Practice Oriented Book Group (6 wks) (10/6-12/22; no class on 11/3)(Registration is full)

Tue 10/20/20 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm

Please note:  Registration is full for this program.  If you would care to be put on a wait list, click here to email the director.  She will put your name on a list for another possible book group, and will let you know shorty if we received enough requests for another group.  

The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness” by Rhonda Magee explores the intersection of mindfulness and Buddhist practice and racial justice.  With guided meditations, mindfulness exercises, and insights from her own experience, Magee guides us in the practice of embodied mindfulness—paying attention to thoughts, feelings, and physical sensations in an open, nonjudgmental way-- to increase our emotional resilience, and give ourselves space to become less reactive and to choose how to respond to injustice.  Rhonda Magee is a lawyer, law professor, and mindfulness practitioner.

This group will meet every other Tuesday (10/6, 10/20, 11/10, 11/24,12/8 and 12/22 - no meeting on 11/3-Election Day).

ONLINE Introduction to Insight Meditation (5 week class) (10/22-11/19) - With Ted Jones

Thu 10/22/20 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm

Insight meditation is a time tested method of mind training that enables us to change our relationship to each moment’s experience, and thus our lives. In this five week series we will systematically explore how to calm and steady the mind and see with more clarity into our lives.  As we strengthen this capacity we begin to move from suffering and reactivity to responsiveness, freshness and ease.  We learn to touch and live in the mindful moment. 

The class will include sitting instructions and shared silent practice, as well as instruction and practice of walking and other forms of mindfulness practice designed for application in daily life. Although this series is designed for beginners, all are welcome and students may choose to repeat this series as new material will be introduced each time.  The sessions will run from 7:00-8:30 pm from 10/22-11/19.  They will include sitting instructions and shared silent practice, as well as instruction and practice of walking and other forms of mindfulness practice.

Read About Ted Jones.

Freeing the Heart Through Forgiveness; an Online Retreat - With Rebecca Bradshaw

Sun 10/25/20 - 9:00am to 4:30pm

As we continue to explore the Buddha’s recipe for a strong and gentle heart, we are going to take a slight detour from the Brahmaviharas into a related quality, the quality of forgiveness. 

Sometimes when we intend to practice metta and compassion, we find that anger and ill will arise instead. The practice of forgiveness is about consciously freeing the heart of this anger and blame. Through honoring our experience, and cultivating deep connection and understanding, the heart begins to soften and relax and finds its resting place here on this earth. Come explore how forgiveness can help us let go of anger during this time of reckoning. The morning will include meditation and a dharma talk, and the afternoon will include more formal forgiveness meditation and time for discussion.

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There is a half day option for this retreat from 9am-12pm.  For those registered for the full day, we will break for lunch at 12pm and the retreat will resume at 1:30pm, and end at 4:30pm.  

Once you have registered and paid for this retreat, you will be sent a confirmation email, along with the Zoom link for the retreat.  

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