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Sitting Opportunities
New Fall Programs
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Upcoming of Interest
with Jeff Brantley
with Callie Justice
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Ongoing Classes and Programs
A Curriculum for Mindful Families
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Triangle Insight
Meditation Group
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All levels of meditation experience are welcome and the teachings are offered free of charge, with donations accepted to cover costs of using the facility and to support the study of the teachers. Please review our
sangha guidelines before arriving. We also wish to maintain a hypoallergenic space, so please
avoid wearing scents, colognes or perfumes. If you would like to submit items for inclusion in this newsletter, please review the
newsletter guidelines.
Please note:
We ask that once the meeting begins at 6:30 PM, any latecomers, those leaving early, or those going outdoors for walking meditation, please enter and exit the building using the side doorway facing Alexander Ave. The side door is accessible via the walkway to the right as you are facing the main entrance. Once in the building, please follow the hallway to access the Great Room. Thanks for your cooperation to help reduce noise and distraction during the meeting. Note that this request is intended only for those who are physically able to navigate the front steps.
Schedule:
Wednesday Evenings
6:30 - 8:00 PM
April 03: Jeanne van Gemert
April 10: Scott Bryce
April 17: Jeff Brantley (Guest Teacher)
April 24: Phyllis Hicks (Insight Dialogue)
May 01: Scott Bryce
May 08: Ron Vereen
May 15: Karen Ziegler
May 22: Daya Breckinridge (Insight Dialogue)
May 29: TBD
Monday and Thursday Morning Meditation
7:00 - 7:45 AM (click
here for more info)
Episcopal Center at Duke
505 Alexander Ave.
Durham, NC 27705
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Triangle Insight
Welcoming Committee
Sangha means spiritual community, and it is treasured because without it awakening cannot be sustained."
--Jack Kornfield,
After the Ecstasy, the Laundry
Sangha is one of the precious jewels of Buddhist practice, yet when new to a sangha, it can be difficult to meet others, learn what programs are offered, and feel a sense of belonging. The Welcoming Committee was formed to make this process easier, help newcomers feel welcome, and foster the experience of connection and community. Our intentions include having a diverse committee that will support a rich, inclusive sangha where all feel welcome and safe.
We're also available to talk with you at the end of Wednesday sangha, and we're providing name tags for those open to wearing one. The name tags are reusable, and we'll keep them for you between meetings. These are just a few of our initiatives and ideas. As a new committee, our plans are a work in progress, and we're very interested in your suggestions, feedback, and questions.
Our members and our other initiatives are listed on our
web page
. Please talk with one of us or email us at
[email protected]
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With shared commitment to the dharma, we hope our work will be of benefit to all who join us in this practice.
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Opening to the Whole of Life
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A Memorial Day Weekend
Residential Retreat
with Jeanne van Gemert & Ron Vereen
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Register soon -- only two spaces remain!
At times it is helpful to inquire as to why we are on this path of insight meditation and to what led us to this practice to start with. Perhaps it was something heard or read which extolled the virtue of bringing more calm into our lives. Unfortunately, many forsake the journey when experience does not always measure up to the expected results. It is easy to accept the pleasant abidings, but what about the rest of life?
Most of us just need more skills to face what's difficult. This retreat is an invitation to practice being open to the totality of existence without exclusion, creating a container of support for deepening inquiry and investigation. Qualities of recognition, receptivity, and curiosity will be supported through various forms of practice. Deeply held conditioned patterns can then be seen, not as obstacles to practice, but rather as vehicles toward greater insight and surrender. This seeing that frees becomes the gateway through which to open to the formless awareness that has been and always will be available.
Open to participants with all levels of meditation experience, this retreat will be conducted in Noble Silence to support moving into greater stillness and quiet. In addition to the forms of practice, group interviews with the teachers will provide further support for inquiry and investigation.
Jeanne van Gemert and Ron Vereen have years of meditation experience and are co-founders of the Triangle Insight Meditation Community, graduates of the Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leader Program, and instructors in the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program.
To register go to this
registration link (note: to make the registration platform fit our purposes, a registration fee of $10 is added which is then deducted from the amount below upon registering. For questions or any difficulty with the registration process, please contact Leah Rutchick at
[email protected]).
To contribute to the scholarship fund such that no one is turned away due to financial reasons, please go
here.
May 23-26, 2019
Avila Retreat Center 711 Mason Rd., Durham
Cost: Double Room $ 310 ($ 325 after April 30)
Small Single $ 340 ($ 355 after April 30)
Large Single $ 370 ($ 385 after April 30)
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Awakening Together: An Insight Dialogue Retreat
with Sharon Beckman-Brindley
and Phyllis Hicks
We will practice both traditional and silent meditation and Insight Dialogue, an interpersonal meditation form based in Vipassana. In Insight Dialogue we bring the mindfulness and tranquility of silent meditation directly into our dialogue with others. This co-meditation practice allows a deep investigation into suffering and the ending of suffering.
For more information and to register, please go here
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July 23-28, 2019
Southern Dharma Retreat Center
Hot Springs, NC
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Exploring Our Inner & Outer World:
A Weel-Long Non-Residential Retreat
with Sasha Loring |
As humans we make many assumptions about the nature of our self. Meditation helps clarify those assumptions and thereby begins the process of reducing the suffering brought about by falsely held notions. Additionally, we project our misapprehensions onto the world and create unnecessary struggles with grasping and clinging. Investigating this is the study of emptiness, which is a core part of the Buddhist path (recent research shows that meditating on emptiness led to a significant decrease in negative emotions). This retreat will integrate meditation with a series of guided experiences that will reveal usually hidden aspects of our motivation and actions, and will lead to a more insightful and relaxed relationship with ourselves, others and the world.
For more information please review the retreat flyer
here
June 15 - 21, 2019
Durham Shambhala Center
8:30AM-5:00PM Daily
Cost: $400 (includes vegetarian lunch and tea snack)
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Developing Breath Meditation - A Weekend Retreat
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Supported by the peaceful environment of Avila Retreat Center and the silence of retreat shared with good dharma friends (who may have been strangers prior to the retreat) Callie will lead the group in practices and teachings to help each participant find their next-step in the rich process of developing mindfulness of breathing.
This retreat is sponsored by Dharma Friends Community as an offering to all who would like to participate.
Cost: varies depending on accommodation
Avila Retreat Center,
Durham, NC
5 pm, Friday, June 28th
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For more information please visit the 'Groups and Events' page:
www.dharmafriendscommunity.org
or call Callie Justice at 919-286-5041
(no texts please)
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NEWS NOTES for the SANGHA
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From the TIMC B
oard Chairman
The Board of Directors for Triangle Insight Meditation Community held their first meeting with an expanded number of Board Members on March 24, 2019. Minutes will be made available to the Sangha once approved.
Leah Rutchick,
TIMC Board Chairman
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New Coordinator
for Racial Affinity Groups
Beth Lauderdale will succeed Karen Ziegler
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Karen Ziegler is transitioning out as coordinator of TIM's Racial Affinity Groups (RAGs). Deep gratitude for all Karen has done to support this work. Beth Lauderdale will take on the role as coordinator in May. Beth is a long-time mentee of Ruth King, and currently she is completing a two-year
Dedicated Practitioners Program with Spirit Rock Meditation Center (online study with five training retreats).
Beth will be available to answer questions about RAGs in April, and will step into the full coordinator role in May. You can contact Beth at
[email protected].
RA Groups continue to explore and learn what it means to identify with a dominant group and conditioning as white people.
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Research Project Opportunity:
The Mindful Experience of Meditators
Online Survey from the University of Colorado, Boulder
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This research project is now underway and led by Joel Fishbein, Doctoral student in the Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Colorado, Boulder. It is gathering participants with the aid of the
Insight Meditation Community of Colorado, Common Ground Meditation in Minnesota, and 20 other insight meditation communities.
TIMC was identified as a source of dedicated meditators who may be interested in completing the online survey (about 15 minutes) as part of this study.
T
he project is approved by an Internal Review Board at the University of Colarado, Boulder (for research with human subjects), and is in accord with Federal confidentiality requirements.
Description:
The purpose of the study is to understand the experiences of meditators. This includes the ways that meditators think, experience emotions, and see themselves. We know from previous research that meditation can influence people's everyday experiences, and additional research is needed to understand how. This study will be of benefit for the scientific community and the general public to understand how meditating may shape people's perspectives.
The TIMC Board wishes to provide the Sangha with an opportunity to participate in this survey.
You may access a longer description and link to the survey
HERE
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An Insight Dialogue Retreat on Issues around Mindfulness of Race
with Phyllis Hicks
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Phyllis Hicks, our long-time teacher of Insight Dialogue is developing a residential retreat to investigate issues of whiteness raised by the March 15-17 Mindful of Race workshop with Ruth King. Still in planning, the ID retreat will be held at the Avila Retreat Center, in Durham, NC, in December 2019.
Specific details for registration will be announced in this Newsletter.
Avila Retreat Center
Durham, NC
December, 2019
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Reflections on the Metta Sutta
with Jeff Brantley
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Please join us for another delightful evening with Jeff Brantley, who has been a guest teacher at Triangle Insight for a number of years. During his Wednesday evening talk he will be offering some reflections on the Metta Sutta. As you may know, this text on Loving-Kindness can be found in the
Sutta Nipata
(1.8) of the Pali Canon, and if you would like to review this prior to Jeff's talk you may find it
here.
Dr. Jeff Brantley
is one of the founding faculty members of Duke Integrative Medicine, where he started the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program in 1998. He is also a member of the Community of Scholars of the Center for Spirituality, Theology, and Health at Duke University. Dr. Brantley is a Consulting Associate in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke Medical Center, and teaches intensive courses on mindfulness meditation and conducts extensive experiential programs and group lectures. He is the author of
Calming Your Anxious Mind: How Mindfulness and Compassion Can Free You from Anxiety, Fear, and Panic,
and the co-author, with Wendy Millstine, of the
Five Good Minutes
series and
Daily Meditations for Calming Your Anxious Mind.
His most recent book is,
Calming Your Angry Mind: How Mindfulness and Compassion Can Free You from Anger and Bring Peace to Your Life.
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Episcopal Center at Duke
6:30 - 8:00 PM
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Beginning the Buddha's Path
with Callie Justice
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This small group emphasizes three key aspects of the Buddha's path: developing a regular meditation practice; bringing mindful awareness to daily life activities, and understanding the Buddha's perspective on how to live a happier life. Each session will include guided meditation practice and time for questions from participants. Teachings will be introduced in a step-by-step fashion intended to help each person integrate the teachings in a way that works for them.
For more information please visit the 'Groups and Events' page at dharmafriendscommunity.org, or call Callie Justice at 919-286-5041 (no texts please),
Cost: donation basis
Six Weeks, April 23rd -- May 28th, 2019
Tuesdays evenings
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Dharma Friends Community Meditation Hall
Near NC School of Science and Math in Durham, NC
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Planning for a new TI WEBSITE gains energy from input. New interest has emerged with the launch of the expanded TIMC Board of Directors. Looking forward, input and energy will be needed to create Triangle Insight's web home.
What will this web home look like? What functions can it accomplish? How might it delight and absorb?
Ask and answer!
If you would like to link up, let's begin. Review, Revise and Recreate Ti's web home .
Please
send your suggestions, ideas for what you would like to find on the website, and other website concerns
to me,
[email protected]
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-Leah Rutchick
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Triangle Insight Meditation FB Group
on Facebook
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TIM now has a Facebook Group where members can post information updates, ideas and articles pertaining to our practice, and events of interest to the Sangha. This is a private FB group, viewed by members only.
VISIT the website and request membership, here.
Yes
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- you also need to be a FB member, and if you click on the website link, you will see another link to create a FB account.
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TIM SPIRITUAL FRIENDS GROUPS
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Kalyana Mitta Groups
Racial Affinity Groups
Having admirable people as friends, companions, and colleagues is actually th
e whole of the holy life.
~ The Buddha
In challenging times, we can feel as if storm clouds have arisen. The sky darkens, our view narrows, our bodies tighten, and we're blown off course by the winds of our emotions. One of the gifts of a Spiritual Friends Group is to offer safe harbor. The trust and intimacy that develop in these groups allow us to share, be heard, and listen. This mindful sharing provides illumination; we can see more clearly, and with wiser view and softer heart, we continue on our journey.
As Phillip Moffitt states his article,
The Three Wholesome Exchanges of the Heart
, "We all need to have someone hear our fears, failures, triumphs, and dreams....This exchange is essential to our personal and spiritual development because when we are being witnessed, it allows us to really hear our own authentic voice."
Please read the following sections to learn more about current activities of the Kalyana Mitta and Racial Affinities groups.
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The KM-RA Coordinating Team of Sarah Tillis, Karen Ziegler, and Tamara Share expresses deep gratitude for the dedication of our sangha. May our Kalyana Mitta and Racial Affinity groups be of great benefit to all.
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A New KM Group
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We are forming the
Durham Young Adults KM Group
, for those in their 20s and 30s. A Kalyana Mitta group for members in the same phase of life can offer a special community for the spiritual growth of each member and the group as a whole.
We currently have openings in four groups:
- Insight Dialogue KM Group for individuals with Insight Dialogue experience
- Durham Young Adults KM Group, which is being formed
- Secular Buddhism KM Group: Study Group
Chapel Hill-Carrboro KM Group has a waiting group.
For information about our KM program, please email or talk with Sarah, or visit our
KM web page.
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Members of our Racial Affinity groups (the groups are affectionately known as RAGs) continue to deepen self-awareness around issues of race in small, racially homogeneous groups that integrate the dharma into members' personal and collective exploration. Waking up to white supremacy and the ways we have internalized it is a painful process, and the acceptance we bring to each other, as well as our shared understanding of the dharma, helps us to heal and strive to act more constructively in the world.
Racial Affinity group members share a commitment to racial equality and are guided by Ruth King's work, yet each group develops and evolves in its own way.
Two new RAGs have formed out of the recent Mindful of Race workshop led by Ruth King in Durham, NC (March 15-17).
If you are interested in joining a Racial Affinity group or would like more information, you are invited to contact
Karen Ziegler, Coordinator through the end of April, or
Beth Lauderdale, (
[email protected])
who will take on RAGs Coordinator responsibilities, starting May 1st.
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TIM PROGRAMS and COMMITTEES
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A Sangha Support Initiative
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Caring Circles is a Triangle Insight program whose purpose is to connect community members needing temporary assistance with volunteers willing to provide help. Assistance can take as many forms as there is need, such as meals, rides, housework, lawn care or childcare.
This exchange pairs needed service with volunteers to match. If you wish be notified when another member needs and requests support, send an email to [email protected] asking to be added to the list of potential volunteers. Thereafter, you will receive email notifications of care requests. You decide if you can and want to respond to any request. There is no obligation on your part by signing up to receive these notifications.
You can find this information plus details on how to request support on the Shramadana webpage.
Over the next few months we will be reorganizing the Shramadana Project activities. In the meantime, if you have need of any services, please follow the instructions on the Shramadana webpage or you can also speak or email with Gordy Livermore and Mary Mudd for more information.
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The Shramadana Project
A Volunteer Initiative
of Triangle Insight
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The Shramadana Project (SP) has been a volunteer initiative of the Triangle Insight Meditation Community that was organized to address some of the interests expressed within the sangha and for outreach to the community-at-large.
This project has outgrown its current form and now needs to evolve into a more meaningful structure.Some activities including Media Night, workshops and retreats would fit well with a new "Programs Committee".Other volunteer opportunities might better fit with a group or committee for "Engaged Buddhism" or "Community-at-Large Activities," or others yet to be created.
Past activities, meeting minutes and the list of community organizations for the SP are available on the
SP webpage.
Ideas on how to organize these activities are welcome and should be sent to
[email protected].
If beings knew, as I know, the results of giving
and sharing, they would not eat without having given...
-the Buddha
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Workshops Bein
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In response to our efforts to engage the Buddhist teachings around the issues of Racial Justice and Diversity, we would like to recommend the training opportunities available through
OARNC (Organizing Against Racism NC) as a first step in this investigation.
Eighteen
of us from Triangle Insight have already participated in these workshops and they come highly recommended, so you are encouraged to participate if interested. If three or more attend an event from our sangha, you will each get a discount on the fee for being a part of the Triangle Insight Meditation Community.
TI
is contributing $500 to start a scholarship fund for this purpose, and the community is invited to join the initiative by contributing specifically to the scholarship fund. The fund will be available to support TI community members in attending OARNC or other similar trainings. The goal of this initiative is to help individuals and the community to deepen their understanding of the way that
unexamined views of race limit
the mind and human systems.
Scholarships will be available on a case by case basis to help supplement the cost of registration. To contribute now through PayPal, please donate Here.
OARNC offers two phases of training, and the latter trainings are designed to assist us in bringing this knowledge back to our community so as to guide us more skillfully in addressing these issues in Triangle Insight. Please visit their website by clicking on the link above for descriptions of these phases of training.
1) have any questions about this initiative
2) would like to be considered for a scholarship
3) want to contribute toward a scholarship, and
4) wish to be a part of the core group to discuss our plans after completing the trainings.
Meeting at a variety of times & dates in Durham & Chapel Hill
Each workshop is two days, 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Cost: $275 ($225 with 3+ discount; student $175)
and includes breakfast and lunch
contact for information: [email protected]
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by Karen Bluth, Ph.D.
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Do you know teens who need mindfulness and self-compassion? If so, this new resource, scheduled for release on Dec. 1st, is a one-of-a-kind workbook that includes fun activities based in mindfulness and self-compassion to help teens deal with the challenges of day-to-day teen life.
Karen Bluth, PhD
, is research faculty in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. She conducts research, teaches mindfulness and self-compassion courses, and regularly gives talks and leads workshops at universities and schools.
For more information on the book and on how to order, please visit
Karen's website.
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Sitting Together:
A Family-Centered Curriculum on Mindfulness, Meditation, and Buddhist Teachings
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A three-volume book set for Mindful Families,
by Sumi Lundon Kim
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Sumi Loundon Kim, the former minister for the Buddhist Families of Durham and Buddhist chaplain at Duke, and longtime friend of Triangle Insight has published a series of books titled Sitting Together. It provides children's lesson plans, an activity book, and an adult study guide for parents and teachers.
More information about this new 3-volume book, mindfulness exercises for children, as well as other mindful parenting resources can be found at this website:
www.mindfulfamilies.net
**Read BOOK REVIEWS and more about the author on the
website under the header "book" in the drop-down list.
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The Practice of Insight Dialogue
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Insight Dialogue is an interpersonal meditation practice and is offered at Triangle Insight once monthly, usually on the fourth Wednesday of the month. It brings the mindfulness and tranquility of silent meditation directly into our experience with other people. The new website for Insight Dialogue is an excellent resource for learning more about the practice:
www.metta.org.
The evening begins with silent meditation practice, followed by gentle mindful movement, and then shifting into dyad practice where interpersonal mindfulness is explored with a partner in response to a contemplation that is offered. The dyad practice is optional so that anyone who chooses to remain in silent practice may do so, rather than shifting into dyad practice. One can investigate the guidance of the contemplation internally, noticing the moment by moment unfolding of internal experience. Also note that the ID practice goes from 6:30 to 8:30 PM to allow for more spaciousness and time for questions. We hope you will be able to join us.
Fourth Wednesdays
(unless otherwise indicated)
Triangle Insight, Episcopal Center at Duke
6:30 - 8:30 PM
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OTHER SITTING OPPORTUNITIES
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Triangle Insight
Morning Meditation Group
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This early morning sitting group led by Ron Vereen meets Mondays and Thursdays from 7:00 - 7:45 AM. The group begins with silent, unguided practice, with Ron giving a guided heart practice during the last 10-15 minutes. There is no charge for participation, and donations are accepted. For more info contact Ron at
[email protected]
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Important note:
Only four parking spaces in the parking lot at the Episcopal Center are designated for our use at this hour and are clearly marked. Overflow parking can be found on the west side of Alexander Ave.
Monday and Thursday Mornings
Episcopal Center at Duke
505 Alexander Ave.
Durham, NC 27705
7:00 - 7:45 AM
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Teacher: Callie Justice
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This fall Dharma Friends Community offers a range of groups and events designed to support everyone from newcomers to seasoned practitioners. Drawing on Early Buddhist sources, these groups focus on teaching core practices in a way that relates to the needs of each individual participant in an open welcoming environment.
Durham Friends Community Meditation Hall
Located near the NC Science and Math in Durham.
Note:
the monthly Community Practice Session meets at Durham's Stanford L. Warren Public Library.
Dates: n/a
Cost: donation
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Mindful Families of Durham
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Currently consisting of ~ 16 families, this group is dedicated to creating a warm, loving community for parents and children to learn and practice together. Adults meet for one hour for meditation and discussion, while the children learn about meditation and Buddhism in Sati School with our marvelous (non-parent-member) teachers.
For more information,visit:
Mindful Families of Durham
Sunday Mornings
10:30AM-12:00 noon
For info please contact [email protected]
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Recovery Group
A Buddhist Perspective on the Twelve Step Program
The meetings begin and end with silent meditation. For more information contact
[email protected]
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Tuesday Nights
7:30 - 8:45 PM
Chapel Hill Zen Center
5322 NC Hwy 86
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
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Open Meditation in the Quiet Room
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Guided meditation for spiritual health, managing stress, and planting seeds of inner peace. Open to all spiritual and philosophical beliefs , paths, or practices. Sponsored by the Department of Chaplain Services & Education, and, ACP-Stress Management Service. The Quiet Room on the 0 level in Duke Cancer Center is open for meditation every Monday, excluding holidays, from 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm.
Duke Cancer Center
20 Duke Medicine Circle
Durham, NC
27710
Contact: Chaplain Olsen at [email protected] or call 919-684-3586.
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Buddhist Meditation Community at Duke University
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The
Buddhist Meditation Community at Duke provides the opportunity for currently enrolled undergraduate and graduate students to learn about Buddhist teachings and practice meditation. Our Monday evening meetings include quiet meditation, group study and discussion, and we regularly host local Buddhist teachers from across traditions to share their teachings with the group. Morning meditation on weekdays is also available. We are a culturally diverse student group that welcomes the curious, beginners, experienced Buddhists, and those of other religions equally. We deeply value the role of friendship and community in supporting a thoughtful spiritual path of wisdom and compassion.
Open to Duke University Faculty, Staff, and Students
Mondays from 7:00-8:00 pm in the
Wellness Center, Rm 148/149 on West Campus.
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In addition to Triangle Insight, there are a variety of other meditation opportunities of which we would like for you to be aware. Rather than list them all here, we wanted to point you to the "l
inks" section of our website at
Triangle Insight
. There are other sitting groups in the community whose practice is similar to ours, as well as resources for retreat centers and other websites, both locally and nationally. We do not offer an endorsement of these sites, but rather a suggestion for your exploration to see if any may have useful information to support your practice of insight meditation.
For any questions please contact us at
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ONGOING CLASSES and PROGRAMS
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Engaged Buddhism Group
The Engaged Buddhism group is open to anyone interested in how we connect our interior spiritual journeys to the world we live in. We welcome a diversity of opinions and experiences.
Our meetings will focus on sharing, affirming, and supporting one another. Each meeting begins with a short meditation period, followed by lightly facilitated discussion. You are also invited to bring something of significance to you to place on the altar for the evening.
We meet on the fourth Thursday of each month
from 6:30 - 8:00 pm in the Conference Room of the Episcopal Center at Duke.
Organizers: Karen Ziegler, Marilyn Hartman, Rich Bell and Robert Seyler
RSVP requested but not required:
[email protected]
. Last minute decisions to come are welcome.
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Conference Room
Episcopal Center at Duke
505 Alexander Ave., Durham, NC
Please enter by the side door facing the street
Fourth Thursdays of each month
6:30-8:00PM
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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
with Cornelia Kip Lee, M.Ed.
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MBSR is an 8-week program that
helps you cultivate your natural capacities to be aware, to care for yourself and to find greater ease and peace of mind. Developed by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in 1979, i
t is now an internationally acclaimed program with an extensive body of research supporting a range benefits for health and well-being. By the end of the program, MBSR participants typically report experiencing less stress; more self-kindness and compassion; improved mental clarity and focus; and positive shifts in attitudes, behaviors and relationships.
Cost: Sliding scale of $150 - $350
Cornelia Kip Lee, M.Ed., completed the 6-day MBSR Teacher Training Intensive through the UC San Diego Mindfulness-Based Professional Training Institute, and is enrolled in the Institute's MBSR Teacher Certification Program. She is also a Trained Teacher of Mindful Self-Compassion and has practiced mindfulness meditation since 1998.
For more information
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Mindfulness Awareness Training
with Tamara Share, PhD
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T
amara Share will be offering an ongoing group for developing skills in mindfulness awareness practices. The group will meet twice monthly, and is open to those 18 years of age and older. A pre-group consultation is required, and you may contact Tamara at 919-442-1118. T
he cost is $45/session if pre-paid in 6 session blocks ($270), or $60 if paid per session (sliding scale available).
Tamara L. Share, PhD is a Counseling Psychologist with more than 20 years of training and experience in human development, group facilitation, and personal growth. Tamara's diverse background includes education/training in physics, psychology, wellness, philosophy, and complementary approaches to healthcare.
2nd and 4th Thursdays
HRC, Behavioral Health and Psychiatry
100 Europa Dr., Suite 260, Chapel Hill 27517
4:45 - 6:00 PM
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Establishing Mindfulness:
A Deep Dive
with Callie Justice
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ONGOING SESSIONS
Right mindfulness is a layered and richly textured aspect of the Buddha's path. This four month group will meet weekly to investigate the full breadth and power of this essential teaching. The emphasis will be on helping each individual to develop their personal practice in the light of what the Buddha taught.
Two GROUPS:
Sundays from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m.
Sundays from 5 to 6:30 p.m.
For more information please visit the 'Groups and Events' page at dharmafriendscommunity.org or call Callie Justice at 919-286-5041 (no texts please).
Place: Dharma Friends Community Dharma Hall
(near NC School of Science and Math in Durham)
Times: 10:00-11:30AM or 5:00-6:30PM
Cost: donation
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MINDED Classes in Carrboro and Chapel Hill:
Adult, Pre-Teen and Teen
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MINDED is a new organization in the Triangle with the mission to provide Mindfulness classes to all sectors of the community. They offer classes to the general public for a fee. A large portion of the proceeds fund free or low cost classes to underserved populations and groups that may not know about the benefits of mindfulness meditation.
Chapel Hill
Mindfulness Meditation Group
1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month
6:00 - 7:00 pm
Unity Center for Peace
8800 Seawell School Road, Chapel Hill
This group is an opportunity for new and experienced meditators to practice meditation in an encouraging and friendly group.
The leaders are experienced meditation instructors who will offer guidance and support as needed by those who attend.
Each session will begin with some basic instruction in mindfulness meditation and gentle guid
ance during a 20-25 minute period of sittin
g and 10 minutes of mindful movement. The session may have a suggested theme or be open ended.
Suggested donation for each class is $5 - $15, sliding scale. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. Donations will be split between Minded and Unity Center for Peace. For more information, visit our website:
http://www.getminded.com/
Additional MINDED Classes
with Laura Prochnow Phillips and Karen Bluth
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Mindfulness-Based Stress
Reduction Classes & Events
at Duke Integrative Medicine
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Please click on the following link for a variety of programs related to the practice of mindfulness:
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at UNC Integrative Medicine
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Please click on the following link for a variety of programs related to the practice of mindfulness:
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