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Triangle
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June 2018
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Greetings to all -
As we head into June, we are excited about the upcoming events that are planned to help shape the future of our beloved sangha. We would also like to express our appreciation for those who have been a part of this evolution thus far, and in advance, to all of you who will participate with us in this important process. A special thanks to Francesca Morfesis, Mary Mudd, and Gordy Livermore, who volunteered to join the with the board members in forming a working group that has already been engaged with Katherine Turner around the initial preparations.
At our regular Wednesday evening meeting on June 6th we will introduce Katherine Turner to the community, as she will be facilitating this exploration of values, norms, and structures with us. We invite all of you to attend and to participate with Katherine in the planning of the upcoming day-long retreat on June 23rd from 9am - 4pm, which will be held at the Friends Meeting House at 404 Alexander Ave. in Durham (across the street from the Episcopal Center).
Prior to the meeting on June 6th we invite everyone to review the updated Timeline of Triangle Insight by clicking the link here. Please forward any questions, concerns and suggested additions via email to [email protected] before the June 6th meeting so that they can be incorporated into the document prior to our gathering.
In addition, we will be discussing and agreeing on our group agreements for our conversations along with the purpose and content of the retreat.
In preparation for the June 23rd retreat, we would also like you to explore a set of proposed Questions and Subquestions that will be used to guide our ongoing exploration. You may find them at the link here so that you can review them in time for the June 6th meeting as we will explore any proposed changes or additions at that time.
After the June 6th meeting we will also be sending out an update on the Wednesday evening's discussion and more specific plans for the June 23rd retreat. At that time you will also have a chance to register for the retreat so that we'll know how best to prepare. We are seeking volunteers to help with the logistics of the retreat, and if you would like to contribute to this effort, please email us at [email protected].
Again, we look forward to this opportunity to participate with all of you together in exploring these important issues before us. May we move together and hold the intention to provide a sangha that will serve and be welcoming to all.
Scott Bryce, Phyllis Hicks, Cynthia Hughey, and Ron Vereen
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Sitting Opportunities
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Upcoming Classes and Events
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Goings on in the Sangha
(activity quick list)
Triangle Insight Meditation Group
on Facebook
Spiritual Friends Groups
Organizing Against Racism Workshops
Continuing the Conversation
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Ongoing Classes and Events
A Curriculum for Mindful Families
by Karen Bluth, PhD
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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 are now asking 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
June 6: Sangha Meeting with Katherine Turner
June 13: Scott Bryce
June 20: Barbara Shumannfang (Guest Teacher)
June 27: Mary Grigsby (Insight Dialogue)
July 4: No Meeting
July 11: Scott Bryce
July 18: Ron Vereen
July 25: Phyllis Hicks (Insight Dialogue)
Monday and Thursdy 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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Guest Teacher Series
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Beginning in February, we are pleased to have five individuals share their wisdom with the sangha, each of whom has been participating in a new certification program to become mindfulness meditation teachers. We invite you to join us as we welcome these new voices to our Wednesday night gatherings: Sarah Bryce (Feb 21), Sharon Shelton (March 21), Joe Gilbert (April 18), Sarah Gardner (May 23), and Barbara Shumannfang (June 20).
The Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program
is a 2-Year professional training program for teaching awareness and compassion-based practices with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach.
This new certification program through the Awareness Training Institute has been in the making for over 30 years. It is the result of the greater need in our world for more qualified mindfulness meditation teachers and the growing popularity of mindfulness, self-compassion, and meditation.
Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield have specially created a high quality certification program that has wide application and maintains both psychological and spiritual depth. It deepens the meditation training of each participant and prepares them to skillfully teach and guide others.
By studying to become a certified meditation teacher, they have:
- Learned how to teach meditation with tools for body, heart, mind, and community (learning from both Tara's and Jack's successes and failures in teaching meditation for a combined 60 years)
- Received professional mentoring (individual and group) offered throughout the two-year training by an international group of highly respected meditation teachers
- Learned the application of mindfulness and self-compassion to relationships, conflict, trauma, organizational wisdom, and societal change
- Have experienced a powerful way to grow and deepen their spiritual path.
We hope you will join us in welcoming these gifted individuals over the next five months as they deepen their experience of teaching through their offerings to our sangha at our Wednesday evening gatherings.
Wednesday Evenings, 6:30 - 8:00 PM
Feb. 21, Mar 21, Apr 18, May 23, Jun
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Let's Shape the Future of our Sangha:
A Day-Long Retreat with
Katherine Turner and the Sangha |
Please refer to the
opening comments of this newsletter for an overview of this day-long endeavor to talk about our Sangha's organization and direction going forward. There you will find useful links and ideas to help plan for this important event in our history as a Buddhist, vipassana community.
This is a foundational opportunity to add your voice to the life that we hold and build together,
NOTE: please come to our regular meditation on Wednesday,
June 6, to meet
Katherine Turner, who will serve as our guide through the June 23rd meeting. A special email will be sent prior to June 23rd with more information about the agenda and other meeting details. Please register for the meeting at that time to help with space and refreshments.
A link for registration will also be placed on the TIM webpage, under Upcoming Events.
June 23, 2018 | 9am--4pm
at the Friend's Meeting House
404 Alexander Ave. --- across from the Episcopal Center
Duke Central Campus
June 23rd at the Friend's Meeting House
9:00AM - 4:00PM
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A new TI WEBSITE is under construction and may be viewed at this address:
Take a tour and try out some of the new features. What do you think? Your feedback is important!
Try out the new Forums application!
Visit the main tab: All Forums. Pick the top Forum, scroll down and register. Log-in and you're set to comment on a topic, or create your own topic.
You are invited to use the
Feedback form on the website, or write directly to me with your ideas a
nd suggestions, at [email protected].
--Leah Rutchick
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True Refuge:
The Heart of Wise Action
with Phyllis K. Hicks and Sharon Beckman-Brindley
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An Insight Dialogue retreat at the
Southern Dharma Retreat Center, Hot Springs, NC
As humans we are exquisitely sensitive and can easily become overwhelmed in the sea of relentless sensory contact. Learning how to cultivate mindfulness and tranquility in the flow of daily life is a profound resource for peace and for wise action.
In this Insight Dialogue retreat we will practice taking refuge in awareness, wisdom, and spiritual friendship (Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha).
We will investigate obstacles to friendship and beloved community, internally in the heart-mind, and externally in social constructions, cultivating Lovingkindness, Compassion, Appreciative Joy, and Relational Equanimity. We will explore foundations for peace, possibilities for courageous personal and collective action, and the benefits of deep companionship on the Noble Eightfold Path.
This retreat is both an introduction to Insight Dialogue and an opportunity to deepen practice. It will be held in Noble Silence except for the Insight Dialogue sessions. We will alternate periods of silent meditation practice, Insight Dialogue, mindful movement and time in nature.
June 26 - July 1, 2018
Southern Dharma Retreat Center, Hot Springs, NC
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Finding Peace: The Power of Mindfulness in Daily Life
an Urban Retreat with Jeff Brantley
and Katie Strobush |
This 3-day retreat will offer conditions conducive to your own inner search for balance and respite, where you will be pointed toward the silence that holds all noise, the stillness that holds all motion, and the peace that is always available, no matter the hectic nature of our day to day lives.
All levels of meditation experience and practice traditions are welcome. New meditators or those wishing to begin a practice will learn the basics of mindfulness meditation, including sitting, walking, and mindful movement. E
xperienced meditators can use this time as a way to deepen or reconnect with their practice within the support of a retreat setting. All participants will have the opportunity to share their experiences with each other, taking advantage of this rare opportunity to become more intimate with ourselves, and facilitating greater patience so as to touch into the stillness that is always available, experiencing greater peace.
No previous meditation experience is required.
Duke Integrative Medicine
3475 Erwin Rd., Durham, NC
June 11 - 13
9:00AM-4:00PM Daily
Cost: $445.50 early regitration; $495 after 5/23
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iBme Virginia Teen Retreat
Inward Bound Mindfulness Education
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Dates |
3:00/4:00 PM on July 27nd --
1:00 PM on August 1st, 2018
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Serenity Ridge Retreat Center
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15-19 |
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Tuition is 1% of annual family income, up to $2000.
A nonrefundable application fee of $35 is required and applied toward your tuition.
We have never turned away a teen for lack of funds.
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July 13th: All applications received after this date will be put on a wait list
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(978) 254-7082 or [email protected] |
Retreat Description
iBme's longest running retreat, this retreat is held at the beautiful Serenity Ridge Retreat Center in Shipman, VA.
For more information about what happens on a teen retreat please see the
teen retreats page.
July 27nd - August 1st, 2018
Online Information and Registration HERE
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Save the Dates!!
Leading with an Open Heart:
A Radical Dharma Vision of
Using Our Broken Hearts to Get Free
A Week of Events with Lama Rod Owens
October 23-28, 2018 |
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Triangle Insight is pleased to be a part of a wonderful  collaborative group that is working to bring Lama Rod Owens back to Durham this October. We wanted you to know about our plans thus far so that you'll be able to save the dates.
Lama Rod knows directly that so many of us are grieving and in deep mourning for the world and ourselves. Many of us have been conditioned to avoid and deny our pain and to see it as dangerous. If we are struggling within systems of oppression, we may experience forms of intense pain in the form of various identity based traumas.
He also knows that to transform our relationship to this pain we must begin cultivating an open heart and leading with that openness. But how do we begin to rely on our broken hearts as a profound means of both personal and social liberation? How does our pain become the teacher? How can it become the path? Most importantly, how does this path of the open heart become a strategy for social liberation as well?
Throughout the week we will be exploring these questions with Lama Rod in a variety of gatherings, with the tentative schedule as follows:
Tues. 10/23, 7-9 pm: Men's Program on Gender Privilege and Structural Racism
Episcopal Center at Duke
Wed. 10/24, 3:05-5:35 pm: Lecture at Duke 7 - 8 pm: Dharma Talk at Triangle Insight (EC)
Fri., 10/26, 7 pm: Public Talk, Hayti Heritage Center
Sat., 10/27: 9 am - 5 pm: Workshop open to all at
Manpower Center of Durham
Sun. 10/28: 9 am - 5 pm: Workshop with POC/LGBT
Communities
Duke Integrative Medicine
So, mark your calendars now to make sure you will not miss out on these wonderful opportunities to learn from Lama Rod's direct experience with these questions and the wisdom he has to offer. And stay tuned for more information on further details and registration information.
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Spiritual Friends Groups
We are in a time of transition. Our beloved teacher, Jeanne Van Gemert, has moved to Charlottesville. Our sangha is evolving and moving towards a new governance structure. As these changes unfold, the world around us and the approaching summer solstice are reminders of the deep truth of impermanence. It is always a time of transition, and each season brings joy and sorrow, hope and fear, clarity and confusion. Spiritual friends help us hold all of this so we can move from contraction to compassion, from reaction to response.
In his lovely essay,
Making Friends on the Buddhist Path
, Norman Fischer states, "That we and our friends can communicate intimately with one another and support each other unselfishly come what may - this truly is a masterpiece of Nature, and one of our brightest human achievements. It is also, I believe, our best hope in troubled times."
He goes on to note that, "Emerson and the Buddha both believe that spiritual friendship requires two elements: truth and tenderness." These two elements are among the gifts of Kalyana Mitta and Racial Affinity Groups, gifts that open us to the generosity and love that can awaken us all.
We have openings in three groups:
- Insight Dialogue KM Group for individuals with Insight Dialogue experience
- Secular Buddhism KM Group: Study Group; and
- Chapel Hill-Carrboro Young Adults KM Group, for those in their 20s and 30s
For information about our KM program, please visit our
KM web page
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Members of our Racial Affinity groups 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 to figure out how to act more constructively in the world. To support this process, groups follow Triangle Insight's
Mindful Sharing Guidelines
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Ruth King's Guidelines for Cultural Affinity Groups
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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. At the moment, one of our established groups reports that they would love to welcome two new members. They meet from 6:35 - 8:30 pm on the 2nd Tuesday of the month in Durham. They have just begun reading and doing the practices in My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem.
If you're interested in joining a Racial Affinity group or would like more information, you are invited to contact Karen Ziegler, RA Coordinator, or email Karen at
[email protected]
, or visit our
Racial Affinity Groups web page
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which also contains a list of helpful resources.
Members of our sangha have a deep commitment to social justice, and group members are finding that exploration in a Racial Affinity Group is a rich and valuable path.
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The KM-RA Coordinating Team of Sarah Tillis, Karen Ziegler, Tamara Share, Tom Howlett, and Jeanne Van Gemert 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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Caring Circles
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. You can also speak with Gordy Livermore, Mary Mudd or Howard Staab for more information.
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The Shramadana Project
A Volunteer Initiative
of Triangle Insight
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The Shramadana Project (SP) is a volunteer initiative of the Triangle Insight Meditation Community, organized to address some of the interests expressed within the sangha and for outreach to the community-at-large. Visit the SP website.
Mary Mudd is the current SP coordinator.
UPCOMING and ONGOING ACTIVITIES
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Meetings.
Meetings are held on a quarterly schedule.
Please
email Mary
if you would like to be part of the planning committee. The next meeting is being planned after the New Year.
- Minutes. You can review the minutes of prior meetings on the TI website page for the Shramadana Project. You will learn more about the worthwhile and exciting SP initiatives of the sangha.
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Caring Circles. an open exchange for requesting and providing aide within the sangha.
For more information on this Initiative, see the announcement above.
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Media Night. Join us to relax, have fun with sangha members, and enjoy films, music, improv, dance, art making--you name it!
Stay tuned for information about our next event!
- If you would like to see a particular film, or have an idea for a program to share with Dharma friends, please contact Gerri McGuire at [email protected].
- Lending Library. Triangle Insight now has a tiny library in our meeting place at the Episcopal Center. The Triangle Insight Tiny Library is located in the back hallway. To check out a book, just intend to bring it back when you're finished. To donate a book, simply add it to the collection. "Donate, Borrow, Return." Titles in circulation include Radical Dharma and Self-Compassion.
- Volunteer Time on the Farm. Groups from Triangle Insight volunteered on two occasions at the Piedmont Farm Animal Refuge in Chatham Co. This animal sanctuary provides a rescue area and home for farm animals in need, and they rely on volunteer help to thrive. Please visit their website by clicking on the link above to learn more about the refuge and how you can donate your your time and/or money.
- list of community organizations seeking volunteers to further their missions of nonviolence, racial and social equity, and supporting youth. If you know of other groups to add to this list, please send a note with their contact information to Mary Mudd, and consider joining the SP group
- Retreats/Workshops. Several of these events have been organized over the years, most recently the Insight Dialogue New Year's retreat in January with Phyllis Hicks as well one with Jeanne van Gemert and Ron Vereen in May. We are also participating with a collaborative group to bring Lama Rod Owens to the Triangle from Oct. 22 - 29, 2018 (above).
- REAL Durham builds relationships across lines of privilege, race and class to improve economic stability for everyone. It uses a racial equity lens to connect those with and without privilege for the purpose of transferring power and better positioning those without privilege to achieve financial stability. Volunteer training is held several times a year - check out their website for more information.
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 the initiative is to help individuals and the community to deepen their understanding of the way the mind and human systems are limited by unexamined views of race. The 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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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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Sitting Together:
A Family-Centered Curriculum on Mindfulness, Meditation, and Buddhist Teachings
A three-volume book set for Mindful Families
by Sumi Loundon Kim
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Sumi Loundon Kim, the minister for the Buddhist Families of Durham, 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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Inner Resiliency Training for Healthcare Professionals
A Mindful Self-Compassion program
with Cornelia Kip Lee, M. Ed.
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A moment of self-compassion can change your entire day. A string of such moments can change the course of your life. - Christopher Germer, PhD
Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) Inner Resiliency Training for Healthcare Professionals is a new program by Kristin Neff, PhD, adapted specifically for healthcare settings. This brief training aims to improve wellbeing and decrease burnout among healthcare professionals by cultivating skills to deal with distressing emotional situations as they occur.
MSC practices can be used on the spot while at work with patients, clients and colleagues. Participants of the program will learn tools and skills to care for yourself while caring for others; to listen with compassion; to handle difficult emotions with greater ease; and to reconnect to the values that give your life and work meaning. Cornelia Lee is offering this program locally starting in November this year.
Programs available starting November 2017
The program consists of four, 90-minute sessions; the number and length of sessions can be customized for staff needs.
Location
: Your facility, institution, or other location to be arranged
Cost:
$100-$140 per participant (TBD with the facility or organization, based on number of participants and number/length of sessions)
Contact: For more information about MSC Inner Resiliency Training, please contact Cornelia Kip Lee, M.Ed., at 919-428-3335 or [email protected]
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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
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.
1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month
Time: 6:00 - 7:00 pm
Location: Unity Center for Peace
8800 Seawell School Road, Chapel Hill
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 out website:
http://www.getminded.com/
Additional MINDED Classes
with Laura Prochnow Phillips and Karen Bluth
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The Self-Compassion Workbook for Teens:
Mindfulness and Compassion Skills to Overcome Self-Criticism and Embrace Who You Are
by Karen Bluth, Ph.D. |
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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This space is where sangha members can announce timely activities for everyone to view.
If you would like to post something here, please submit your request by the 15th of each month to
[email protected].
The Beta version is available for review at http://triangleimc.staging.wpengine.com/. There is a "feedback form" on the website, easily available for your reflections on the current state of development.
For information on our Kalyana Mitta and Racial Affinity Groups, to join an existing group or to start your own, please click on the title link above. NEW CHANGE: Karen Ziegler is now coordinating the Racial Affinity groups.
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.
Click here to view the website, and request membership.
- This FB Group is built by its members, so everyone benefits when we contribute posts, offer comment, events of interest. Member requests are approved by the administrator for spam and troll-control. The current administrator is Leah Rutchick.
Racial Affinity work - OARNC
The Shramadana Project (SP) is a volunteer initiative of the Triangle Insight Meditation Community to address some of the needs within the sangha for service and to provide outreach to the community-at-large. One aspect of this outreach is the development of
Caring Circles. See this section of the newsletter for more information on this volunteer initiative of Sangha members.
Continuing the Conversation
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Free Introductory Self-Compassion Workshops
with Corneila Kip Lee, MEd
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Most of us feel compassion when a close friend is struggling, but we're much less sympathetic with ourselves. What would it be like to receive the same care and support from ourselves when we need it the most?
Burgeoning research shows that self-compassion is strongly associated with emotional wellbeing, lower levels of anxiety and depression, and more satisfying personal relationships.
Cornelia is offering free, 1- to 2-hour, interactive workshops to organizations and groups in Durham and Raleigh that introduce the theory, research and practice of self-compassion, including opportunities to:
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Discover how self-compassion could enhance your happiness and well-being at home and work
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Have a direct experience of self-compassion
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Learn simple skills for integrating self-compassion into daily life
To inquire about a free workshop for your group or organization, or for information about upcoming 8-week Mindful Self-Compassion classes this summer and fall, please contact Cornelia Kip Lee at [email protected]
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Mindfulness Awareness Training
with Tamara Share, PhD
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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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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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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
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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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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Duke Cancer Center Meditation Room
A Quiet Center for everyone |
Meditation sessions are held every Monday at the Duke Cancer Center Quiet Room from 12:30 p.m. - 1 p.m.
Staff, volunteers, patients, family members and the public are invited to attend.
The sessions are free, and there is no registration. For a map and the latest scheduling, see this
announcement
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Contact Chaplain Olsen at [email protected], or call 919-684-3586 for more information.
Monday Afternoons
12:30 - 1:00 PM
The Quiet Room, Main Level
Duke Cancer Center
20 Duke Medicine Circle
Durham
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NC
27710
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Mindfulness Programs
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:
or call
919-966-8586 for more information.
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Recovery Group
a Buddhist Perspective on the Twelve Step Program
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The meetings begin and end with silent meditation. For more information contact
[email protected].
Tuesday Nights
7:30 - 8:45 PM
Chapel Hill Zen Center
5322 NC Hwy 86
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
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Other Resources
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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 "links" 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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