Join us for a New Year's Eve at Christopher's house anytime after 8:00 pm. Please bring a snack or beverage to share. Click here to RSVP and for location information.
The Heartland Community of Mindful Living will host "Happiness" a daylong mindfulness in the tradition of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh on Saturday January 16, 2010. We will focus on essential mindfulness practices that lead to a happy life as our teacher outlines in his recent book, Happiness. RSVP here
This retreat is offered on a LOVE OFFERING basis. We suggest a $35 - $90 donation for the day. All are welcome regardless of their ability to donate. Please give what you can. RSVP here
We'll meet at Unity Temple on the Plaza, classroom C from 9 am - 4 pm. Come for all or part of the day. RSVP here
Please bring a sack lunch, blankets for deep relaxation and a meditation cushion if you have one. You can also order lunch from Eden Alley, in the lower level of Unity Temple. RSVP here
Join us for a New Year's Eve at Christopher's house anytime after 8:00 pm. Please bring a snack or beverage to share. Click here to RSVP and for location information.
The love offering information was left out of the previous email.
Please join us for Happiness: A daylong mindfulness retreat in the tradition of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. We will share practices for attaining real and lasting happiness from his new book by the same name. Please join us at Unity Temple on the Plaza, Classroom C from 9 am - 4 pm on Saturday, January 16, 2010. Unity is located at 707 W 47th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112. RSVP here.
The retreat is offered on a love offering basis. $35 - $90 is suggested for the day. RSVP here.
Please bring a sack lunch, a blanket and your meditation pillow, if you have one. You may also order lunch from Eden Alley. Hot tea will be provided. RSVP here.
Please join us for Happiness: A daylong mindfulness retreat in the tradition of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. We will share practices for attaining real and lasting happiness from his new book by the same name. Please join us at Unity Temple on the Plaza, Classroom C from 9 am - 4 pm, Saturday, January 16, 2010. Unity is located at 707 W 47th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112. RSVP here.
The retreat is offered on a love offering basis. $35 - $90 is suggested for the day. RSVP here.
Please bring a sack lunch, a blanket and your meditation pillow, if you have one. You may also order lunch from Eden Alley. Hot tea will be provided. RSVP here.
Mindful eating is a joyful practice, and even more so with friends. It's another way to take meditation off the cushion and into daily life. We begin by breathing and smiling with our friends. How fortunate we are to gather in an atmosphere of friendship and understanding! This is an important practice to develop at home. Then, we look deeply into our food. Think about this: our food contains earth, sky, rain, compost, energies of the farm and the cook, and much more. But, it also contains much suffering. There are many in this world who go hungry because of our abundance. This is interbeing. When I see the world through my dinner plate, I am filled with gratitude at my great fortune and filled with compassion for those without nourishing food, friends and family.
In some Buddhist traditions, meditation is ended by offering the merit of the practice to the benefit of all beings. That is, the seeds of compassion, love and understanding are watered, so that we may live in a way that brings joy and relieves suffering. Practice eating meditation for a while, and see what compassion bubbles up in you.
We will gather on Monday November 30th at 5:30 pm at Cafe Seed, 2932 Cherry St. We are ordering off their delicious vegan menu. RSVP here.
A daylong meditation retreat in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh
Throughout the day, we will nourish our mindfulness and calm through sitting, walking and eating meditation and gentle silence
Saturday November 7, 2009
10am - 4pm
At our friend's cabin on the Platte River,
midway between Omaha and Lincoln (directions below)
We have a limited number of cushions for sitting meditation, so if you have one please bring it. There will be chairs available. Also please bring, a sack lunch, a blanket to rest your knees or bottom on (the floor is hardwood), and warm clothes for outdoor walking meditation. We will provide tea and water. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
If you'd like to bring a poem or prayer or story or song to share at the tea ceremony, that would be great. Also it is a time to talk about our experience of the day, something about ourselves, our practice, etc, so you don't need to bring anything.
Tentative Schedule
10:00 AM Arrive, Settle in, Intro to retreat
10:30AM Silent Sitting and Walking Meditation
11:00 AM Guided Sitting Meditation
11:20 AM Outdoor Walking Meditation (Weather Permitting)
12:00 Noon Eating Meditation- Silent Sack Lunch
1:00 PM Mindful Movement
1:15 PM Total relaxation and Touching the Earth
2:15 PM Dharma talk
3:00 PM Tea Meditation
4:00 PM End of retreat
Location:
Some friends have loaned us the use of their lovely cabin on the Platte River. The western wall of the cabin is all windows showing the Platte gently flowing by. It will be a very soothing environment. Also great for outdoor walking meditation (Dress warm).The floor is hardwood and there is a rug covering a portion of it, so good to bring a blanket to sit on. We will bring the cushions we usually use for meditation.
Directions to Cabin
Take I-80 to Mahoney state park exit.
Driving from Lincoln, go Right/South at the Mahoney exit which is just BEFORE you reach the Platte River.
Driving from Omaha, go Left/South at the Mahoney is exit which is just AFTER you pass the Platte River.
Take Mahoney exit and head South.
Go three or four miles to South Bend
Go through South Bend
Continue about a half mile
Take the first left. (It's at the foot of a hill, and just before the bridge)
Go through gate "Middle Island"
Keep right and go about two miles.
you'll go around a curve and the river will be on your right.
You'll pass a number of cabins on the left
Ours is the first cabin on the right (cedar wood)
We will gather at Mario's on Sunday November 1st from 2:00 - 4:30 pm for some fellowship time over food and a movie. Please bring a snack or hors d'oeuvre to share. Click here to RSVP and for Mario's address. See you there!
We will see the movie Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring.
Unity Temple on the Plaza is closed on Labor Day, thus the Heartland Community of Mindful Living will not meet. See you the next Monday, September 14th.
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