As the holiday season fast approaches, one Manhattan store’s window display may attract more attention than usual. On November 6th and 7th the Interdependence Project (IDP), a NYC meditation group, will host a 24 hour marathon meditation sit in the store front windows of a downtown interior design store, ABC Carpet & Home. The initiative, headed by IDP founder Ethan Nichtern, aims to bring awareness to the value of meditation in Western Culture and raise funds for IDP. The meditation event, under the slogan “Change Your Mind to Change the World,” will be open to the public:

Nichtern will be joined by one hundred IDP members who will meditate in rotation throughout the 24 hours. Introductory meditation classes will also be taught free of charge throughout Saturday by venerable teachers, including Roshi [Pat Enkyo] O’Hara and Dr. Miles Neale, experienced at translating the relevance of meditation to an NYC lifestyle, The classes are open to all inspired to learn meditation after witnessing the activists in the windows.

Learn more about the IDP event here.

Read Shell Fisher’s article on the Interdependence Project from the Summer 09 issue of Tricycle.

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