Mindfulness Series: 5 Essentials

Hiya sweet Mindfulness practitioners. Lake Tahoe Mindfulness Community is gearing up for our 5 week class, beginning April 9, and I wanted to give everyone a peek into the delights that await us. Thich Nhat Hanh is best known for his ability to take classical Buddhist teachings and adapt them beautifully and simply for today's time. He has done this with the "5 Essentials", as I like to call them. Some who have studied TNH might know them as the 5 Mindfulness Trainings. These trainings are based on the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path and outline ethics for a happy life in very concrete and applied terms. Each week we'll explore one of the 5 Essentials, for example: Loving Speech and Deep Listening and dissect it, turn it around, try it on and practice it during our week off the cushion. Then, we'll come back together to discuss its application in our lives and sit and walk for insight into the next week's Essential. The 5 Essentials will serve as precious tools in your personal practice. 

We'll loosely use the following book as our guide: The Mindfulness Survival Kit: Five Essential Practices written by Zen Master, Thich Nhat Hanh. If you're interested in the class, please contact me to register and reserve your space. See you at The Studio for our first evening together, Thursday, April 9. Many sweet moments until then....