Jill Shepherd
Sunday Morning Meditation, Instruction and Conversation with Jill Shepherd
Sunday morning, May 5th: 10 – 11:30 AM
LIVE, ONLINE, joint offering with the Butte Insight Sangha
(just for us in Montana)
Freely offered over the Butte sangha’s zoom, no need to register
https://zoom.us/j/567641174
Meeting ID: 567 641 174
pass code 628468
Jill Shepherd began practicing insight meditation in Thailand in 1999, and since that time has lived and worked at several meditation centers and monasteries in the US, Australia, England, and Thailand.
She recently spent seven years on staff at the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) in Barre, Massachusetts, where she participated in several long retreats and Buddhist study programs, as well as offering weekly meditation classes at a nearby men’s prison.
She is a graduate of the IMS / Spirit Rock teacher training program in the US, under the guidance of Joseph Goldstein and Gil Fronsdal.
Currently, she divides her time mostly between the USA, Australia and New Zealand, teaching vipassana and brahma vihara retreats and offering ongoing study and practice groups focused on bringing the dharma into daily life. She also leads courses and non-residential workshops exploring the relational practice of Insight Dialogue, as developed by Gregory Kramer and colleagues.
Anushka Fernandopulle
visits May 14 – 20
We’re thrilled to host Anushka, a guiding teacher at Spirit Rock and IMS, who’s featured on many apps and mindfulness pods. Come learn from one of the absolute best!
Visit to the MindSpace group – Tuesday evening, May 14, 6:30 – 7:45
40 and under are welcome to drop in and share meditation, conversation and inspiration.
“The Two Wings of the Dharma” – Wednesday evening, May 15, 7:15 – 8:45 PM Part One: Insight or Wisdom-Generating Practices
Over two Wednesday classes evenings, Anushka will share teachings and meditations that develop the two wings of dharma practice: Wisdom and Compassion. This first one will explore the essentials of Wisdom or Insight practice that reveals to us the nature of our experience and ‘purifies’ the heart-mind. Appropriate for all levels of meditation experience.
Come to one or both as your schedule allows, prior registration requested. Zoom option. PLEASE REGISTER HERE
An Evening with Anushka – Thursday, May 16 7 – 8:30 PM
Q&A with the Insight sangha to hear stories, highs and lows from Anushka’s journey in the dharma. These informal, conversational evenings are entertaining and inspiring and help us get to know the teacher. Everyone welcome to drop in, room or zoom.
Mindfulness for LGBTQI+ – Friday, May 17, 7 – 8:30 PM
This evening is for queer meditators or wanna-learn meditators of all stripes and rainbow colors. Anushka will offer an evening of Mindfulness instruction, practice and Q&A just for LGBTQI+ people. Come meet other mindful folks and let’s see if there’s interest in launching a Queer sangha at the Dharma Center. Offered freely for a suggested donation to support Anushka.
Mindfulness in Nature – Saturday, May 18, 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM
At the Triple Tree Ranch Community Space
Anushka will teach the art of savoring nature’s beauty with mindfulness. There will be a long lunch break for hiking and being out on the Triple Tree trails.
This day is appropriate for those new to meditation or practitioners with experience. Please pre-register through the Dharma Center’s website. Zoom option will not be available. Registration is now open here.
“The Two Wings of the Dharma” – Wednesday, May 22, 7:15 – 8:45 PM Part Two: Compassion and Qualities of the heart
This class will explore ways to develop the second “wing” of the Dharma: qualities of the heart. We’ll cultivate Kindness and Compassion, for ourselves, for others, and for the world-at-large. Appropriate for all levels of meditation experience.
Attendance the prior week is helpful but not necessary. Prior registration requested. Zoom option.
Anushka describes her background:
I have trained in Buddhist meditation for over 30 years, primarily Vipassana or Insight Meditation (the source of secular Mindfulness). After studying Buddhism at Harvard, I spent four years in full-time meditation training in the US, India and Sri Lanka. I was invited to teach Dharma in 1998 and later went through a four year meditation teacher training program with Jack Kornfield, Joseph Goldstein, Sharon Salzberg and other leading Western Buddhist meditation teachers. I joined the Teacher’s Council at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in 2011. My work has been featured in publications like Tricycle, Lion’s Roar, Turning Wheel, Inquiring Mind, as well as on my blog on the Huffington Post about dharma and politics.
