Easing Awake Welcomes John Travis

Easing Awake

for 02 May 2023 Sangha

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

Will Lister,
Easing Awake Member and recent
graduate of a meditation teachers 
course, is inviting you to his
Thursday evening Zoom Sangha.
The time: 6:30-8:00. 


         After opening with refuges there is a 45 minute meditation (lightly guided) followed by a talk. After the talk and discussion there is a brief check in, (what’s on your mind?). This offering is free.


Please email: mettaphoto@mac.com 
for the Zoom Link

The national flowers above remind us of the locations of much suffering in this world
where sending metta can help.
Sunflowers for Ukraine
Jasmine for Pakistan
Tulips for Turkey

May is Here With These Speakers!

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

Tuesday Evening Sanghameets at 6:30 pm
Pacific time 
on Zoom

Find the direct link here:
easingawake.org