Beginning January 27 Daeja Napier will be our teacher in residence. She will be offering Tuesday evening dharma talks, half-hour interviews, as well as a non-residentail retreat on the weekend of February 14 and 15th. The theme for her residency is “Embracing This Life.” Everyone is welcome. For complete details please click on PDF flyer to print.
For more information contact Mikeala Barnes at Mikaelab355@aol.com or 986-6080.
Coming soon…
Lila Kate Wheeler learned Vipassana meditation from Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein in 1977 and has been leading shorter retreats around the United States for nearly 20 years. She has practiced with Western and Asian teachers from a variety of traditions in the US, Burma, India, Thailand and Europe. Lila Kate is also a writer of fiction and journalism. Her most recent publication is Nixon Under the Bodhi Tree and Other Works of Buddhist Fiction, an anthology of other writers’ stories published in spring 2004 by Wisdom Publications.
Eric Kolvig and Lila Kate Wheeler - Jan 9-18, Sangre de Cristo Center
Winter Retreat 2009 Info & Registration (pdf)
The Healing Power of Awareness: Relaxing Patterns of Body, Emotions & Thought
When we embrace all parts of our experience with the healing powers of awareness, painful patterns of tension in mind and body begin to dissolve. Gently, we learn how to disempower judgement and reactivity within ourselves. Clarity and compassion begin to shine through instead, helping to awaken those qualities in others.
This silent retreat will include mindfulness practice and guided meditations for loving kindness. There will be sitting and walking meditations, interviews with the teachers, periods for questions and answers and evening dharma talks.
The retreat is suitable for both beginning & experienced students.
For questions, call Helaine Foster at 505-820-7422 or email hefoster@msn.com
We are happy to have Brian Lesage for a residency beginning January 6th. Here are the events of the residency.
For more information contact Ellen Miller 505-984-1268 or millersan1@earthlink.net
Tuesday, January 6
6:30 p.m. Mountain Cloud Zen Center
Silent Meditation
Dharma talk
Reception to follow; refreshments served
Thursday, January 8
Study Group 6:30 p.m.
113 Camino Escondido, #4
Saturday, January 10 and/or Saturday January 17 (weather depending)
Hike, lunch, discussion
Tsankawi and Tent Rocks are possible destinations.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
6:30 p.m. Mountain Cloud
Silent Meditation
Dharma talk
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Study Group 6:30 p.m.
113 Camino Escondido #4
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
6:30 p.m. Mountain Cloud
Dharma talk
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Study Group, 6:30 p.m.
113 Camino Escondido #4
Saturday & Sunday, January 24 & 25th, 2009
Non-residential Retreat
Mountain Cloud
Saturday 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Sunday 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
cost: $35.00 for both days
$20.00 for Saturday only
$15.00 for Sunday only
Contact Ellen Miller 505-984-1268 or
millersan1@earthlink.net
Jason is an innovative dharma teacher and founder of the Skillful Meditation Project. His approach to awareness meditation is grounded in the teachings of early Buddhism and has been developed through extensive practice and inquiry, study of the original Pali suttas, and on-going in-depth work with students. He and his wife Jacquelin lived in Asia for several years and were ordained monastics during the late 80’s. Jason has a background in counseling psychology as well as Buddhist psychology and philosophy.
For more info: Linda Grace: lindagrace@q.com or 466-8033
Please do not wear fragrances or scented personal care products to sangha events in order
to accommodate participants with allergies, asthma or chemical sensitivities. Thank-you.
Jason Siff
Jason has been teaching meditation for over fifteen years, first as a Theravada monk in Sri Lanka and then as a layman in Southern California. He teaches a form of awareness meditation grounded in the teachings of Early Buddhism, which has subsequently been developed through his in-depth work with students over the years. He has written four “Dharma” novels, as well as articles on meditation, translations of Pali Suttas, and one non-fiction book, Unlearning Meditation. His website is www.meditationproject.org.
DaeJa Npaier
DaeJa teaches Vipassana with a particular emphasis on the Brahma-Viharas. She has studied and practiced Zen and Vipassana since 1972 and has been teaching since 1986. Her teaching is committed to a balance of formal practice with the study of the classical teachings. Her heartfelt understanding of the dharma combines with an intuitive precision that mirrors the awakening process of each student. DaeJa is the mother of five. To learn more visit brahmaviharas.org.
Eric Kolvig
Eric has been teaching Vipassana since 1985. He served as the resident teacher of Vipassana communities in Santa Fe and Albuquerque and leads meditation retreats around the U.S. Eric studied and practiced for years with prominent teachers at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA, and he has also trained in the Zen tradition. He earned a Ph.D. from Yale University and has edited a number of books in the Theravada Buddhist tradition. Holding an inclusive understanding of liberation, Eric also works for wholesome change in our community through compassionate action, and lives in Corrales, NM.
Grove Burnett
Grove is co-director of the Vallecitos Mountain Refuge. He has practiced environmental law since 1972 and is co-founder of the Western Environmental Law Center, a public interest firm dedicated to protecting the natural resources and environment of the West. Grove has devoted the last 20 years to intensive training and practice in the Buddhist meditation tradition, training with Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein.
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