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On Thursday, January 1st, we (Bloomington Normal Meditation) will have our Annual New Years Day of Mindfulness and on Saturday, January 3rd, the Peoria Insight Meditation group will hold a half day retreat.Information on both retreats are on our respective Facebook pages or if you need more information you can contact me directly.There are a few of …
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Dear Sangha, This week is our 5th anniversary of the beginning of our sangha at UUBN. Just when I think I am too “busy” to meditate, I am reminded that that is exactly when we started the group, in the midst of the busy season. The readings for the next two Sunday’s Sangha are Chapter …
On Saturday, January 3, the Peoria Insight Meditation group will be hosting a half day retreat at the Peoria UU church. Along with our day-long retreat on the 1st we’ll have two great options for getting the year off to a good start.But why choose? Why not do them both?I’ll be heading over and would be …
We will be meeting as usual at UUBN from 6:30 – 8pm Sunday. All are welcome. Please get there by 6:25 so we can start on time. If you need some instruction or review, we offer that as well. Meditation will follow the usual format: 20 minutes sitting meditation, 20 minutes walking meditation (optional walking) …
The New Year is coming. You could sit at home and work on your resolutions. Or you could do something useful – meditating with us! On New Year’s Day we’ll be offering another of our popular series – A Day of Mindfulness. Please join us! Here are the details. Day of Mindfulness – New Years …
Dear Sangha, Meditation is from 6:30-7:30 with a half-hour optional book discussion afterward until 8pm.It is the 19th Chapter from Best Buddhist Writing of 2013. Chapter is by Pico Iyer and titled: The Long Road to Sitting Still UUBN Walker Room Let me know if you need a copy of the chapter. wickie@pixieblue.net Yours, Karen
Here’s some good encouragement for the group from Day 18 of Wildmind’s 28 Day Meditation Challenge. Jeff “(Sometimes) ideals can get in the way of practice. When we have the expectation that we “should” meditate for, say, 30 minutes or 40 minutes, then sometimes, when we find we only have 5, or 10, or 15 minutes …
Dear Sangha, On Sunday we will meet at 6:30 – 8 pm at UUBN in the Walker Room for meditation. The last half-hour we will discuss the 18th chapter in our group read. The chapter is titled: Waking Up to Happiness by Natalie Goldberg. The discussion is optional. Namaste, Bohdi day is Monday December 8th …
Karen et al… The fourth agreement regarding air time and allowing each participant to speak once before another speaks a second time…seems awkward to enforce unless the moderator assumes that role and I’ve not seen that happen. Perhaps rewording this one to something like, “We share ‘air time” to the best of our ability so …
Dear Sangha,Let’s all look at our Group Agreements to see if they still work for us and discuss any changes to the agreements that may be in order. Please hit “reply all” if you want to add anything to the discussion, (even if it is “no change”) The sangha has it’s 5th anniversary in December and …