A Global Celebration
Hosted by The Touching the Earth Collective

HARVEST OF PEACE

Join us for this special Sunday Gathering featuring a celebration of the spring equinox (Nyida Day), and an opportunity to connect with the cycles of the seasons.

o que better way to welcome spring than celebrating the arts and the elements!

There will be dance, música, words and brilliant colors…

Com Acharya Arawana Hayashi, Bárbara Bash, and other special guests!
Orchestrated by Sarah Cox

When human beings live in harmony with the principles of heaven and earth, then the four seasons and the elements of the world will also work together harmoniously.”
– Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche.

Please join us for two study sessions to explore the Seven Questions/Insights, which Renée presented in her talk of May 24.

1) First Study Session:
Already took place on Domingo, Julho 26.
We discussed Insights 1 para 4. Here is the recording below.

2) Second Study session
Domingo, Agosto 23, de 1 pm to 3 PM (Oriental)—Insights 5 para 7
LIVRE

If you wish to attend, please email us to confirm your presence and receive the Zoom link. <[email protected]>

In preparation, we suggest you listen to the first talk (abaixo de) and the follow-up study group (abaixo de), and if you have more time, you could look at her book, Environmental Melancholia.

Dr.. Renee Lertzman is a researcher, educator and engagement strategist who uses psychological insights to unlock action on global climate and environmental crises.
It’s normal to feel anxious or overwhelmed by climate change. Can we turn those feelings into something productive?

Below is the recording of Renée’s talk of May 24, entitled “Waking up to the Climate Crisis: From Despair to Engagement,” which was facilitated by Sara Demetry.

You may also enjoy watching Renée’s TED talk: (https://www.ted.com/talks/renee_lertzman_how_to_turn_climate_anxiety_into_action)

Here is the recording of the follow-up event on Zoom, facilitated by Sara Demetry (Domingo, June 7th)

We are collectively feeling grief associated with climate disruption, species extinction, forest fires, water and food shortages, pandemic, and the disproportionate impact on marginalized populations at this time. Join together in community for a twice a month online group which will create a safe space to explore themes such as gratitude, grieving, activism, resilience and building capacity for staying present and awake in this time which portends both crisis and opportunity.

“The work of the mature person is to carry grief in one hand and gratitude in the other and to be stretched large by them. How much sorrow can I hold? That’s how much gratitude I can give. If I carry only grief, I’ll bend toward cynicism and despair. If I have only gratitude, I’ll become saccharine and won’t develop much compassion for other peoples’ suffering. Grief keeps the heart fluid and soft, which helps make compassion possible.” Francis Weller

No ongoing commitment is required. The basis of the group will be contemplation, space for listening, sharing and discussion.

This will be a drop in facilitated zoom group the first and third Sunday evening of each month from 7:00 – 8:30 tarde EDT beginning in April, the 5th and 19th. If you are interested in attending, por favor enviar e-mail [email protected] to receive the zoom link.

Sara Demetry has been a member of the Shambhala community since 1998 and lives in Barnet VT with her husband and cats. She keeps a psychotherapy private practice and works primarily with trauma and healing. She has been interested in “Inner Transition” work for many years and in the need for communal approaches to griefwork.

Uma conversa criativa, in honor of Earth Day, com Acharya Judith Simmer-Brown e Jeff Wagner.

Co-sponsored by the Boulder Shambhala Center, the Touching the Earth Collective and Shambhala Online

As we celebrate the 50^th anniversary of Earth Day this month, Buddhist teacher and scholar, Acharya Judith Simmer-Brown, and environmental educator and author Jeff Wagner, will engage in an exploratory and friendly conversation on these timely questions. Drawing on decades of practicing and teaching the Shambhala Buddhist dharma, Acharya Judith will discuss with Jeff, who brings many years of hands-on experience living and teaching in non-Western cultures, how we can open effectively and collectively to this moment of profound change.

Here is the live event’s recording!

With special thanks to Emily Takahashi, Touching the Earth Collective and The Active Hope Green Team!