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No More Enemies At All - with Lindsay Crouse
Three Nights in September:
Monday 20th
Wednesday 22nd
Friday 24th
7:30 - 9:30pm
Why are our families battlegrounds? Why do our relationships degenerate?
This is a war we can stop.
This class will go deeply into the true causes for being relaxed and happy with those closest to you.
Happiness doesn’t come from someone else. If you want to be happy, stop trying to find happiness.
You’ll get aggressive about it and kill it before it begins.
Relax. Let it be. Everything’s changing.
It’s the fight that creates the enemy. There’s really nothing to fear.
Lindsay Crouse completed the Asian Classics Institute teacher-training program in 2004 and is currently continuing advanced Buddhist studies under Venerable Sumati Marut and Geshe Michael Roach. She has taken teachings from the Dalai Lama in the United States and India. Lindsay is an Academy Award-nominated actress, who has taught directing at USC Graduate Film School, and acting at major universities around the country. Dedicated to changing the violent focus of the American television and film industry, she has created a unique approach to acting combined with the dharma. She teaches Tibetan Buddhism in Los Angeles and around the country.
Please register to let us know you are coming. Email register@aci-capeann.org or call (978) 865-4342. All are welcome, including drop-ins. Suggested donation: $10.00 per class.
LIVE VIDEO BROADCAST via USTREAM-- check back for the URL.
The Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, Part 2
Asian Classics Formal Course 11 with Jesse Fallon
Saturdays, 1:00 – 5:30 PM, September 4, 11; October 2
Wednesdays, 7:00 – 9:00 PM, September 8, 15, 29; October 6
I must stop the pain of others,
Because it's pain; it's like the pain
That I feel myself. - Master Shantideva
We continue our training in how to be a hero to save all beings in this second of three courses on being a bodhisattva. In this course we cover how to never get angry, the value of having fun in our spiritual endeavors, and meditation on exchanging self and others.
All are welcome. Class is free. Supported by donation.
Please register to let us know you are coming. Email register@aci-capeann.org or call (978) 865-4342. Printed course readings are available from us for $25 if you register August 25, or you can receive a digital PDF version for free. The course is available for credit (completing all homework and exams) or by audit/drop-in.
Teachings are offered to the general public in person by donation only and via live webcast on Ustream http://www.ustream.tv/channel/aci-formal-course-11
Debate Ground will be held before all of the classes.
• Come anytime from 5:00 - 6:30pm on Wednesdays, and 11:00am – 12:30pm on Saturdays
• Everyone is welcome – you don’t need to be in the class.
3 new yoga classes
New Vinyasa Class. New Instructor!
Open Level Vinyasa Class with Jill Demeri
Mondays 5:30-6:30 PM
Jillian Demeri is certified in Hatha/Vinyasa and children's yoga with over 300 hours of training at Lotus Yoga in Montclair, NJ.
She carries on a family tradition of yoga instruction started by her mother, Marley Hewins, in the '70s. Jill is a student of Tibetan Heart Yoga and the highly inspirational Mahayana Buddhist teachings of Venerable Sumati Marut.
In addition to her yoga practice, Jill is a well-known artist in the Cape Ann art community and owns the JDemeri gallery in Rockport, MA.
Classes are free, supported by donation. Suggested Donation: $10 per class.
Special Summer Yoga Classes with Bob Arnold
These classes will use the foundation of Yoga as practiced in the Lineage of the Dalai Lamas - combining the outer methods of asana (poses) and pranayama (breathing) with the inner methods of a virtuous mental focus, meditation, and wisdom. The result is a practice the ancients called Royal Yoga.
July 13 - August 17 July 14 - August 18
Tuesday Evenings Wednesday Mornings
5:30 PM - 7PM 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
A real Yoga practice doesn't end when you leave the mat. Learn how to incorporate all the elements of Yoga into your daily life.
All levels of yoga practitioners are welcome. Please bring a yoga mat if you have one - the Center has a few mats available.
Classes are free, supported by donation. Suggested Donation: $10 per class.
Bob has been studying meditation and sacred movement, including Tibetan Heart Yoga and Tai Chi, for more than 10 years. He is a graduate of the Yoga Studies Institute 300-hour teacher training and is a YSI Essentials Staff teacher of Tibetan Heart Yoga and the Classics of Yoga.
Bok Jinpa: The Essentials of Courses I & II with Julie Upton
Mondays, 7 - 9:30 PM, August 30; September 6, 13 & Friday, September 10
The ancient texts and sages agree that achieving the wisdom and realizations necessary to gain true happiness requires a strong meditation practice, but anyone who has tried meditation knows how hard developing this can be. This four-class course will concentrate on how to work towards, and achieve, a deep state of single-pointed concentration in order to explore the truth of ultimate reality. It is primarily a practice-oriented class centered on focusing the mind.
There are no pre-requisites. Drop-ins are welcome. Suggested Donation: $10 per class.
Please register to let us know you are coming. Email register@aci-capeann.org or call (978) 865-4342 by August 20th to ensure a copy of the printed materials, or you can receive a digital PDF version for free.
If you would like to take this course as a make-up for previous Bok Jinpa courses and to fulfill the pre-requisite for formal Bok Jinpa courses in the future, attendance at all four sessions is required. You must also complete specific meditation and journal assignments, as well as maintain a regular book practice.
Julie Upton is a devoted student and teacher of yoga asana, philosophy and meditation. She has studied yoga and Buddhist dharma with Geshe Michael Roach, Lama Christie McNally, and Lama Sumati Marut, recently graduating from her advanced studies at Diamond Mountain University in Arizona. She lives wherever she’s at in the moment, but likes to call Massachusetts her home.
Live video broadcast: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bok-jinpa-essentials
Tibetan Heart Yoga with Julie Upton
Tuesdays, 5:30 - 7 PM, August 31; September 7, 14
Wednesdays, 9:30 - 11 AM, September 1, 8, 15
Lady Niguma is a woman yogi from India who lived a thousand years ago. She taught a special kind of yoga, which removes the stress and trouble of modern life at the same time that it keeps us young and fit. We continue in traditional Tibetan Heart Yoga style to explore the inner and outer methods that will take us to the goal of our yoga practice—great happiness and peace of mind. This practice is good for all levels from beginner to advanced. Please bring your own yoga mat if you have one – the Center has a few mats available. All are welcome. Suggested Donation: $10 per class.
Julie Upton is a devoted student and teacher of yoga asana, philosophy and meditation. She has studied yoga and Buddhist dharma with Geshe Michael Roach, Lama Christie McNally, and Lama Sumati Marut, recently graduating from her advanced studies at Diamond Mountain University in Arizona. She lives wherever she’s at in the moment, but likes to call Massachusetts her home.
ACI-Cape Ann is pleased to announce a small but growing scholarship fund.
The mission of the ACI-Cape Ann Inc. Scholarship Fund is to support individuals who are:
1) seeking short (up to three weeks) meditative retreats; 2) pursuing studies; or 3) pursuing teacher training, all for the purpose of ending suffering, promoting happiness, and reaching total enlightenment through practice in the tradition of Mahayana Buddhism.
To make an offering, please click here.
For application information, please click here.
Yoga Classes
Gentle Beginners Yoga led by Pattie O'Brien, PhD
•Thursdays, 5:45 - 6:55 PM
•Saturdays, 8:45-9:55 AM
Tibetan Heart Yoga
•Sundays, 8:30-10:00 AM - led by Pattie O'Brien, PhD
•Thursdays, 7:15-9:00 PM - led by Bob Arnold
Open Level Vinyasa Class
•Mondays 5:30-6:30 PM, taught by Jill Demeri
In a system preserved by the Tibetans for centuries, the outer methods of asana (poses) and pranayama (breathing) are combined with the inner methods of a virtuous mental focus, meditation, and wisdom. The result is a practice the ancients called Royal Yoga. A real Yoga practice doesn't end when you leave the mat. Learn how to incorporate all the elements of Yoga into your daily life.
"Tibetan Heart Yoga works on your heart in two ways: It makes your physical heart and body healthy and strong, and it opens your heart to love others. And of course the first always comes from the second."
-- Geshe Michael Roach, The Tibetan Book of Yoga
Open to all levels, no registration required. Suggested donation is $10 per class.
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