Evermay’s Mind and Meaning program offers events and experiences designed to explore the connections among personal growth, creativity, and community. Evermay sparks discovery, nurtures well-being, and fosters meaningful connection.
A half-day workshop combining meditation instruction and practice, with an emphasis on the view of mindfulness and bringing it into daily life: work, relationships, and creativity.
Many people come to meditation believing its purpose is to eliminate thinking, achieve bliss, or quiet the mind. Our instructor Seth certainly did, and it probably prevented him from trying it for a long time because those things seemed impossible to achieve. While a consistent mindfulness practice does, overtime, bring a greater sense of spaciousness, calm and less reactivity to the world, what Seth has found most appealing—and ultimately most healing—is the attitude at its heart:
Mindfulness isn’t about stopping, suppressing, or escaping our thoughts. Instead, we’re cultivating a friendly relationship with our own minds, noticing whatever arises with curiosity rather than judgment with that perspective there is nothing to achieve. From this attitude of friendliness—and with the understanding that everything is workable, even our own minds—a genuine sense of self-compassion begins to grow. As that compassion deepens, the mind naturally becomes more spacious, resilient, and at ease. Studies have shown measurable benefits to mindfulness practice. But to Seth it is applying the view and attitude which is the complementary piece to seated practice: taking the mindfulness off the cushion into life. Most of us don’t have time to meditate for hours on end in a forest day after day, as the Buddha did, and as such we have the opportunity to use our lives as practice.
During this workshop, we will discuss the view of mindfulness practice, Seth will offer instruction, and then we will practice. The afternoon will consist of small group discussions with a wrap up discussing how we apply this to our lives.
Seth Rothschild is a mindfulness meditation teacher who has been practicing for over a decade through retreats, workshops, one-on-one study, and a dedicated daily practice. In 2019, he earned certification through the Tibet House Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training Program with David Nichtern.
Seth has introduced mindfulness to large groups in both in-person and virtual settings, led specialized workshops exploring mindfulness in relationships and creativity, and brought these teachings to therapy practices and songwriting communities. He has also developed a hybrid somatic music and mindfulness combination that he taught at Silver Hill Hospital for most of Covid. He also works one-on-one with students, helping them develop a sustainable and personally meaningful meditation practice.
This spring, we are excited to offer a yoga series on Evermay’s picturesque grounds. These sessions are designed to support well-being, mindfulness, and intentionality in Evermay’s unique, welcoming space.
Whether you’re brand new to yoga or a regular practitioner, all are welcome.
Together we’ll experience soft, flowing movement and mindful breathing led by instructor Jordan-Leigh Harrington. Jordan-Leigh has been practicing and teaching yoga for nearly a decade and believes yoga is more than just movement – it’s about community, connection, and the gentle remembrance that we’re never truly alone.
This spring, Evermay launches a new speaker series—bringing leading thinkers into conversation on our historic Georgetown estate.
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Join us for a conversation with Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Jodi Kantor on her new book How to Start, exploring how we navigate uncertainty, build meaningful careers, and move forward with purpose.
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Astrophysicist and former NASA space scientist Hakeem Oluseyi kicked off the speaker series with an exploration of the science shaping space exploration and what it could mean for humanity’s future beyond Earth—including the realities of deep space travel and the possibility of intergenerational missions.
7:00–8:30 PM conversation, Q&A, and optional book signing. Doors open at 6:00 PM.
Ticket price includes complimentary valet parking as well as light bites and beverages (selection of beer, wine, soft drinks). Must be 21+ to consume alcoholic beverages.
