Amy Rutledge
The Altadena Library staff and certified meditation instructor Amy Rutledge are starting a weekly evening meditation series online on Tuesday, March 1, where participants can learn how to cultivate compassion, confidence, focus, and stress relief, and learn techniques that help with navigating difficult emotions and change.
Lasting 30 minutes each, the classes include an intro, guided practice, and time for Q&A. Classes are open to all levels, and beginners are welcome.
Amy Rutledge came to the study of meditation as a path toward personal healing after struggles with the effects of Lyme Disease as well as depression and anxiety, and she found that it helped her in ways when many other approaches failed. This led her to train as a Mindful Meditation Teacher at the Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science in Manhattan.
Through the institute, she learned the science and practice of mindfulness meditation, methods of mindfulness for self-healing, the healing applications of loving-kindness meditation and the methods of confidence-building through mindfulness and loving-kindness practice.
Rutledge has taught classes and led meditation exercises for a wide range of business and cultural institutions, from IBM, NACTO, and Walmart, to the Girl Scouts of America, to public institutions such as the Shelter Rock Public Library and Jersey City Public Library. In these roles, she has been an in-house teacher, guided mindfulness meditations, taught mindfulness for children, as well as corporate mindfulness and creative visualization.
For access to any of the drop-in Zoom sessions, including Tuesday’s, visit this Zoom link.
For more information, call (626) 798-0833 or visit www.altadenalibrary.org/
