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Format of our meetings Opening Welcome/introductions/check-ins Recitation of Gatha for Healing Racial, Systemic, and Social Inequity Mindfulness Practice – Part 1 10-15 minute Seated Meditation (Guided) Short Walking Meditation 10-15 minute Seated Meditation (Silent) Short Walking Meditation Mindfulness Practice – Part 2 Dharma Reading – Selected passage read aloud (please […]
Past BBMC Meeting Schedule
“The retreat is now full. You can use the form below to be put on the waiting list. We will let you know as soon as a space becomes available.” BBMC Annual Residential Retreat: Healing Ourselves, Healing Our World UPCOMING! For people of color: February 2-4, 2018 Sanctuary Retreat Center, 19520 […]
February 2-4, 2018 | Healing Ourselves, Healing Our World | ...
IMPACT | 02/16/2017 08:21 am ET A Zen Master’s Advice On Coping With Trump It involves a lot more than meditating. Click the article title above for an recent Huffington Post article/video highlighting Engaged Buddhism and the work of Thich Nhat Hanh and monastics Sister Peace and Brother Phap Dung. […]
READ- A Zen Master’s Advice On Coping With Trump
Practice self-care and self-love, any time! Attached is an audio file for a brief guided meditation to stop, calm our minds and bodies, and come back to the present moment.
LISTEN- Audio Resources for mindfulness practice (updated 2/22)
Mindfulness Retreat for People of Color Healing through Cultivating Joy and Solidity – May 17-21, 2017 Our special retreat for people and families of color is open to people of Native American, African, Latina/o, Asian, Pacific Islander, Caribbean, and Middle Eastern ancestry. We come together in a safe and joyful environment […]
May 17-21, 2017 | POC Retreat at Blue Cliff Monastery
Healing Ourselves, Celebrating our Resilience Join us for a special retreat for people and families of color (white family members also welcome). Come together in a safe and joyful environment to find fellowship, to stop, to rest, to look deeply, and to listen to our bodies and minds – and […]
May 4-8, 2016 | POC Retreat at Blue Cliff Monastery
7 Sacred Justice: The Heart of Compassion for Ourselves and Our World A retreat for social justice activists Blue Cliff Monastery, Pine Bush, NY (2 hours north of New York City) Facilitated by Kaira Jewel Lingo and Marisela Gomez This retreat for activists, community organizers, and human rights defenders will give us the […]
January 15-18, 2016 | Activist Retreat at Blue Cliff Monastery
This coming gathering for Social Activist on October 10th would be a great day to get out into nature for some mindful picking of apples. Larriland Farms in Western MD is not too far and offers us some space to do this. Here is the ‘pick your own’ schedule. […]
Oct 10 – Apple Picking with Social Activists
Video documentation from the Where Spirit & Action Meet event. Thursday, September 10, 2015 — 6:30pm 8:30pm ABC Home 888 W Broadway New York, NY, 10012 United States Continuing the Legacy of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Arthel Neville, Fox News Anchor, will lead […]