Janet Bronstein, a senior teacher at the Birmingham Shambhala Meditation Center, will be guest speaker at the Emerald Coast Meditation Society on Feb. 16, talking about “The Search for Contentment.”

The meeting will start with a 30-minute meditation at 6:30 p.m. at 480 N. Co. Hwy. 393, Santa Rosa Beach, one-half mile north of Hwy. 98.

Bronstein’s talk will focus on where and how people find contentment in their lives, and the role meditation can play in that process.

Bronstein has been a meditation instructor and teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist tradition since the early 1980s. She served as director of the Birmingham Shambhala Center 2006-2009, and has attended and staffed several international meditation programs. She is also on the faculty of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where she teaches ethics in the School of Public Health.

The evening will conclude with a short guided meditation. Meditators of any variety are welcome. The ECMS meets on the first and third Thursday of every month except July and August. Anyone who needs instruction should arrive by 6:15 p.m. For information contact Nancy James, nancyjames@embarqmail.com.