity to nourish yin and access our inner stillness despite the chaos of the world.

We kindly ask participants to reserve their spots ahead of time. We have only 6 spots available. The entrance to meditation is in the backyard so we ask you to take the sidewalk around the building between Everest Himalayan Restaurant and our building. Once at the end of our building, you will turn left and see the entrance to the meditation room. The door will be open at 7:55 am and if you arrive later than 8:15 am, we kindly ask you to join us next time.

After choosing our seating spots and introducing ourselves, Dr. Ozben will give simple instructions about the posture, the purpose of the meditation and start the silent meditation at 8:15 am. We will sit in silence for 30 minutes. After hearing the finish bell, she will guide the group with gentle sitting qi gong exercises to come back to our bodies. For the last 15 minutes of the hour, she will be serving teas and, if you wish, you will be welcome to share your experience. We will ask you to quietly exit the room at 9 am.

P.S. We will be running the air purifier at all times. Depending on the weather, we can also leave the windows and doors open. We will be providing zafus and meditation chairs with back support but you are welcome to bring your own cushion or blankets if you would like. If you have any questions, please send an email: info@felekacupuncture.com