Join us for our Fall Retreat: 
​Embodying Simplicity: In Our Meditation Practice & In Our Lives
 A 2-Day Non-Residential Silent Vipassana Meditation Retreat
with Brian Lesage 

Saturday & Sunday, September 16-17, 2017
Saturday, 9am-5pm 
Sunday, 9am-4pm
Nathrop, CO

COST:  No Cost Retreat - Donations to the teacher and sangha are gratefully accepted. Retreatants will have the opportunity to offer dana (donations) to the teacher and sangha at retreat’s end. The teacher will receive no other financial compensation.

A condition of complete simplicity
(Costing not less than everything)
 And all shall be well and
All Manner of things shall be well
                                                T.S. Eliot - Little Gidding 

The Buddha's teachings on simplicity provide an essential component for living a life of contentment and freedom.  This retreat is designed to explore the many aspects of this teaching through the practice of continuous mindfulness meditation in silence throughout the day—in sitting and walking meditation. There will also be time for discussion to support this process happening in the silence. In the silence, we can begin to move toward meeting life in a more simple and authentic way. This retreat is designed for both beginners and experienced practitioners.


Brian Lesage has practiced Buddhist meditation since 1988 and has taught meditation since 2000. He has studied in the Zen, Theravada and Tibetan schools of Buddhism. He was ordained in the Rinzai Zen tradition in 1996. His training in Vipassana Meditation includes doing extended meditation retreats in Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, and India as well numerous retreats in the U.S. He leads retreats and teaches meditation courses nationwide. Brian also has a private practice in Somatic Experiencing, a naturalistic approach to healing trauma.  You can also visit his website for Somatic Experiencing at: www.liberatingawareness.com.  


      Space is limited, so please register early.
If you have any questions please contact, Roberta Smith 719-539-1732.

REGISTER FOR RETREAT

Join us this coming Saturday, May 6th for our All Sangha Meeting, Potluck and Spring Clean-Up: 

9:30am – Spring Clean-Up
11:00am – All Sangha Meeting
12ish – Potluck
 
Please join us for any or all of these activities.  We need to hear all of our voices to shape the next steps of our Sangha!

​We hope to see you at the
ALL SANGHA MEETING TOMORROW, MAY 6!
Dear Sangha Friends 
Our All Sangha Meeting is this Saturday, May 6th at 11am with a Potluck to follow and all of this is proceeded by our Spring Yard Clean-Up at the Sangha house starting at 9:30am.  Please come and join us in caring for the Sangha House, setting the direction for the Sangha, and eating scrumptious food!
Also we still need volunteers to sign up for cleaning and watering yogi jobs.  Sign up sheets are in the kitchen at the house.

Sunday sit leaders can sign up on our website at the bottom of the community page:
http://www.salidasangha.org/community.html

Our deepest blessings to you all,
Your Sangha Board

​LAST CALL for filling out SURVEY on Sunday Sit and 2019 Retreat,
...and ALL SANGHA MEETING THIS SATURDAY, MAY 6 AT 11am!
Dear Sangha Friends - We have received Sunday Sit and Retreat feedback from some of you and are deeply grateful for your input.  If you haven't filled out the survey, we would LOVE it if you would.  Your responses guide the Sangha and we can make good decisions when we know what you want!  So please, please, fill out the Survey if you have not yet done so:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HDC83
(Please complete by Thursday, May 4th)

Thank you in advance for completing the survey!
Our All Sangha Meeting is this Saturday, May 6th at 11am with a Potluck to follow and all of this is proceeded by our Spring Yard Clean-Up at the Sangha house starting at 9:30am.  Please come and join us in caring for the Sangha House, setting the direction for the Sangha, and eating scrumptious food!
Also we still need volunteers to sign up for cleaning and watering yogi jobs.  Sign up sheets are in the kitchen at the house.

Sunday sit leaders can sign up on our website at the bottom of the community page:
http://www.salidasangha.org/community.html

Our deepest blessings to you all,
Your sangha board