Department of Yoga and Meditation Hosting Special Lecture on Tea Meditation and Sound Meditation

- October 11 ^th(Sat), 1:00 PM, at Main Building A, Room 501

 

The program will be moderated by Professor Lee Min Young, Chair of the Department of Yoga and Meditation, and will feature three meditation instructors. Lee Min Young, professor in the Department of Yoga and Meditation, Director of the Munsasu Meditation Research Institute, and board member of the Korea Meditation Instructors Association, will lead the program “Breathing and Loving-Kindness in Presence - Meeting Myself Through Loving Breath.” Park Yoon Young (“Danjeong”), CEO of Tea Meditation Lab Danjeonghan Afternoon, a certified tea meditation specialist with qualifications as a tea sommelier and tea instructor, will lead “Let’s All Cha-Cha-Cha! Mindful Tea Meditation - A Quiet Moment to Linger with the Fragrance of Tea.” Lee Joo Hyun (“Jian”), CEO of Sun: Collective Association, Korea’s first certified Singing Bowl Meditation Instructor, a certified meditation specialist at the Korea Meditation Instructors Association, and a sound healing meditation practitioner, will conduct “Resonance of the Heart, Singing Bowl Sound Meditation - Restoring Body and Mind through the Waves of Sound.” After the three programs, all participants will share reflections on their meditation experience and engage in a group sharing session.

Professor Lee Min Young, Chair of the Department of Yoga and Meditation, remarked: “We planned this meditation lecture to mark the second half of 2025. Tea meditation and sound meditation utilize the five senses, making them easily accessible even for beginners who are new to meditation. We hope many people will join us in this special program.”

Meanwhile, the Department of Yoga and Meditation, newly established in 2025, has invited distinguished professors in each field as endowed faculty. Professor Lee Geu Ryong, Yoga Department teaches chakra meditation, guiding students toward methods of achieving balance and harmony of body and mind. Professor Ahn Hee Young, Meditation Department, Director of the Korea MBSR Mindfulness Research Institute, studied directly under Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, founder of MBSR, and holds the title of Korea’s first certified MBSR mindfulness meditation expert. In addition, a monk from Japan, who practiced Buddhist meditation for 10 years in Sri Lanka, will be in charge of Buddhist meditation, and Professor Jang Ji Sook, who systematized somayoga in Korea, will also be with him.