Are you interested in starting a meditation practice or building a community around your practice? The Bozeman Dharma Center hosts a newcomer orientation on the first Tuesday of each month. Join us in February on the 4th from 5- 6 pm to find out more about the Center, get your questions answered, and receive basic meditation instruction. No registration required!
Are you interested in starting a meditation practice? Join us on Saturday January 25, 9 AM – 12:30 PM to learn several different styles of meditation and find one that works for you.
We will cover how to start a meditation practice at home, posture, breath practice, walking meditation, body scan guided meditation, working with a question, mindfulness, Metta practice, and Tonglen.
Join us on Sunday January 19 from 12:30 PM – 4 PM for an art and journaling workshop (Back by popular demand–it’s the same one as the New Year’s Workshop). We will focus on naming and expressing our practice intention for the new year. We will use collage, markers, paint, and stencils to manifest our intuition and values on a 12” x 12” substrate.
Supplies will be provided. You do not need to know how to draw or paint to participate! Space is limited so please pre-register.
On Friday January 3 from 7 – 8 PM, Yamama! will offer a meditative soundscape using drums, percussion and vocals. They are a four-woman, world music and dance ensemble who share their delight in sound and movement through performances, drum and dance classes, community education programs, and participatory community drum circles. No registration necessary. Donations welcome! Any funds collected will be split evenly with the guest artists.
Join us for a New Year’s Intention Setting Workshop on Saturday January 4 from 9 AM to 12:30 PM. In this art and journaling workshop, we will focus on naming and expressing our practice intention for the new year. We will use collage, markers, paint, and stencils to manifest our intuition and values on a 12” x 12” substrate. Supplies will be provided. You do not need to know how to draw or paint to participate! Space is limited; please pre-register.
On Christmas Day, Wednesday December 25, from 5 – 6 PM, give yourself the gift of quiet contemplation and shared practice in this Metta Christmas –drop-in hour of silent meditation. Stay as long as you like. No registration necessary.
Join us on Friday December 20 from 6 – 7 PM for a winter solstice celebration. Meditate to bells sounded by Jessie Solon and share candlelight, intention, and sacred practice to welcome back the sun. No registration required. This event is in-person only. Freely offered, donations gratefully accepted. Any funds collected will be split evenly with Jessie Solon.
Enjoy an afternoon making cards with friends on Sunday December 15 from 2:30 – 4 pm. Cardstock, stamps, ink pads, and markers will be provided. You don’t need to be an artist or know how to draw to create beautiful cards to send to people who need connection. Space is limited. Please pre-register.
Join leaders and members of all sanghas who meet at the BDC on Saturday December 7 from 9 AM to noon for a mahasangha half-day sit! Group leaders will offer practices from our various lineages along with meditation, chanting, bowing, and readings.
Schedule
9:00 Welcome
9:05 Joining Rivers – Plum Village Morning Chant
9:30 Stretch/Walking Meditation
9:40 Tergar – The Three Refuges in Tibetan & English
10:05 Stretch/Walking Meditation
10:10 Insight
10:35 Stretch/Walking Meditation
10:40 Zen – On Rohatsu
11:00 Stretch/Walking Meditation
11:05 MindSpace
11:30 Stretch/Walking Meditation
11:35 Palyul – Tibetan Prayer
12:00 End
108 Bell Rings and Metta Practice with Megan Hollingsworth
November 30, 2024 10:00 AM to Noon
Lost Species Day is a chance each year to explore the stories of extinct and critically endangered species, cultures, lifeways, and ecological communities and provides an opportunity for participants to make or renew commitments to all who remain. It is also a time to develop creative and practical solutions.
With special attention to genocide and anthropomorphic species extinction, our practice on Remembrance Day for Lost Species (also known as Lost Species Day) will include silent meditation, Metta practice (guided loving kindness meditation), 108 bell rings, and open sharing.
108 bell rings represent the 108 human vexations. Each strike of the bell clears one of these to bring forth joy that remains when we are fully present. Practicing 108 bell rings on November 30th, the last day of the month, aligns with the original practice as it is thought to have begun at Zen temples in China.
Megan Hollingsworth, MS, is a writer with an interdisciplinary education in community health and environmental studies. Her work is deeply influenced by her Quaker upbringing, Engaged Buddhism, and faith in essential goodness. Meg is creator of the spiritual practice Extinction Witness. She began participating in international Lost Species Day activities in 2014 and has also served on the leadership team. Meg is currently an East West Psychology and Art PhD student at California Institute of Integral Studies. https://www.meganhollingsworth.com and Remembrance Day For Lost Species
