The Meditation Tree is a "learning" resource center for individuals who wish to study Mindfulness and Meditation techniques and who wish to improve upon their quality of life. Through the practice of finding stillness and calm, individuals will discover the value of awareness....and how they can change their thought patterns to relieve stress, anxiety,and worry....and how those applications of change can lead to better health- physically, emotionally and mentally. Recently certified as a Meditation teacher after a 300 hour training program at the Meditation Learning Center in Mesa, Arizona, Sandy Orkin started “The Meditation Tree” as a way to introduce and teach others the ancient practice of Meditation combined with a Mindfulness approach in a manner that is relative to anyone’s own personal approach to their current lifestyle. Sandy started meditating more than 40 years ago with the practice of Transcendental Meditation and then moved onto another Westernized version of meditation called Silva Mind Control. In the 80’s, Sandy expanded his interest in Eastern Philosophy by studying Sum Faht Meditation taught by Leong Tan from Malaysia, who channeled the “Teacher”, Wong Loh Sin See. For the past several years, Sandy has studied with Kay Calvin and Tom Bolduc, students of Leong since the 70’s. Through more recent studies, he has learned various other meditation techniques including Tonglen and other healing/energy practices. Sandy also has attended 10 day silent retreats in Northern California experiencing the practice of Vipassana Meditation taught by S.N. Goenka. Via his involvement as a Hospice Volunteer the past few years, he has taught in-service meditation classes and currently volunteers to co-lead Grief Support groups where he can aptly apply his learned (listening) meditation skills.