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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
February 7: Jeff Brantley (Guest Teacher)
February 14: Scott Bryce
February 21: Sarah Bryce (Guest Teacher)
February 28: Mary Burns (Insight Dialogue)
March 7: Scott Bryce
March 14: Ron Vereen
March 21: Sharon Shelton (Guest Teacher)
March 28: Phyllis Hicks (Insight Dialogue)
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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What You See Is What You Get,
and What You Think Is What You See
An Evening with Jeff Brantley
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Please join us for Jeff's talk in which he will offer his reflections on the Honeyball Sutta. This discourse plays a central role in the early Buddhist analysis of conflict, and the main culprit turns out to be the tendency of the mind to proliferate and complicate whatever is felt and then perceived. If you would like to review this discourse 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. He 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. Dr. Brantley is the author of
Calming Your Anxious Mind: How Mindfulness and Compassion Can Free You from Anxiety, Fear, and Panic
and is the co-author, with Wendy Millstine, of the
Five Good Minutes
series and
Daily Meditations for Calming Your Anxious Mind
, and most recently,
Calming Your Angry Mind: How Mindfulness and Compassion Can Free You from Anger and Bring Peace to Your Life.
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Episcopal Center at Duke
6:30 - 8:00 PM
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Guest Teacher Series
at Triangle Insight
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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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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].
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Everyday Practices of Nonviolence
& Nonviolent Communication
for Individuals, Couples, and Groups |
Catherine Cadden and Jesse Wiens, co-authors of The Ongo Book: Everyday Nonviolence, will introduce their book and talk about how to use it for creating more peace, compassion, and wisdom in both your inner and outer world. Our time together will include experiencing some of the practices in the book, which emphasize practical applications of mindfulness, Nonviolent Communication, and more in everyday life situations. This evening will have a special focus on the integration of these practices with Zen Buddhism. Based on the authors' work on six continents with communities, organizations, and ordinary people from all walks of life, the book offers a progression of learning that supports individuals, couples, and groups to be nonviolence in the real world.
This program will begin at 7:40, following a period of silent meditation from 7:00-7:30. Everyone is welcome and there is no charge. The Chapel Hill Zen Center is located at 5322 NC Highway 86, which is 2.5 miles north of I-40 at exit #266. For more information, contact 919-967-
0861
or
[email protected]
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"Using a wealth of wisdom and techniques from the many traditions they have explored, Catherine and Jesse have put together an impressively thorough and well-crafted program for spiritual development and well-being. I am frankly amazed by their daring and skill."
- Norman Fischer, Zen priest, author of Experience: Thinking, Writing, Language and Religion and What is Zen?
Tuesday, Feb. 6th, 2018
Chapel Hill Zen Center
7:40 - 9:10 PM
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Koru Mindfulness Training
with Erica Alexander |
Koru is a unique, evidence-based program for teaching mindfulness meditation. It is the only mindfulness program developed specifically for young adults. Participants will learn easy, active stress management skills, and develop their mindfulness muscle through meditation practice.
Durham Arts Council
Mondays, February 5, 12, 19, & 26
6:00 - 7:15 PM
Cost: $95
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Moral March on Raleigh
and Historic Thousands on Jones St.
People's Assembly (HKonJ)
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The HKonJ Coalition holds an annual mobilization called the
Moral March on Raleigh & HKonJ People's Assembly
. It has grown to approximately 80,000 in 2017! Each year, on the 2nd Saturday in February, thousands of HKonJ marchers flood downtown Raleigh, NC where the
HKonJ People's Assembly
convenes and ultimately marches to the North Carolina State Capitol.
This annual event is made up of over 125 North Carolina NAACP branches youth councils, and college chapters from across the state and members of over 200 other social justice organizations. For more information please go to
There has been a suggestion that carpooling would be a way to travel to Raleigh, so if anyone would like to volunteer to coordinate this, please let us know at [email protected]
Saturday, February 10th, 2018
Raleigh, NC
8:30AM: Begin Gathering
9:00 AM: Pre-Rally/People's Assembly
Corner of Wilmington & South Streets
10:00 AM: March begins followed by Rally/People's
Assembly
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Mindful Self-Compassion:
Becoming Your Own Best Friend
with Cornelia Kip Lee, M.Ed.
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n eight sessions plus an afternoon retreat, this proven program cultivates the skills of self-compassion and provides practical techniques to comfort and soothe yourself when you suffer, fail, or feel inadequate, and also helps to increase compassion for others.
The interactive program includes short talks, experiential exercises, meditations, group discussion, home practices, and a 50-page participant handbook. In a randomized, controlled study, the Mindful Self-Compassion program (MSC) significantly increased self-compassion, compassion for others, mindfulness, and life satisfaction, as well as decreased depression, anxiety and stress. Improvements were linked to how much a person practiced in their daily lives.
To register and/or to obtain more information, please contact Cornelia at [email protected] or (919) 428-3335.
Cornelia Kip Lee, M.Ed. is a Trained Teacher of MSC and has practiced mindfulness meditation for 18 years. The techniques of Mindful Self-Compassion have been transformational for her, and motivates her to offer the program to others.
Thursdays, Feb. 15 - Apr. 5, 6:30 - 8:45 PM
Sat., Mar. 17, Mini-retreat, 1-5 PM
3815 Cambridge Rd, Durham, NC 27705
Cost: Sliding Scale, $175 - $250
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Mindfulness & Meditation Class
taught by Bree Kalb and Jean Hamilton
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This is an introductory class designed for adults who want to establish or revive a meditation practice. We also focus on strategies to bring mindfulness into your daily life. Classes are small (10-12 people), relaxed and enjoyable. Each class builds on the previous one, so plan to attend all 4 sessions. In addition to daily practice, you'll also be reading Jon Kabat-Zinn's classic, "Where Ever You Go; There You Are" between class meetings. We'll be meeting in west Chapel Hill, at Franklin Square, near Eastgate.
Mon. March 5,12,19,&26; 6:15-7:30 PM
Cost: $70 for entire series of 4 classes
More information here:
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Introduction to
Mindfulness Meditation
An Upcoming Class with Joe Gilbert |
This introductory class will focus on establishing a daily practice of mindfulness meditation, cultivating spiritual friendships, understanding the Buddha's Four Foundations of Mindfulness, and practicing the Divine Abodes of loving-kindness, compassion, appreciative joy, and equanimity.
Beginning March 6th, each class will meet for five consecutive weeks on Tues. evenings from 6-7:30 PM and will include practice periods, a Dharma talk by Joe, guided reflections, and a time for Q&A. The classes will be freely offered, and financial offerings (dana) are appreciated and helpful.
For more information or to register, you may visit Joe's webpage on this class
here. If you are unable to make this class, Joe plans to offer it again in May.
Five Tuesdays Beginning March 6th
Gilbert Counseling
3721 Benson Dr., Raleigh, NC 27609
6:00 - 7:30 PM
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Angela Davis Lecture
at Duke Chapel
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Through her activism and scholarship over the last decades, Angela Davis has been deeply involved in our nation's quest for social justice. Her work as an educator - both at the university level and in the larger public sphere - has always emphasized the importance of building communities of struggle for economic, racial, and gender equality. She draws upon her own experiences in the early seventies as a person who spent eighteen months in jail and on trial, after being placed on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted List." In her talks, she urges her audiences to think seriously about the future possibility of a world without prisons and to help forge a 21st century abolitionist movement.
This event is open to the public, and is being co-sponsored by the Baldwin Scholars, African and African American Studies (AAAS), Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies, the History Department, the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture, the Office of Undergraduate Scholars & Fellows (OUSF), Trinity College, and the Women's Center.
Tickets are free
and available on February 6. through the
Duke Box Office
(919-684-4444). They are required to attend the event. SEATING MAY FILL RAPIDLY !
Tuesday, February 27th, 2018
Duke University Chapel
7:00 PM
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Mindful Tools for Everyday Life:
A Day Long Workshop
at Beautiful Camp New Hope in Chapel Hill
with Kessonga Giscombe & Paula Huffman |
This workshop will explore bringing awareness to thoughts, emotions, and physical sensations while they are happening and how consistent practice may allow us to develop a calmer baseline, manage catastrophic thinking, and choose to respond skillfully to difficult events in our lives.
Included Practices; Seated Meditation,
Yoga, Body Scan, Walking Meditation, Loving Kindness Meditation.
To register or for more information, contact Paula at
Saturday, March 17th, 2017
Camp New Hope
9:00AM-4:00PM
Cost: $80 earlybird by 2/10, $95 thereafter
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Opportunity for
Deepening Your Practice:
a Memorial Day Weekend
Residential Retreat
with Jeanne van Gemert and Ron Vereen |
Please join Ron, Jeanne, and the Triangle Insight Community for this 3 night residential retreat over the Memorial Day weekend this May. Retreat provides an opportunity to not only to deepen ones practice but to also be in connection with spiritual friends along the path.
Details on the retreat as well as information on how to register will appear on the website and in the next newsletter, so please save the date.
May 24-27, 2018
Avila Retreat Center, Durham, NC
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Spiritual Friends Groups
When we experience suffering within and around us, the inner critic of judgmental mind can fill our thoughts with contempt, ill will, and aversion. As Christina Feldman notes in
Silencing the Inner Critic
, "...it is essential to mark the distinction between the voice of the inner critic and our capacity for discernment and discriminating wisdom." It is discriminating wisdom, not judgmental mind, that "inspires us to act in ways that bring suffering and harm to an end."
Our Kalyana Mitta and Racial Affinity groups offer a special opportunity to bring judgmental mind into relational practice. Rather than turn away from or shame our inner critic, we can share it with trusted spiritual friends who hold it with tenderness and care. In the words of Christina Feldman, "...we need to turn our attention to the judgmental mind and embrace its pain with the same mindfulness we would bring to a pain in our body or to another's sorrow." Our spiritual friends groups help us open to that pain and move from aversion to understanding, from critique to compassion. This is the beautiful gift of spiritual friends as we journey together on this path with heart.
We currently have openings in four groups:
- Young Adults KM Group, for those in their 20s and 30s;
- Insight Dialogue KM Group for individuals with Insight Dialogue experience;
- Chapel Hill-Carrboro KM Group; and
- Secular Buddhism KM Group: Study Group.
- Raleigh KM Group has a waiting list.
You can also
talk with Sarah Tillis, KM Coordinator, or email Sarah at
[email protected]
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We have six groups of white people within Triangle Insight who gather to "investigate and transform our individual and collective racial conditioning" (Ruth King). 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. We are hoping that people of color will be able to form their own group.
If you are interested in joining a group or would like more information, please talk to Karen Ziegler, RA Coordinator, email Karen at
[email protected]
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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.
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. Upcoming is the Insight Dialogue New Year's retreat above and a retreat with Jeanne van Gemert and Ron Verenn being planned for May 24-27, 2018 at Avila.
- 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.
Sarah Tillis has graciously volunteered to keep a log of those from our sangha who participate in these trainings, and/or are a member of a Racial Affinity Group. At some point we plan to convene a meeting of this core group of individuals to discuss ideas about the best way forward.
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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Dharma Friends
Sitting and Study Groups with Callie Justice
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Two new small groups designed to support participants in developing study and practice of the Buddha's path are being offered beginning in February. The groups will be led by Callie Justice and sponsored by the Eno River Buddhist Community. They will meet in Durham's Watts-Hillandale neighborhood.
'Dharma Friends: on the Buddha's Path'
will meet weekly for 5 months on Sundays from 5 to 6:30 p.m. beginning February 11th. The group supports developing key practices, drawing from the early discourses, for those who have some experience with meditation practice and familiarity with the teachings of the Buddha who want to deepen and strengthen their practice and understanding.
'Beginning the Buddha's Path' meets weekly for 6 weeks on Tuesdays from 7 to 8:30 p.m. beginning on February 27th. This class is intended for newcomers to the teachings of the Buddha or for those who would like to revisit introductory teachings.
Callie Justice is a long-time leader with the Eno River Buddhist Community. In teaching, Callie looks to bring the practices and teachings of the early Buddhist texts to contemporary applications. She especially enjoys teaching in small ongoing groups because their structure allows group members to develop relationships with one another and to use the group for exploring the personal relevance of the Buddha's teachings for each individual. She offers these groups as a practice of dana.
Starting in February
-Dharma Friends, Sundays for 5 months, 5-6:30pm
-Beginning Buddha's Path, Tues. 6 wks, 7-8:30pm
Offered as a practice of dana
For more information, visit <enoriverbuddhistcommunity.org>, or contact Callie at (919) 286-5041 or [email protected].
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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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