Resting in the Dharma – Collecting ourselves through breath And body. Allowing awareness to unearth, a deep, Sense of ease. Dharma, can heal the wounds of the past bringing peace to our lives. About the Teacher: The guiding and founding teacher of Mountain Stream Meditation Center, John…
Taking the One Seat: Choiceless Awareness & Essence of Mind Practices with Heather Sundberg on Zoom Sunday January 28th, 10am to 3:30pm (lunch break Noon – 1pm). The teaching and practice of “Taking the One Seat,” out of the lineage of Ajahn Chah, is a practice of choiceless awareness with…
This retreat is now full and the waiting list is closed. The jhanas are eight progressive altered states of consciousness that can be identified with the aspect of the Buddha’s Eightfold Path called right concentration. Training in concentration leads to these states, each of which yields a deeper and subtler…
“Mindfulness of death, when developed and cultivated, is of great fruit and benefit, culminating in the deathless, having the deathless as its consummation.” – Anguttara Nikaya 8.7 Western societies are adept at hiding death. It occurs behind closed doors or in “sanitized” locations like hospitals and nursing homes. Most people…
Dharma Zephyr Home/On-Line Retreat 9 a.m. March 29 – 9 p.m. April 1 Retreat Overview and Parameters In this retreat, you will practice at home or at the home of a friend. Teaching will happen online, via Zoom. You will need to download and install the Zoom app to participate.…
Flyer: Santikaro 2019 flyer REGISTRATION OPTIONS QUESTIONS? Contact Tom Gray at tom@dharmazephyr.org or 775-846-4658 Photos by Tom Gray and Mark Breedon, respectively
Kathy Schwerin, Christy Tews and Angela Sullivan will co-lead this day of silence, mindfulness meditation and gentle movement. They will offer techniques to use throughout the year to center, calm and ground yourself. The day will be in silence except for instruction, a dharma talk and periods for question and…
UPDATE: As of 8/6/2018, this retreat is full and no longer accepting additional registrations. If you wish to add your name to the waiting list you may do so by replying to Tom@dharmazephyr.org, but please do not attempt to make any payments unless you are notified that a spot has…
The Dharma Zephyr Sangha Retreat Committee announces a change to our schedule for September 15-16. Steve Armstrong, the scheduled teacher, has been diagnosed with a brain tumor and has canceled his autumn schedule while receiving treatment. (See the Caring Bridge website https://www.caringbridge.org/visit/stevenkarmstrong for further information and updates on Steve’s treatment.)…
We will gather at a meeting place on Blue Lakes Road in Hope Valley, CA and drive together a short distance to the retreat site – a short walk from the road on level terrain. Once we settle in the meadow, we will alternate between sitting and walking for the…
