Stages of Awareness
Weekend Retreat With Lama Bruce Newman
Feb. 15th - 17th
Rime Buddhist Center
Kansas City, Missouri

This retreat will be an informal presentation on mindfulness and awareness. Do we really know what these words mean? Do we know when we are really experiencing them? We will study a few short modern Buddhist articles on the subject. The main emphasis will be on discussion to allow participants to air their doubts and present their experiences. Lama Newman will make a few short presentations along with some relevant meditations.

Lama Bruce Newman was born in Los Angeles in 1950 and graduated from UCSB in Physical Chemistry in 1972. Lama Newman’s root teachers for this period were Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey in Dharamsala, India, Venerable Gyatrul Rinpoche in Oakland, California, and Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, Venerable Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, Venerable Zigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and my main teacher, Venerable Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Lama Newman completed the traditional four-year retreat at Kagyu Samye Ling in Scotland under the guidance of H.E. Taisitu Rinpoche, Venerable Akong Rinpoche, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, and Lama Yeshe Losel. Upon completion of the retreat Lama Newman returned to America and settled near Gyatrul Rinpoche’s retreat center, Tashi Choling, outside Ashland, Oregon where he continued his contemplative life. In 2001, Lama Newman created and began Marig Munsel, a four-year training program at Tashi Choling.

For more information, or to register for this retreat, visit www.rimecenter.org

Mind-Body Stress Release (MBSR)
March 28 - 30th, 2008
taught by Dr. Sandy Pope and Joy Fox,
employing the Harvard research of Jon Kabat-Zinn
Friday evening - Sunday afternoon

The Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction technique (MBSR, developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn) has been proven beneficial in reducing the emotional and physical effects of stress on our lives.

Dr. Sandra Pope has meditated for over 30 years and has taught the MBSR course for the past 9 years. Trained by Dr. Kabat-Zinn, she has developed research proposals to investigate the effectiveness of MBSR in improving health outcomes.Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Course. She has been teaching these techniques to her students at the UALR Medical School for years.

Cost: $150-200 sliding scale - includes lodging Friday and Saturday night, all meals on Saturday, and breakfast and lunch on Sunday. Ask us about partial scholarships/ work trades if the finances are a problem.   For more information, contact Sandy Pope at mindfulnesscenter@yahoo.com  or call 501/821-3463.

For more information, or to register for this retreat, visit www.wattlehollow.com

Inherent Stillness
with Amita Schmidt
March 22nd - March 23rd
(starting at Noon on Saturday, ending at 4 p.m. Sunday)

Each of us has access to a place of stillness in the body. No matter how busy life gets, this place of stillness is available at any moment. This weekend retreat will help you remember your inherent stillness and stay connected to it with loving-kindness. The weekend will be in silence and consist of sitting, walking, inquiry meditations, and optional yoga sessions with Joy.

Cost: $60. - $90/ sliding fee scale, plus dana for Amita.
However, no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Contact Joy at joy@wattlehollow.com or 479-521-7148

Amita Schmidt was the resident teacher at Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA from 2000 to 2006. She is the author of “Dipa Ma: The Life and Legacy of a Buddhist Master “(BlueBridge, May 2005) and a contributor to “Buddha Laughing: A Tricycle Book of  Cartoons.”  Amita has been practicing Vipassana for 21 years.  She currently combines mindfulness and open awareness practices in her teachings. For more information about Amita’s teachings, see www.amitaschmidt.org

For more information, or to register for this retreat, visit www.wattlehollow.com

Being Where You Are
March 8 - 9
10 a.m. Saturday - 3 p.m. Sunday

A weekend of silent meditation and Ashtanga Yoga offered by Mark Cain and Joy Fox

Do you find yourself chronically overbooked, breathlessly rushing around, and watching life speed past you? Here is a chance to slow down for the weekend, with other yogis and yoginis, practicing meditation, pranayama, mindful eating, and ashtanga yoga.
  
Mark Cain, of Dripping Springs Garden, has been practicing ashtanga vinyasa yoga for 12 years, weaving the practice into his full time work as an organic market gardener. He has studied extensively with certified teacher Louise Ellis; with senior teacher Richard Freeman; and with root teacher Sri K.Pattabhi Jois of Mysore, India.

Joy Fox, of Wattle Hollow, has been practicing and teaching Vipassana meditation for decades. Her primary teachers have been Sri Goenka, Jack Kornfield, Amita Schmidt, and Ruth Dennison.
  
This weekend will focus on the yoga of being where YOU are, combining firm intention with compassionate self-acceptance. In this spirit, all levels of yoga and meditative experience are welcome.

Cost: $60 - 90/ sliding fee scale includes instruction, meals and lodging included or $40 per single day, including lunch. Contact us if finances are a problem; no one is ever turned away from a dharma event at Wattle Hollow.

Contact Tamara Boettcher - email taminator2u@yahoo.com or call 479-225-2309 about registering for this event, or questions about Wattle Hollow.

For more information about Wattle Hollow Retreat Center, visit the web site at www.wattlehollow.com 

Six Paramitas Weekend Retreat with Geshe Dorjee
Friday Jan. 25 – Sunday Jan. 27, 2008
Rime Buddhist Center
700 West Pennway
Kansas City, Missouri

 
Ven. Geshe Thupten Dorjee, of the Tibetan Cultural Institute of Arkansas, will lead a weekend retreat at the Rime Buddhist Center in Kansas City, January 25-27, 2008.  This weekend retreat is devoted to the study of the Six Paramitas, also known as the Six Perfections. They include generosity, ethical behavior/virtue, patience, effort, concentration/meditation and wisdom.  
 
Fees:
 
Residential Retreat (all teachings): $120 in advance or $140 at the door, plus $25 per night stay. Stay includes two meals per day (breakfast and lunch). Retreatants are on their own for dinner; there are many restaurants near the Rime Center and the Rime kitchen is always available for use.
 
Non-Residential Retreat (all teachings): $120 in advance or $140 at the door. No meals are included.

For more information or to register for the retreat, visit www.rimecenter.org