Importing events from SnowFlower’s calendar With sangha events now scheduled for September and October, readers may wish to use a new website feature: syncing SnowFlower’s online calendar with calendars on their own computers and smartphones. This new syncing feature will…
Wednesday Sangha Makes its Move
Participants at a recent Wednesday sit of SnowFlower Sangha enjoyed learning the Ten Mindful Movements, a set of exercises that Thich Nhat Hanh created and that the monks and nuns practice daily at Plum Village. Resembling Tai Chi or Yoga,…
SnowFlower Volunteers Trained on Website
SnowFlower members Ann Varda, Marilee Wertlake, and Karen Ecklund gathered at the home of Curt Pawlisch for training on our sangha’s new website. Steve Tesmer, the website’s designer, led the four volunteers through various website functions on WordPress, the application used to…
SnowFlower Sun – July & August 2016
SnowFlower Sun – July & August 2016
Summer Day of Mindfulness – July 23, 2016
Our sister sangha, the Mindfulness Community of Milwaukee, hosted the annual Summer Day of Mindfulness for people following the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh from Milwaukee, Chicago and Madison, on Saturday July 23. We met at the DeKoven Center, a…
Cheri Maples Offers Dharma Talk at Plum Village on Mindful Policing
SnowFlower Sangha is fortunate to count among its ranks Cheri Maples, an ordained Dharma teacher in the Thich Nhat Hanh tradition. Last month at Plum Village, she gave a Dharma Talk on Mindful Policing. She discussed policing and her Buddhist…
A Wednesday Sangha First!
On Wednesday, July 6, facilitated by Cheri Maples, six SnowFlowers formally received the Five Mindfulness Trainings in the traditional Plum Village version of this ancient ceremony. The Five Mindfulness Trainings are an essential aspect of the teachings of Thich Nhat…
SnowFlower Sun – May & June 2016
SnowFlower Sun – May & June 2016