Announcements

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• Meet Trisha, Deborah and Corinne, Yearlong “Bringing Mindfulness to Life” Teachers

  Editor posted on Mar 06 2016
  

  The yearlong class Bringing Mindfulness to Life is now accepting applications for its fourth class of students. Over sixty people have completed the program, which began in 2013. The course takes a novel approach by weaving in-depth study of the Ten Perfections (Paramis) with expressive writing and movement.... Read more
  Posted in: Deepening Practice, Falling Petals, Announcements

• True Refuge Companions: New Meditation Support for the Ill, the Aging, the Bereaved, and their Caretakers

  Editor posted on Feb 28 2016
  

  If you, someone you love, or someone you are caring for is experiencing the effects of aging or illness, or perhaps is facing the prospect of death or has died, you may wish for some meditative support. IMCW has trained a small group of volunteers to help support your meditation practice during the turbulence of these difficult times....

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  Posted in: Deepening Practice, Falling Petals, Announcements

• Mindfulness as a Path to Changing Unhealthy Habits

  Hugh Byrne posted on Feb 15 2016
  

  Do you ever find yourself eating or drinking too much because you're feeling sad or anxious? Do you spend large swaths of time online without any real purpose? Do you judge yourself harshly, procrastinate, or get easily annoyed with a family member or when you're driving?

  We all have habits that we develop over time that cause harm, stress, or suffering, that can be very hard to change. But a key is available to transform unhealthy habits: mindful attention...

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  Posted in: Falling Petals, Announcements

• Bringing Mindfulness to Life: A Year of Deepening Wisdom, Practice and Community

  Editor posted on Jan 31 2016
  

  Even long-time meditators often find that it’s easy to fall back into unconscious habits of living life on auto-pilot. Imagine the possibilities if you could continue to deepen your experience of mindfulness in a supportive setting, with a group of like-minded people and senior teachers, for a full academic year. Read more
  Posted in: Deepening Practice, Falling Petals, Announcements

• 30+ Speakers Including Tara Brach and Dan Siegel to Lead Mindful Life Conference in DC Area

  Editor posted on Jan 26 2016
  

  Thursday, April 28-Sunday, May 1

  The founders of the Mindful Leadership Summit are presenting a new conference, Mindful Life, on April 28-May 1 in Arlington, VA. Co-founders Mo Edjlali and Eric Forbis say this will be "The Annual Gathering for All Things Mindful," and will focus on work life, family life, civic life, education, health & wellness and culture.

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  Posted in: Falling Petals, Announcements

• Living Out Your Wild and Precious Life

  Editor posted on Jan 03 2016
  

  ...Or What I Learned from a Year of Living Mindfully

  I want to tell you a love story.

  It doesn’t start off as a love story, though.

  It starts off five years ago on a snow-swept Monday night in January. The kind of night that sucked the blood from my whole hands. Even though they were stuffed into my thickest gloves which were stuffed into the deepest part of my pockets.

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  Posted in: Deepening Practice, Falling Petals, Announcements

• How do we bring the teachings into the world? Annual Report 2015

  Editor posted on Nov 11 2015
  

  At IMCW, we bring the teachings of the dharma into the world through classes and events--over 125 each month, by supporting over 50 teachers in the DC metro area, through online audio and video dharma teachings, and through a variety of programming, such as Spiritual Friends, Mentoring, the Mindful Schools program (Minds, Inc.) and the prison dharma program, Insight on the Inside.... Read more
  Posted in: Falling Petals, Announcements, Racial Justice

• Plant the Seeds of Mindfulness in D.C. Schools

  Editor posted on Nov 01 2015
  

  Many children today are overscheduled, sleep deprived, distracted, anxious, depressed, and mentally and physically unhealthy. They are besieged with pressure to perform and compete and fit in.

  But picture instead kids going to school and learning--amidst their busy days of math class and social anxieties and test prep--the art of mindfulness and the value of kindness. 

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  Posted in: Falling Petals, Announcements

• Advancing Justice with Integrity

  Editor posted on Oct 30 2015
  

  Sunday, November 8, 1-5 p.m., Washington, DC

  You are invited to join a day of wisdom teachings which aim to liberate our own hearts, transform our communities and truly inspire an awakened society.

   

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  Posted in: Falling Petals, Announcements, Engaged Buddhism, Racial Justice

• Centering Down for Racial Justice

  La Sarmiento posted on Oct 06 2015
  

  About a month ago, BPF’s Katie Loncke invited me to lead a meditation for an action at the White House called “100 Buddhists and Friends for Racial Justice” on September 27, 2015.

  Though I participate in marches for causes I believe in, I don’t identify as an activist. Growing up, a survival strategy for me as a gender non-conforming person of color was to assimilate and to not draw attention to myself by speaking out....

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  Posted in: Falling Petals, Announcements, Engaged Buddhism, Racial Justice