The Bellingham Mindfulness Community presents

a class with dharmacharya Eileen Kiera

“The Discourse on Knowing the Better Way to Live Alone”

“Do not pursue the past. Do not lose yourself in the future.

The past no longer is. The future has not yet come.

Looking deeply at life in the very here and now,

the practitioner dwells in stability and freedom.”

—from the Discourse on Knowing the Better Way to Live Alone

When: Five Wednesday Evenings: Feb. 3, Feb. 10, Feb. 17, Feb. 24, and March 3

6:30-8:30 p.m.

Plus a Day of Mindfulness practice, Sunday, Feb. 21, 10-5, at our rural retreat center, Mountain Lamp, near Deming. (This day will include sitting and walking meditation in a beautiful zendo, outdoor walking meditation, eating together in mindfulness, a dharma talk, and dharma discussion.)

Where: Wednesday evening sessions will be held at the Bellingham Mindfulness Community Practice Center in 8 Petals Yoga Studio, 1317 Commercial St., Suite 203, downtown Bellingham

Cost: $75 for five classes

(includes 3 dharma talks and the Day of Mindfulness with our teacher Eileen Kiera )

Teacher:

Eileen Kiera, Dharma heir to the Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh, has studied with Thich Nhat Hanh for the past 26 years, and also been a student of Robert Aitken Roshi for 25 years. She received transmission to teach from Thich Nhat Hanh in 1990, and since then has led retreats locally, nationally and internationally. She serves as the primary teacher for several mindfulness communities in the Pacific Northwest. An ecologist by training, Eileen brings a grounded and clear approach to Buddhist practice and understanding, as well as an open warm-heartedness to all her students.

For further information, contact Danna Zelenka, 360-738-0681 or danna.zelenka@gmail.com

Send payment (check made out to Bellingham Mindfulness Community) and registration form to:

Bellingham Mindfulness Community, 2913 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham, WA 98225

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