Kingfisher Sangha

Kingfisher East Weekly Sit
2024-12-11 17:00 - 18:00, 2024-12-04 17:00 - 18:00, 2024-11-27 17:00 - 18:00, 2024-11-20 17:00 - 18:00, 2024-11-13 17:00 - 18:00, 2024-11-06 17:00 - 18:00, 2024-10-30 17:00 - 18:00, 2024-10-23 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) and 4 more dates | Zoom (Online)
Kingfisher East is back!
The group will meet every Wednesday from 5:00 – 6:00 pm via Zoom. Please see the Kingfisher Sangha email newsletter for the Zoom link.
For more details or if you have any questions, contact Martin Lyden at: drmartinjlyden@gmail.com

Kingfisher North Weekly Sit
2024-12-10 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-12-03 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-11-26 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-11-19 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-11-12 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-11-05 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-10-29 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-10-22 19:00 - 20:00 and 3 more dates | Zoom (Online)
Please join us for a formal sit, with Kingfisher North at 7:00 pm on Tuesday. Everyone is welcome!
Sits are returning to ZOOM ONLY due to the status with the pandemic. Check back often to see when/if in-person sits will resume.
Tuesdays – 7pm Kingfisher North Sit
To Join the Zoom Meeting:
Please contact Brett (bbartow@nycap.rr.com) or Kingfisher (kingfishersanghany@gmail.com) to receive the link to the Zoom meeting, or check the Weekly Newsletter in your email. Due to some privacy concerns recently, we aren’t posting the link to the Zoom meetings online.

Deepening the Practice
2024-12-02 18:00 - 19:30 | Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Saratoga, 624 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866, United States
Deepening the Practice
First Monday of the month at the UU Congregation of Saratoga

December 2 from 6:00 – 7:30 pm
At the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Saratoga
624 North Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY
(Map)
Are you interested in learning more about the Buddhist teachings and practices? Please join us as we gather to read and discuss Sutras, chants, practice Touching the Earth, recite the Five Mindfulness Trainings, and other practices in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. If you have a copy of the book Chanting From the Heart, please bring it. Don’t worry if you don’t! Check the newsletter for the Zoom link.
Our next meeting is on November 4. We will collect dana for the Deepening the Practice gathering to help cover the cost of renting the space. Please RSVP each month to Linda at revlin23@gmail.com if you plan to attend. In case of inclement weather or last-minute emergencies, this will allow us to reach out to those who plan to attend to give any last minute details.

Kingfisher Sangha Book Club
2024-11-20 10:00 - 11:30 | Zoom (Online)
Kingfisher Sangha Book Club
October 16 & November 20 (Online)

November 20 from 10:00 – 11:30 am
Via Zoom
Come read a book together! All are invited to the Kingfisher Book Group. Learn about the practice and share with others in the sangha. As we blend our insights, our understanding grows. As we share build and strengthen our connections. The Book Group meets on Zoom on the third Wednesday of the month, at 10am! The link for the next Zoom meeting is:

Please see the Kingfisher Sangha email newsletter for the Zoom link.
In November we will begin reading Unshakeable by Jo-ann Rosen. Please read the first two chapters. A holistic system for gaining and maintaining the stability of mind needed for personal and social transformation, even in the midst of trauma—with simple, body-based exercises grounded in neuroscience and mindfulness, inspired by Thich Nhat Hanh. Time and time again, even in places where trauma is commonplace, Rosen has seen that a regulated nervous system allows an individual to move from overwhelm and despair to stability and engagement. The Plum Village approach to well-being cultivates resilience while recognizing the unique social and ecological challenges of our times.
The sangha has funds to help you purchase the book if you need them. Please contact Starr for information.
For more information and questions, please contact Linda at revlin23@gmail.com.

Kingfisher Village MONDAY sits
2024-11-18 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-10-21 10:00 - 11:00
Monday: Kingfisher Village
5:30 – 6:30 PM
In person at Melissa’s house in Cambridge every third Monday of the month. Contact Melissa for more information, such as her address details if you need those.

Deepening the Practice
2024-11-04 18:00 - 19:30 | Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Saratoga, 624 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866, United States
Deepening the Practice
First Monday of the month at the UU Congregation of Saratoga

November 4 from 6:00 – 7:30 pm
At the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Saratoga
624 North Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY
(Map)
Are you interested in learning more about the Buddhist teachings and practices? Please join us as we gather to read and discuss Sutras, chants, practice Touching the Earth, recite the Five Mindfulness Trainings, and other practices in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. If you have a copy of the book Chanting From the Heart, please bring it. Don’t worry if you don’t!
You can find the Zoom link in the last Sangha email newletter.
Our next meeting is on November 4. We will collect dana for the Deepening the Practice gathering to help cover the cost of renting the space. Please RSVP each month to Linda at revlin23@gmail.com if you plan to attend. In case of inclement weather or last-minute emergencies, this will allow us to reach out to those who plan to attend to give any last minute details.

Community Meeting
2024-11-03 14:30 - 15:30 | Zoom (Online)
Community Meeting
Via Zoom

Sunday, November 3
2:30 pm via Zoom
Our next Community Meeting will be Sunday, November 3rd at 2:30 on Zoom.
Please see the newsletter for the Zoom link.
Holiday giving is the only agenda item at present. If you have items you’d like to be discussed, please send topics to Tamara. Also, if you are unable to attend but would like to comment on any of the agenda items, please contact Tamara at tcgeveci@gmail.com and she can report on your behalf.

Day of Mindfulness with Richard Brady
2024-10-19 09:30 - 15:30 | Unitarian Universalist Sociey of Schenectady, 1221 Wendell Ave., Schenectady, NY, 12308
Kingfisher Sangha invites you to
SPACIOUS MIND, INCLUSIVE HEART
A DAY OF MINDFULNESS with Dharma Teacher Richard Brady
October 19, 2024 | 9:30-3:30 pm ET. All are welcome!
UU Society of Schenectady | 1221 Wendell Ave., Schenectady, NY 12308
Thich Nhat Hanh has established a tradition, on the eve of the Lunar New Year, of offering the sangha a simple poetic couplet in calligraphy that can inspire and nurture our mindfulness practice throughout the year. For the Year of the Dragon, 2024, Spacious Mind, Inclusive Heart have been offered for our practice. These verses seem particularly relevant to the times in which we find ourselves. As Sr. Chan Duc wrote: “ . . . we have a chance to look at how much room there is in our heart and how much space there is in our mind. We need a spacious mind in order to deepen our understanding and with more understanding we grow the capacity of heart to include all.”
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Richard Brady (True Dharma Bridge) is a retreat leader, writer, educational consultant, and coordinator of the Wake Up Schools. He is a founder of the Mindfulness in Education Network, an international organization with 1,700 participants. In 2001, he received lamp transmission from Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh to be a Dharma teacher in his tradition with a special focus on cultivating mindfulness in young people. In 2008 Richard’s spouse Elisabeth Dearborn, True Lotus Color, and he founded the Mountains and Rivers Mindfulness Community in southeast Vermont, US, where they now live. Richard has been a friend and support to Kingfisher Sangha for many years and we welcome him back for this Day of Mindfulness.
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Please bring with you:
* a cushion if you use one for meditation
* a vegetarian lunch
* a yoga mat and/or blanket for total relaxation
* layered clothes and socks. Sometimes the room can be overly hot, and sometimes it’s quite cold during total relaxation time!
Dana: Richard’s teachings are offered freely. We can show our gratitude for the teachings by giving donations (dana) when we attend the Day of Mindfulness.
RSVP to Christine Kingery at ChristineKingery96@gmail.com
Richard will also be giving a reading from his new book Short Journey Home: Awakening to Freedom with Thich Nhat Hanh on October 20 at Yoga Mandali in Saratoga Springs sponsored by Northshire Books.
