We very much need someone to step up! What   an opportunity to serve the sangha.

     This is a paid position with very light duties. Most months it will only require an hour or two. 
  
 Bookkeeper duties - 

•  Comfortable with Quicken (if they know Quickbooks they can easily learn Quicken)
• Bank Reconciliation and Reports thru the Quicken Software
• Comfortable with Excel or Numbers for Spreadsheets

Send out donation emails at the end of each year Postcard 990 to IRS

Our wonderful current bookkeeper is perfectly willing to show the new one the ropes. If interested or if you can recommend someone please contact:

The Yolo TWIM group meets this coming Sunday!
 
FYI - please feel free to join for the part of the day if you can’t make it for the whole day. 
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Teri Pohl<teripohl@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Jun 11, 2023 at 11:43 PM
Subject: Third Sunday Daylong Meditation--Correction
To: yolotwim <yolotwim@googlegroups.com>

Our next gathering will be Sunday,  June 18th.  Hope you will join us.
            9:00-9:30:     Initial check-in for greetings, 
            9:30-12:30:   Self-directed sitting and walking meditation
            12:30-2:00:   Lunch, practice check-in, and discussion 
            2:00-4:00:     Self-directed sitting and walking meditation
            4:00-4:30:     Final check-in
     Our lunch discussions are for sharing about our own practice from personal experience, not theory.  We share without interruption based on deep listening and mindful speech.

This Tuesday
Win Ark, PsyD
will lead us in a discussion concerning
 Buddhist practice and
psychological health and well-being.

     "In this meditation and talk we’ll explore the connection between Buddhist practice and the cultivation of psychological health and well-being. As a private practice clinical psychologist I have explored the integration of timeless Buddhist teachings and wisdom with the contemporary tools of cognitive behavioral based (CBT) psychotherapy with a diverse
range of clients and conditions. Together, I will share my experiences and observations with you in our collective effort to better understand the human condition through a Buddhist lens, and ultimately to reduce human suffering.
      I have been studying and practicing Buddhist meditation in the Theravadan tradition for
over 15 years and am an officially Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher through my
beloved teachers Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach and UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Foundation. I received my Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (PsyD) degree from The Wright Institute and my undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley. My
doctoral dissertation researched the impact of Theravadan Buddhist meditation practices on measures of mental health. I had a prior career in technology before finding my passion as a clinical psychologist and I come with a lifetime of experience and real-life challenges."
                            
                             ---Win Ark

You are welcome to visit my blog.
 
Please Join Us!

23 May              Win Ark
30 May              Paul Shippee
06 June             Doug Kraft
13 June             J.D. Doyle
20 June             James Baraz
27 June             Jens Tröger

16 May            Book Discussion with Cynthia Schlie
23 May            Win Ark
30 May            Paul Shippee

09 May        Doug Kraft Leads
16 May        Will Lister Leads
23 May        Win Ark Leads
30 May        Paul Shippee Leads

This Tuesday
 Our Sangha Teacher Will Be
John Travis
     
       John Travis is a Spirit Rock Teacher Emeritus, and the founder of Mountain Stream Meditation Center in Nevada City, CA. John has practiced Insight Meditation for over 40 years and completed a four-year senior teacher training with Jack Kornfield in 1993. He lived and studied in Asia for a decade under several great meditation masters, including S. N. Goenka, and Anagarika Munindra. He took a period of monastic ordination in the Theravada tradition under Thangpulu Sayadaw, as well as a brief novice ordination under Kalu Rinpoche.

       John's teaching style focuses on a non-dual approach emphasizing body, heartfulness, and the nature of awareness itself. In addition to his meditation training, John has taught Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), facilitated men's groups, and led co-holotrophic breath workshops. He is a father and a poet; a pastoral counselor and hypnotherapist, and has completed two years training in the Hakomi-method of body-centered psychotherapy.
 
More information is available at:
https://www.mtstream.org/ 

 
Please Join Us
Wherever You Are In This World!

Easing Awake Sangha Member 
Prashant Billore
hosts a monthly meditation
group in addition to our weekly
Tuesday Sangha Meetings. 

• This group meets on the first Friday of each month from 4:30 PM to 6 PM Pacific Time. The next meeting is 05 May 2023 The group is open to joining late and leaving early as required. 
• We invite each participant to share their thoughts on their practice and life in a stream of consciousness fashion. 
  • No formal structure is required. People often talk about their work, health, relationships, and whatever else is most on their mind. 
  • In many cases, they would talk about benefits and/or challenges related to their meditation practice as well as new insights or resources.
• The rest of the group silently acknowledges. They may offer support and validation and may share related personal experiences of their own. 
  • Advising, preaching and patronizing often leads to shutting people down and we keep ourselves aware to avoid that. 
  • Some people may look for specific advice or would like to use the group as a sounding board. 
• Sharing is not compulsory and one can opt out of it. 
• The resulting experience of the listener as well as the person sharing is one of relief and finding love and support.  

                           ---Prashant Billore
                  
         For more information or to join this group,
                     please email Prashant at billore.prashant@gmail.com

02 May           John Travis
09 May            Doug Kraft
16 May            Will Lister
23 May            Win Ark
30 May            Paul Shippee