On Saturday, March 26, enjoy a Day of Mindfulness offered by Dharmacharya Greg Grallo in the Plum Village tradition. We will return to the Four Establishments of Mindfulness and explore the interconnection between the body, the mind, and the world. Our day will include sitting and walking meditation, a talk from Greg, a mindful brown-bag lunch, Touching the Earth and Dharma sharing. More info and registration here.
The Bozeman Insight Community has an exciting roster of special guests lined up. Floyd Fantelli returns to kick us off on March 3 discussing five faculties of mind to strengthen our practice! Tempel Smith will speak on March 10. Leslie Booker presents an Embodied Practice for Healing of Self and Earth on April 7, and Kristin Barker from OneEarth Sangha will give an Earth Day dharma talk on April 21!
The board is excited to announce that we’ve signed a new lease! We won’t be moving in right away, however; we still have a multi-month process to go through to get it ready to occupy. There are multiple ways you can support this endeavor. To help with renovation costs, donations are always welcome. We hope to lower these costs by doing some simple jobs ourselves and could use anyone with DIY skills to help with those efforts. Finally, we will eventually need people to help us move in when that time comes. Thanks for your support everyone!
Bozeman Zen Group will not meet on Tuesday nights for the rest of February but continues to meet via Zoom on Sundays. Karen looks forward to seeing you again on Tuesdays in March!
There are a few spots still available for our women’s wintering retreat: “The Practice of Sacred Quiet and Stillness” with Suzanne Colón & Karen DeCotis. This day of practice includes poetry, meditation, female companionship and mutual support for our collective journey through winter. Held in person in the Boyd Room of Pilgrim Congregational Church at 2118 South 3rd or via Zoom (please note: this is not the normal BDC Zoom number). Register here.
MindSpace is the perfect group if you are under 40 and want to begin a meditation practice or would like the support of a group to help deepen and maintain your current practice. Currently scheduled to meet in the Sanctuary of Pilgrim Congregational, but may go online due to the COVID surge. Stay tuned. More information about upcoming topics can be found here.
The daylong retreat, Awakening the Body of Love with Dharmacharya Greg Grallo on Saturday, January 22 has been postponed. Apologies for any inconvenience. We’ll let you know when we are able to reschedule.
Join the Thich Nhat Hanh Practice Group at Beall Park Recreation Center on Saturday, Jan 22 from 9:30am-3:30pm for a Day of Mindfulness! Whether seasoned in the practice of meditation or new to the practice, coming home to mindfulness of the body lays the foundation for personal and societal transformation. Offered by Dharmacharya Greg Grallo in the Plum Village tradition, we will return to the Four Establishments of Mindfulness and explore the interconnection between the body, the mind, and the world.
This week, several of our volunteers have been exposed to Covid and are waiting on test results which has led to the decision to postpone the noon sits for the rest of January. Similarly, the Bozeman Zen Group has decided to move to Zoom-only for the rest of the month. Stay safe everyone!
We do have a drop-in sit from noon-one on Fridays! January’s newsletter mistakenly listed the noon sits as only occurring Monday-Thursday. Sorry for that error and hope to see you some Friday in the Pilgrim Sanctuary! Check our calendar for other BDC events.
