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INSPIRATION, REFLECTIONS AND WEEKLY PRACTICE REMINDERS


June 22, 2022

HELLO! WELCOME TO OUR LATEST ONLINE NEWSLETTER!

We’ve been on a short hiatus as we’ve been springing into summer, and accommodating retreat schedules and website hosting changes, but we’re back and excited to be sharing inspiration, reflections and weekly practice reminders with you.

REFLECTION

Let’s take a moment and just check in with ourselves, letting our attention drop from our thinking mind, that swirl of energy in our heads, filled with to-do and not-yet-done lists, down into the feeling body, perhaps anchoring our attention with a warm, gentle hand on our own heart.

What do you notice? What is it like to check in with yourself in this way? You deserve this kindness, this feeling seen by your own heart!

SATURDAY MORNING HEALING AND COMPASSION PRACTICE

Here  you’ll find a recording of our Online Sangha’s Saturday Morning Healing and Compassion Practice from this past weekend where my assistant Janet led a beautiful self compassion practice.

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.

WEEKLY INSIGHT/37 PRACTICES OF A BODHISATTVA VIDEOS

Have you had a chance to listen to the two most recent of the 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva weekly teaching videos?

Practice 33 Relinquishing Attachment to Households

Practice 34 Abandoning Harsh Speech

The remaining three practices in that series are in production – watch your inbox for those Weekly Insight Videos coming soon!

SOCIAL MEDITATION

Please feel welcome to join our Online Sangha’s Weekly Social Meditation gathering, offered every Wednesday night from 7:30-8:30 pm.  Just email Janet and she will be happy to share the link. Practices are facilitated by Nick and Janet

MINDFUL MOMENT

Let’s take a mindful moment together before you go…

Until next time, wishing you many wonder-full moments!

Nick

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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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