Our calendar lists meetings of the Naples and Tampa sanghas, including the teaching schedule for our teacher, Fred Eppsteiner. In addition, it lists other FCM-sponsored events including days of mindfulness, retreats, and special activities. Please click on an event for more information or to register (for all events other than weekly sangha).
The genius of Thich Nhat Hanh is his ability to create a range of mindfulness practices that allow an individual’s healing and transformation to occur within the context of their everyday life. These practices are succinctly outlined and explained in a new book by Thay entitled simply, Happiness: Essential Mindfulness Practices. There are practices to do upon awakening, eating breakfast, talking on the telephone or communicating with others (including children). Practices that deal with the body, community relationships and self-healing are all covered within this wonderful compendium of nearly fifty practice opportunities that Thay offers us.
With this book as the primary text/manual for the Intensive, participants will develop direct experience and competency to be able to live a mindful, harmonious and happy life whatever the external circumstance. Every week of the Intensive will bring a different focus for practice, as we joyfully use these accessible tools to create the foundation for our personal and interpersonal awakening.
Persons newer to these practices from the Plum Village tradition will benefit from this opportunity to incorporate these life-changing practices into their lives. Persons already somewhat familiar with this tradition will benefit from this opportunity to deepen their practice from increased familiarity. As these practices can be readily transmitted to non-practitioners, we all have the opportunity to develop greater skill in learning how to benefit others. Thay’s book is a wonderful medicine bag that contains many types of medicines to heal myriad kinds of sufferings and ill-being.
As the number of participants in this Intensive is limited, please complete the process by July 30.
Weekly mindfulness meditation and teachings. Please visit Naples Sangha for more information.
When talking with a friend, cooking for family, participating in a meeting at work, or simply driving in traffic, are we really "here," focused on this moment and experience? Do we eat, shop, and otherwise consume in a mindful and healthy manner? Practicing mindfulness will help us to "show up" for life, make deliberate and healthy choices, and more fully enjoy the rich experience of the present moment.
The Florida Community of Mindfulness (FCM) and The Lotus Room Yoga Studio are pleased to offer a four-week class, "Awakening to Life", designed to support the practice of mindfulness. The class is intended for those new to the practice of mindfulness, as well as those seeking to establish a more consistent daily mindfulness practice. Each class will focus on experiencing the basic practices for establishing mindfulness, while leaving time for discussion and sharing. Participants will experience sitting and walking meditation, mindful movements, deep relaxation, loving kindness meditation, and practicing mindfulness in everyday life.
The class will commence on Monday, September 13, and meet each Monday through October 4, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Classes will be held at the Lotus Room in Tampa. The course cost is $45 and is limited to 15 participants.
Weekly mindfulness meditation and teachings. Please visit Tampa Sangha for more information.
During this three-day silent residential retreat in Tampa, the Dharma talks will focus on the Buddhist teachings and meditation practices related to establishing within oneself an island of conscious awareness, awakened intelligence, emotional maturity, and all-embracing compassion and kindness. Teacher Fred Eppsteiner will present these teachings and practices with clarity and concreteness so that each of us can easily embrace them for our daily practice. As usual, it will be a silent retreat. The silence affords us the opportunity to deepen our meditative experience while absorbing the experiential meaning of the teachings and practices presented during the retreat.
The retreat is being held in Tampa, Florida at The Franciscan Center, located on the Hillsborough River. The registration fee covers both room and board (three vegetarian meals daily), as well as any administrative and incidental expenses connected to the retreat. Teachings are offered in the Buddhist tradition of Dana, wherein the teacher freely gives of himself to his students out of gratitude for what he’s received from his teachers and a desire to be of service. The student’s response is also based on Dana, i.e. generosity that naturally flows from a sense of appreciation of the value of Dharma and gratitude to the living lineage.
Our community’s next Day of Mindfulness will be on May 22nd and will be held at Yolanda Becker’s home in Naples, Florida (just off Interstate 75). The wooded trails, flowers, and fresh spring air will offer a nourishing and refreshing environment for our practice of mindfulness. Our day will include sitting and walking mindfulness meditation, a Dharma teaching by our teacher, Fred Eppsteiner, an opportunity for questions and answers, lunch, some lazy time in nature, guided meditations and mindful movements.
Participants are requested to please respect and appreciate noble silence during the duration of the formal activities of the day. An opportunity for sharing will be provided towards the end of the day.
While this event is free and open to all practitioners, it is necessary to register in advance. Your generosity in providing a donation or Dana for the use of the facility and the support of our teacher is gratefully accepted andencouraged.
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