http://santafevipassana.org Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:51:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en SFVS Holiday Potluck - new date to be decided. Upcoming Event - on a date to be decided - the sangha is hosting a fun, festive Holiday Potluck at Mountain Cloud Zen Center. Bring your favorite dish to share. Everyone is welcome - please join us! http://santafevipassana.org/2008/12/holiday-potluck/ 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 ... http://santafevipassana.org/2008/11/napier-residency2009/ Coming soon... http://santafevipassana.org/2008/11/brian-lesage/ 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 ... http://santafevipassana.org/2008/11/lila-kate-wheeler/ 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 ... http://santafevipassana.org/2008/11/winter-retreat-2009/ 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 ... http://santafevipassana.org/2008/11/lesage-residency2009/ 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 ... http://santafevipassana.org/2008/11/siff-residency/ [caption id="attachment_57" align="alignleft" width="180" caption="Jason Siff"][/caption] 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 ... http://santafevipassana.org/2008/11/jason-siff/ [caption id="attachment_55" align="alignleft" width="206" caption="DaeJa Npaier"][/caption] 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 ... http://santafevipassana.org/2008/11/daeja-napier/ [caption id="attachment_50" align="alignleft" width="180" caption="Eric Kolvig"][/caption] 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, ... http://santafevipassana.org/2008/11/eric-kolvig/