Chinese Tea Social ching ching Cha, Georgetown, DC |
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Come and join us for tea at the ching ching Cha Chinese Tea House in Georgetown for an informal social gathering to relax, visit, and deepen our friendships.
The ching ching CHA Tea House is at 1063 Wisconsin Ave. Washington, DC, right across from the Georgetown Park mall. There is lots of parking in the mall’s garage.
For more information about the event please contact Ria de Neeve (hottietofu@fastmail.fm) or Steve Allen (stephen_s_allen@yahoo.com).
Information about ching ching Cha is available on their web site: chingchingcha.com
Committing to Practice An “At Home” Week of Intensive Practice Blueberry Gardens, Ashton, MD |
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In the lay tradition of mindfulness practice, time is often set aside each year for a period of intensive practice. This June the Still Water MPC will continue this tradition with an “at home” week of intensive practice. Our week of committed practice will be bounded by two special days of practice at Blueberry Gardens, in Ashton, Maryland.
During our first day of practice, on June 22nd, we will practice together and work on deepening the formal practices that support our mindfulness, such as sitting and walking meditation. And we will share about the informal practices we can engage in throughout the day, each day, such as conscious breathing, mindful working, bells of mindfulness, gatha practice, and using loving speech and compassionate listening.
Each participant will identify those practices he or she especially wants to work with during the week, and consider when and how they want to work with them. We will share our intentions with others in small groups.
During the week we practice individually, in our daily lives, and with Still Water groups, if we can.
At the end of the week, on Sunday, June 29, we will practice together again at Blueberry Gardens and share our challenges, successes, and insights from the week.
The At Home Practice Week is especially oriented toward experienced practitioners who have practiced for at least six months and have attended a day of mindfulness or a mindfulness retreat. We hope that each participant will set aside at least an hour aside each day of this week for formal practice—for sitting, for mindful journalling, and for mindful exercise.
The workshop will be lead by Mitchell Ratner, the senior teacher of the Still Water community, and by other members of the community.
We ask that participants financially support this workshop through Dana, a gift from the heart. For those who would like a guideline, we suggest a donation of $80 to $160 for the week of practice.
To register, Please click
here. If you have questions, please call Mitchell at 301 270-8353 or email him at Mitchell@StillWaterMPC.org . For directions to Blueberry Gardens, go to www.blueberrygardens.org.
Coming Back to Ourselves: A Day of Practice Blueberry Gardens, Ashton, MD |
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You are invited to join us on Sunday, July 13, for a Still Water MPC Day of
Practice. It is a time to refresh ourselves and to more deeply
experience the flow of life around and through us.For many of us, there is little time in our daily lives to come back to ourselves. We are focused on schedules and tasks, and on meeting other people's needs. A day of practice is a time for regeneration, paying attention to our bodies and allowing our minds to clear. In The Sun My Heart, Thich Nhat Hanh compares the benefits of silent meditation to the the settling of a glass of fresh apple juice:
Our Day of Practice will be led by Mitchell Ratner, Still Water MPC's Senior Teacher, and will take
place in the Octagon at Blueberry Gardens in
Aston, Maryland, just 13 miles from Crossings in Silver Spring (and also, just
13 miles from The Yoga Center of Columbia). Our tentative program is below.
To register, please go to our new online registration site -- click here. If you have questions, please email info@StillWaterMPC.org. For dir
ections to Blueberry Gardens, click
here.
We hope you can join us. Please pass this notice on to friends
or groups you think might be interested in joining with us.
Donation The suggested donation for the day is $40 - $70, though please feel free to contribute less or more according to your circumstances.
Tentative
Schedule
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Registration and settling in Welcoming, sitting and walking meditation, including instruction and guided meditation Outdoor walking meditation Silent vegetarian potluck meal together Total relaxation Sitting and walking meditation Dharma talk and sharing Closing Bell |
