NEWSLETTER JANUARY 2010

What’s New

• On a trial basis, in January, meditation instructions for beginners will be given on Thursday evenings at 6 pm, before the regular program. Please enter quietly for the 6:30 sit.
• The regular series of classes for Beginner/Intermediate Meditation will be given four Tuesdays in February by Donna Dufresne.
• The next Sangha planning meeting will be on January 13 at 3:30PM at the Sangha - all are welcome.

Ongoing Schedule

• Mondays, 4pm The Book/study group at the Center.  Now reading  ”What the Buddha Taught” by Walpola Ruhula.  All are welcome.
• Tuesdays, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm: Drop-in meditation.
• Thursdays, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm: Drop-in meditation.
• Thursdays, 6:30-8:30 pm., Meditation, talk, discussion (see schedule below).

JANUARY 2010 Highlights

• January 7, Thursday: 6 pm beginning meditation instructions; 6:30 pm: meditation, talk on  “Intentions: Paving the Road to Hell,” and discussion led by Jean Smith. Donation.
• January 14, Thursday: 6 pm beginning meditation instructions; 6:30 pm: meditation, talk, and discussion led by Julie Tato. Donation.
• January 21, Thursday: 6 pm beginning meditation instructions; 6:30 pm: meditation, talk, and discussion led by Selah Chamberlain. Donation.
• January 28, Thursday: 6 pm beginning meditation instructions; 6:30 pm: meditation, talk, and discussion led by Sean Murphy. Donation.
• Ongoing. Zen meditation at Hoko-ji in Arroyo Seco. Monthly one-day sits and several sesshins each year. For information, please go to www.hokojitaos.org

2010 Retreats offered by the Mountain Hermitage:

• April 6 - May 4: One-month or two-week Hermitage Retreat on Concentration and/or Insight, with Marcia Rose.
• November 5 - 7: Wise Concentration retreat with Marcia Rose.
• November 8-22: Self/No Self and the Creative Process retreat with Marcia Rose, assisted by a visiting dance artist and writer Sean Murphy. All retreats will be held at the historic San Geronimo Lodge in Taos, New Mexico. For Introduction, Guidelines, Registration information, and Scholarship forms, please go to www.mountainhermitage.org

Other Retreats

• January 8 – 17: Winter Retreat with Marcia Rose, sponsored by the Santa Fe Vipassana Sangha. For information, please call Sarah Grant at 505-992-1963.
• March 13: A one-day nonresidential retreat at TMS with Stephen Batchelor. Details will be forthcoming.
• April 7-16: Utah Backpacking Retreat on the Rainbow Trail, with Susie Harrington as teacher. Come join us on a 9-day wilderness retreat crossing the wild and stunning beauty of canyon country.  This retreat will offer a variety of sitting and walking meditation practices, Qigong movement, and some solo practice.  Offered by Sky Mind Retreats, with Bowe Ellis as field guide.  More info at the Sangha, or go on the web at www.skymindretreats.org/schedule
• May 20th - 23 2010:  Opening To Life: The Earth as our Teacher A residential (car camping) retreat in or near Taos, New Mexico  COST: TBD TEACHER: Susie Harrington MORE INFO: Bob Parker 575-751-1963; rpa@newmex.com Further details will be forthcoming.

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