Dharma Teacher Cheri Maples leads January 22nd Day of Mindfulness

Our Meditation Practice

A Day of Mindfulness with Cheri Maples

Saturday January 22, 2011 9:45AM - 4PM

Veatch House Ballroom

Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock

48 Shelter Rock Road, Manhasset, NY 11030

For Travel Directions and Train Pickup please see below

Free Will Donation (Generosity Practice/Dana) to the Teacher

Cheri Maples is a dharma teacher in the lineage of Thich Nhat Hanh, keynote speaker, and organizational consultant and trainer. For 25 years she worked in the criminal justice system as an Assistant Attorney General in the Wisconsin Department of Justice, head of Probation and Parole for the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, and as a police officer with the City of Madison Police Department, earning the rank of Captain of Personnel and Training.

She has also worked as a lawyer and social worker. She has experience in conflict resolution working with strong emotions, and promoting restorative justice. Many know Cheri from Thay's retreat which focused on the criminal justice system and was the basis for his book Keeping the Peace.

For more information see www.mindfulnessandjustice.org.

If you plan to attend, please RSVP to grnislandsangha@gmail.com

BYO Veggie Lunch - Please bring a vegetarian lunch. Tea and hot water will be available.

BYO Cushion - Please bring cushions if you'd like; chairs will be available.

For directions to UUC at Shelter Rock please see their website - http://www.uucsr.org/find.asp.

We will be meeting in the Veatch House Ballroom.

Easy Parking - After entering the driveway from Shelter Rock Road, take the first right turn and follow the signs to the Veatch House Parking.

For wheelchair access follow signs for Administration and Delivery for Veatch House, park in the courtyard, enter the building and take the elevator to first floor to the Ballroom.

Long Island Rail Road Service:

The 8:19AM train from Penn Station arrives in Manhasset at 8:58. If you would like to be picked up at the Manhasset station, please send an email to grnislandsangha@gmail.com.

In case of snow, please check our website for updates - http://greenislandsangha.blogspot.com/

Cheri's visit is co sponsored by your local Sanghas:

Green Island Sangha [Long Island]

Quiet Harbor Sangha [Westchester]

Riverside Sangha [Manhattan]

Rock Blossom Sangha [Brooklyn]

Morning Star Sangha [Queens]

Many bodies...One Heart: A Day of Mindfulness January 15 at Riverside Church, 10:00am-4pm, Room 8-T

Dear Friends,

Our monthly Day of Mindfulness is this Saturday January 15.*** We are very happy that Dennis Bohn, Jeanne Anselmo, Marjorie Markus and David Flint [me] will co-facilitate. All four have practiced in Sangha for many years [15-20] in our Sanghas. And, as some have heard, all four have been invited to Plum Village in February to be ordained as 'Dharma Teachers [or Dharmacaryas] by Thich Nhat Hanh, in the Lamp Transmission ceremony.

This Invitation has been extended to the four of us . We are asked to be a 'Sangha Body' and not just four individuals.

Our Senior Dharma Teacher Ahn- Huong has shared with us:

"Please do not think that the title Dharma Teacher will put you in a different position in your Sangha. It only helps you to become a truer brother or sister of your Sangha....you have an opportunity to feel more safe and more relaxed because you are now truer to yourself and to your community."

Our Day together is an opportunity for all of us to be truer to ourselves and a help and support to each other.

At Riverside Church, Room 8-T, 91 Claremont Avenue, between 120-122nd street, one block west of Broadway. Chairs and Cushions Available. Bring a vegetarian lunch-lunch is around 1-2pm. Please do not wear fragrances. Everyone welcome.

Take care,David Flint, Jeanne Anselmo, Dennis Bohn, Marjorie Markus