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WEEKLY NEWSLETTER UPCOMING WORKSHOPS REFLECTIONS AND MEMBERS NEWS WEEK OF 3/15/22


March 16, 2022

HELLO! WELCOME TO THIS WEEK’S ONLINE NEWSLETTER!

UPCOMING SUNDAY WORKSHOP

We hope you can join us! More info and registration here. Questions about the workshop? Reach out to us here.

SATURDAY WEEKLY HEALING AND COMPASSION PRACTICE

This past Saturday members of our online sangha and others gathered for Just Like Me Healing and Compassion Practice.

In Just Like Me practice we open our hearts first to the truth of how we want to to be safe and happy, to not suffer, to not be alone, and then to all other living beings who want the same things. When we do this, we feel a little bit less alone, a little more connected to others. What might be possible from the place of not-aloneness, of connection?

Here is a recording of the practice, led by my assistant, Janet, if you’d like to practice along. You might begin with 5-10 minutes of silent sitting first in order to settle before beginning the formal practice.

We’d love to have you join us for Self Compassion Practice this coming Saturday, March 19, 2022 from 9:00-9:30 am Eastern.

The schedule for our weekly Saturday morning Healing and Compassion Practice sessions is as follows and all practices are open to the public. Email Janet for the link if you’d like to join us, or if you have any questions at all!

1st Saturday of the month: Maitri and Compassion Practice
2nd Saturday of the month: Just Like Me Practice
3rd Saturday of the month: Self Compassion Practice
4th/5th Saturday of the month: Tonglen/Maitri Bhavana*

*Maitri Bhavana will always be the last Saturday of the month unless there is a special request for it at another time. If there are five Saturdays, we’ll do Tonglen practice on the fourth Saturday.

FOR ONLINE SANGHA MEMBERS

Coming up this week on the Members’ Calendar:

  • Morning Sitting 7:30 am Eastern Monday-Friday.
  • Online Sangha Monthly Gathering and Check In With Nick, Tuesday March 15, 7-8:30 pm Eastern.
  • Weekly Social Meditation Gathering, Wednesday March 16, 7:30-8:30 pm Eastern. Open to all! Email Janet for the link!
  • Self Compassion Practice, Saturday, March 19, 2022, 9:00-9:30 am Eastern. Open to all! Email Janet for the link!
  • Sunday Morning Curriculum Study Group, Sunday, March 20, 2022, 10-11 am Eastern. We’ll continue  exploring the 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva with Verse 29 which will be available on the blog later this week!
  • Please visit our Online Sangha Members’ Area here (sign in required) to see the calendar with links for the Weekly Online Social Meditation Gatherings, Sunday Morning Curriculum Study Circle, Daily Sangha Sitting Schedule, and upcoming Sadhana of Mahamudra practices, as well as the Videoblog Archive and Weekly Practices and Contemplations from our Sunday Morning Curriculum Study Circle.

NOT A MEMBER YET?

We’d love for you to join us! Monthly online sangha membership is such a beautiful way to support your own and others’ practice, with lots of opportunities to sit together, learn together, and laugh together. Learn more in this video.

Would you benefit from starting your day with some meditation practice, or from sitting with others? Or just being in community with others who are working with their hearts and minds and asking the big questions about the nature of reality?  Join us!

MEDITATION AND WELLNESS COACHING

Here is a video with more information about meditation coaching and how it can help you learn which mindfulness and awareness techniques can best help you navigate your life, unlock obstacles, and grow in your potential in all areas of your life! How might this optimize your wellbeing?!

I’d love to explore your meditation practice with you and support you in your growth! Book a session here.

REFLECTION

What arises as you reflect on these words? What is your experience with this spaciousness of awareness?

MINDFUL MOMENT

Last but not least, before you go, let’s take a Mindful Moment together, shall we?!

What do you notice when you pause in this way? What would it be like to sprinkle these pauses throughout the coming days/weeks?!

Thank you for joining us, we’re glad you’re here! Until next time, wishing you a wonder-full week!

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  • About Me

    Nick has devoted his life to practice and learning in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition for the last 30 years. As a teacher he is inspired to create learning environments in which everyone feels empowered in their own journey, what he refers to as a “learner centric” approach.
    He is synthesizing western and eastern psychology and spiritual practice,
    in what he refers to as a “cultural translation” of Buddhism into our modern context.
    With an emphasis on Nature as our teacher, and the idea that sangha or community, is about our mutual care and devotion to each others’ true natures and potential, hierarchy as an arbitrary force is diminished, and the power of open minded curiosity and learning is increased.
    Nick also is focusing on innovation and creativity as expressions of true dharma, as opposed to stubborn traditionalism, so that the living dharma is discovered right within each of our own stories , lives and daily situations.

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