December 19 Day of Mindfulness

December 19: Day of Mindfulness at Riverside Church, Room 8-T

10am-4:30pm

We will celebrate Winter Solstice and Christmas with Thay's dharma talk on "the gift of non-fear" and on "no birth, no death."

And there will be a tea ceremony. Our Tea Ceremony includes a period of silent sharing together of tea and a snack. And then anyone who wants can share a song or play a musical instrument, offer a poem, a dance, etc.

In the Tea Ceremony we enjoy being together: the combination of silence and ceremony with letting go and having fun is quite pleasing.

As always, we will develop our Mindfulness of Breathing and practice sitting and walking meditation.

Those interested in attending the Day can send their RSVP to Nina Teng, at nteng@earthlink.net and also let Nina know if you can help with the tea ceremony.

Here is the schedule of the Day [subject to change]:

10:00 welcome
10:05 sitting meditation
10:30 indoor walking meditation
10:45 Thay's dharma talk
11:50 Mindful movement
12:00 sitting meditation
12:30 mindful lunch
1:15 walking meditation
2:00 total relaxation
2:50 tea ceremony
3:45 dharma sharing
4:30 closing

RSVP to Nina Teng, at nteng@earthlink.net and also let Nina know if you can help with the tea ceremony.

Facilitated by Nina Teng and Walter Lyons. Chairs and cushions available. Bring a vegetarian lunch. Please do not wear fragrances.

At 91 Claremont Avenue, between 120-122nd Street, one block west of Broadway.

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Nov 21 Day of Mindfulness and Community Meeting

Community of Mindfulness New York Metro

1/2 Day of Mindfulness

November 21, Riverside Church, 10-2:30room 10-T.

Being joyfully together sharing the practices of Sitting and walking meditation; mindful eating; dharma sharing; singing and more-all grounded in the our awareness of breathing in and breathing out.

Chairs and cushions available. Bring a vegetarian lunch. Beginners welcome.

Facilitated by David and Marjorie: davidrflint@gmail.com

Community Meeting

3-4:30pm: We continue our practice of mindfulness into a community meeting. practitioners from our different meetings will share ideas and visions for the larger community.

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Day of Mindfulness with Dharma Teacher Joanne Friday October 17

Day of Mindfulness

October 17:10-4:30pm, at Riverside Church, room 10-T

Joanne Friday will lead this Day. Joanne is ordained as a Teacher by Thich Nhat Hanh and will offer a Dharma Talk, and respond to questions. And there is Sitting and walking meditation, eating mindfully, singing, and more. Bring a vegetarian lunch for yourself.

Chairs and cushions available.

At 91 Claremont Avenue, between 120-122nd Street, one block west of Broadway.

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Day of Mindfulness and Community Meeting, Sept 12 at Riverside Church

Breathe Slowly, Breathe Deeply

A Day of Mindfulness September 12,

10-2:30pm

At Riverside Church, 8-T.

Facilitated by Nina Teng and Walter Lyons, of the Morningstar and Riverside Sanghas.

Followed by a Community Meeting, 3-5:00pm, same location.

At Riverside Church, 8-T, at 91 Claremont Avenue, beetween 120-122nd Street, one block west of Broadway

[Please note that this September Day of Mindfulness is on the 2nd, not the 3rd Saturday of the month.]

October 17: Day of Mindfulness with Dharma Teacher Joanne Friday

10-4:30pm

Room 10-T at Riverside Church

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Day of Mindfulness August 15, 10-4:30pm, Riverside Church

Dear Friends,

Our August Day of Mindfulness is Saturday August 15, 10-4:30pm, at Riverside Church, room 8-T. The Day will be led by Ishmael, of the Riverside Sangha, and Walter, who practices with the Morningstar Sangha and Riverside Sangha [Queens and Manhattan.]

There is a Day of Mindfulness this Saturday, August 15, 10-4:30pm, at Riverside Church, room 8-T. The Day will be facilitated by Ishmael Wallace and Walter Lyons. Ishmael practices with the Riverside Sangha and Walter with the Morningstar Sangha [Queens] and the Riverside Sangha.

Over and over Thay [Thich Nhat Hanh] instructs us to practice mindfulness of breathing and this will be a focus of the Day: in sitting, walking, eating, dharma sharing and so on. Sometimes we may be calming and resting in the breath; sometimes the breath is supporting us in staying present with a difficult feeling or in looking deeply. Or we may look into the impermanent and interbeing nature of the breath [and 'the breather'].

The Day includes sitting and walking meditation; eating together in mindfulness; dharma sharing; walking outside [weather permitting]; mindful movements and more.

Chairs and cushions available; bring a vegetarian lunch for yourself; please do not wear fragrances.

Beginners Welcome.

Riverside Church is between 120-122nd St. at 91 Claremont Avenue, one block west of Broadway. Contact ishmael.wallace@gmail.com with any questions.

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2 Days of Mindfulness July 18 2009

Community of Mindfulness New York Metro

Inspired by the Teachings and Practice of Thich Nhat Hanh

Day of Mindfulness, Saturday July 18 10-4:30pm.

at Riverside Church, 8-T, 91 Claremont Avenue, Manhattan

The Theme for this Day of Mindfulness is integrating Mindfulness practice into every day life – focusing especially on deep listening. "We have to listen and to touch the positive things within us and around us to get nourished and to transform"--- Thich Nhat Hanh.

Facilitated by Judy Weaver and Susan Hoff who practice with Mindfulness by the Shore in Neptune, NJ.

Schedule for the Day

10 – 10:15 – arrive and welcome

10:15 – 11:00 – Sitting and walking meditation

11:15 – 12:00 – Dharma Talk by Thay (audio)

12:00 noon – 2:00pm – Dharma sharing, Walking meditation (outside if weather permits), Lunch

2:00 – 2:45 – Deep relaxation2:45 – gentle mindful movements

3:00 – 3:45 – A Sangha exercise reflecting on deep listening as a mindfulness practice.

4:00 – 4:30 – Dharma sharing and Closing

Chairs and cushions available. Please bring a vegetarian lunch. Please do not wear fragrances.

[One block west of Broadway, between 120-122nd St. 1 train to 116th St/Broadway. M104, M5 buses to 120th/Broadway or 120th Riverside Drive. Street parking usually available, or church parking lot at 120th, between Claremont/Riverside.]

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Day of Mindfulness with the Rock Blossom Sangha [Brooklyn]

12-6pm

Dance Theatre Etcetera

480 Van Brunt Street, Ste 203
Brooklyn, NY 11231

Dance Theatre Etcetera (DTE) is located above Fairway Market in Red Hook. Entry to DTE is on the East end of the building (Buzzer #3). For directions, visit the Fairway website at http://www.fairwaymarket.com/location_and_hours.html

A tentative outline for the day includes sitting, walking, and a guided meditatoin.

Please RSVP to Joey Schmit at mailto:jschmit%40stern.nyu.edu

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Days of Mindfulness April, March 2009

Day of Mindfulness April 18: Our Roots and Our Place in the World

Dear Friends,

 

Our April Day of Mindfulness is this Saturday, April 18, 10-4:30, in room 8-T at Riverside Church.  Ishmael Wallace and Walter Lyons will facilitate.  Ishmael practices with with the Riverside Sangha, and Walter with the Morningstar Sangha [Queens] and the Riverside Sangha.

 

The poet T. S. Elliot wrote that  "April is the cruelest month, breeding/ Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing/ Memory and desire, stirring/ Dull roots with spring rain..." 

 

The Day will include practicing the Earth Touchings* and exploring the question of 'our roots and our place in the world,' engaging with the above words of T. S. Elliot. 

 

We will also practice Total Relaxation.  

 

As always, and right now, conscious breathing is the heart of our practice. 

 

Chairs and cushions available.  Bring your own vegetarian lunch.  Please do not wear fragrances.

 

At 91 Claremont Avenue, between 120-122nd Street, one block west of Broadway.  Walk past security desk and go to elevators on the right.  Room 8-T

 

Take care,

David Flint

 

*The Earth Touchings are found in the Plum Village Chanting Book, and in the book Touching the Earth

Day of Mindfulness Saturday March 21, 10-4:30, Riverside Church

Meditating on the changing of the seasons and the vernal equinox will be our entry into interbeing and non-duality.  And we will absorb the "Dharma Rain" of a talk by Thay.  So lets enjoy a Day of Mindfulness together.

The practice of Conscious Breathing and the presence of our friends on the path support each of us, and strengthen our mindfulness and concentration.  

Schedule for the Day

10-10:15--arrive and settle in

10:15-11 Sitting and walking meditation

11-11:50; Dharma Talk

Noon-2pm: Walking meditation [outside if weather permits];Dharma Sharing; Lunch

2-2:30  Mindful Movements

2:30-3:15pm: Sitting and walking meditation

3:20-4pm: Singing/5 Mindfulness Trainings

4-4:30: Dharma Sharing/Close

Chairs and cushions available.  Bring a vegetarian lunch.  Please do not wear fragrances.

Facilitated by Nina Teng David Flint.  Nina practices with the Morningstar Sangha [Queens] and Riverside Sangha [Riverside Church and Rutgers Church meetings.]  David practices with the Riverside Sangha.

Room 8-T, Riverside Church, 91 Claremont Avenue, one block west of Broadway, between 120-122nd Street.

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Sunday March 22: Celebrate World Water Day: David Ostwald and Birgitte Moyer offer a mindful observation of World Water Day.  11-4:30pm, West Village apartment overlooking the Hudson.  

Bring: vegetarian lunch and reflect on how water is a part of it, and was used to grow, process and prepare it.  Bring your questions, concerns, information about water availability, economics, sustainability, sanitation and so on.  We will do some practices incorporating these.

Schedule: 11:00-Sitting and walking meditation; 12:30-Vegetarian Pot Luck Lunch; 1:45-Water, The World and Us: 3:45-Brief Meditation; 4-Sangha Sharing; 4:30-Close.

Call 212-6450834; email dostwald.att.net for address.   David and Birgitte practice with the Riverside Sangha and also in California with Dharma Teacher Lyn Fine.

          

Day of Mindfulness March 21, 2009

Community of Mindfulness New York Metro

Inspired by the Teachings and Practice of Thich Nhat Hanh

In this New Year, we will Begin Anew by engaging in stopping, resting and looking deeply. Our 'teacher' and guide will be the Full Awareness of Breathing Sutra. [Thay has said that he felt 'like the happiest person on earth' when he found this teaching.]
We will practice somewhat in the 'classical' manner, following the order of the meditations: the breath and body; feelings; mind states; impermanence and interbeing.


10am-4:30pm: lunch is around 1:15-2:15. We eat together in silence: bring a vegetarian lunch.
Cushions and chairs available.



In room 630-MLK, at Riverside Church, 91 Claremont Avenue, between 120-122nd Street, one block west of Broadway.



Faciliated by David Flint, davidrflint@gmail.com



See the 'Ongoing Events' link for weekly meetings.



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Welcome to the Community of Mindfulness

Welcome to the Community of Mindfulness New York Metro. 

The Community of Mindfulness/NY Metro [CMNY] is inspired by the teachings and practice of Vietnamese Zen Buddhist Master Thich Nhat Hanh and the Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism. The CMNY is part of a network of worldwide sanghas [communities]: a community of Lay Practitioners, Nuns and Monks.

Thich Nhat Hanh’s monastic training and retreat centers include Plum Village, France (www.plumvillage.org) and in the USA: Blue Cliff Monastery in New York [www.bluecliffmonastery.org], the Deer Park Monastery, Escondido, California (www.deerparkmonastery.org,) Magnolia Grove in Mississippi (www.magnoliagrovemonastery.org)  See www.plumvillage.org for a complete listing.

To practice in community is a great gift. As a community of mindfulness we support each other in cultivating mindfulness and the capacity to embody and offer love in our daily lives: for ourselves, our families, friends and co-workers, and for the well-being of our society and our planet. Our practice has included weekly and biweekly meditation groups, days of mindfulness and weekend retreats, affinity groups for people with common interests, study groups, community sings, socially engaged practice and the practice of organizing and making decisions in a mindful and harmonious way. All of our activities and gatherings are grounded in the practices of conscious breathing and silent sitting and walking meditation. Beginners are welcome.

CMNY affinity groups have included Planting Seeds Family Practice, Touching Our Root Traditions, Being With Illness and Healing, Socially Engaged Practice and others.  Individuals have offered mindfulness practice with women and staff of an alternative to incarceration program, at a program for people suffering from mental illness, at centers for homeless people, at workplaces, schools, at the Open Center, at Columbia University and through the arts.

See 'Sangha Meetings' link a for listing of meetings. [11/1/20: Meetings are now Virtual, on Zoom, do to COVID. To receive the Zoom links for weekly meetings, email davidrflint@gmail.com

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“When we are in a Sangha [community], we are like a drop of water in a river. We allow the Sangha to hold us and transport us. Don’t be like a drop of oil in the river, not mixing with the other drops of water—that way you arrive nowhere. Allow yourself to be transported by the Sangha so that your pain, sorrow, and suffering are recognized and embraced. You have to trust the Sangha. Imagine you are a drop of water that would like to go to the ocean. If you go alone, you might evaporate, but if you allow yourself to be embraced and transported by the Sangha, then you will get there. You suffer only when you are a separate drop of water. Please remember this.” [Thich Nhat Hanh in Peace Begins Here, pages 42-3]

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