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Awakening Heart (Community of Mindful Living)
Awakening Heart (Community of Mindful Living)
Location:
Dallas Meditation Center
727 S. Floyd Rd.
Richardson, Texas 75080
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Serenity Sundays
Every Sunday @ 5:00-7:00 pm
Plus …
4:30 Optional early meditation
5:00 MEDITATION & MORE
7:00 Monthly vegetarian potluck dinner
(see schedule below for date)
 
Facilitated by Brother ChiSing and our core team, this Interfaith Mindfulness Community is our largest main meditation gathering of the week (40-60 persons) with music, kirtan chanting, walking and sitting meditation, inspiring messages, and community sharing (open to all levels of meditation experience, both beginners and advanced).

CHILDCARE available every Sunday (5:00-7:00)
 
☺ beginner-friendly, inclusive and diverse!
Facilitated by Brother ChiSing and Andy McDonald.
* Sundays:
   4:30pm Optional early meditation
   5:00pm Meditation & More    7:00pm Monthly potluck dinner
Download the Awakening Heart visitor's packet
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FEBRUARY 2012 CALENDAR
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Intermindful Weekly News
Weekly upcoming 5:00-7:00 Meditation & More schedule
(subject to change):
Jan 29: LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION (Year of the Dragon)
Speaker: Brother ChiSing
Dinner refreshments for up to 108 persons at 7pm
Feb 5: Speaker: Zen Teacher Helen Cortes (MKZC) & Brother ChiSing:
"The ZEN of COMPASSION"
Feb 12: Speaker: Christine Clemmer & Andy McDonald:
"LOVE, Sex Spirituality & Living in the REAL World"
Feb 19: Speaker: Brother ChiSing:
"Buddha's Teachings on LOVE, JOY and PEACE"
Sangha community planning meeting follows
Feb 26: Speaker: Tashi Nyima (Monk) & Brother ChiSing:
"LOSAR - Buddhist New Year - 3 REFUGES Ceremony""
Community vegetarian potluck dinner follows
 
   
Sangha musician: Gary Floyd
www.Gary-Floyd.com

Flute music: Cornell Kinderknecht
www.CornellK.com

* American Sign Language (ASL)
interpretation available upon request.

Please make request by noon Wednesday.
Click here to request an interpreter.
Suggested donation: $10 - $25
Average attendance: 40-60 persons

NEW Awakening Heart flyer: click here
Sangha program: click here
To join our mailing list, click here.

MEDITATION & MORE
"…so much more than just meditation…"
* Awakening Heart is open to everyone of all ages, genders, religions, meditation levels, sexual orientations, ethnicities, and abilities. Whoever you are and wherever you are on life's journey, you are welcome here.

MONDAY - BODHISATTVA Meditations & Buddhist Ritual
 
Every Monday — 7:00-9:00pm
Facilitated by Brother ChiSing, this deeper experienced Buddhist meditation circle (12+ persons) is open to those who have been meditating regularly at Awakening Heart / Dallas Meditation Center for at least 3 months. Through Silence, Stillness, and the Practice of Deep Simplicity, we practice an Integral "One Dharma" approach to spirituality. If you are a meditator who can sit in stillness, breathing silently, then please feel free to join us on Monday evenings for meditation, teachings and sharing in an atmosphere of deep serenity and spaciousness. Deepen your life through mindful silence and sharing. NAMO AMITABHA!

BODHISATTVA Meditations & Buddhist Ritual
7:00
Introductions & Opening Ritual
7:15
Silent Sitting Meditation (25 min.)
7:40
Silent Walking Meditation (10 min.)
7:50
Silent Sitting Meditation (25 min.)
8:15
Spiritual Teachings
8:45
Sharing Circle

• Recommended book: "Old Path, White Clouds" - Thich Nhat Hanh
Suggested donation: $10-25

Location:
Dallas Meditation Center
727 S. Floyd Rd
Richardson, TX 75080
www.DallasMeditationCenter.com

► Get a flyer for this class.
 
TUESDAY - GUIDED MEDITATIONS (beginner-friendly)
 
Every Tuesday — 7:00-9:00pm
Facilitated by Brother ChiSing, this Guided Meditations group (12+ persons) is perfect for beginners (and also for more advanced practitioners who want to supplement their silent practice with guided meditations). Each month we will have a theme.

Guided Meditations Group
7:00
Introductions
7:15
Guided Resting Meditation (25 min.)
7:40
Guided Walking Meditation (10 min.)
7:50
Guided Sitting Meditation (25 min.)
8:15
Spiritual Teachings
8:45
Sharing Circle

• Recommended book: "Happiness" - Thich Nhat Hanh
Suggested donation: $10-25

Location:
Dallas Meditation Center
727 S. Floyd Rd
Richardson, TX 75080
www.DallasMeditationCenter.com

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WEEKDAY Silent Meditations @ DMC

10 min. walking • 25 min. sitting • short reflection on practice
Facilitated by:
Brother ChiSing, Andy McDonald Bobbie Perkins, staff teachers and other members.
NOON Silent Meditations
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday @ 12:00noon - 12:45pm
EVENING Silent Meditation
Thursday @ 6:00 - 6:45pm
All donations appreciated

Location:
Dallas Meditation Center
727 S. Floyd Rd
Richardson, TX 75080
www.DallasMeditationCenter.com

Grapevine TX:

Midcities Mindfulness Meditation
Monday "MEDITATION & MORE" in the Midcities
Sitting & walking meditation, mindful movement, music, and teaching.
Monday Evenings @ 7:00-9:00pm, Optional Mindful Yoga @ 6:00pm w/Lynne Clem
Music with Robin Hackett.
Unity Church in Grapevine
1650 Hughes Rd (near Hwy 121 & Glade Rd.)
Grapevine, TX 76051, (817) 488-1808
www.UnityChurchGrapevine.org

For information, contact Jennifer Wood (jen.wood@sbcglobal.net) or Mark Vozar (msvoze@sbcglobal.net).

 

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