Dharma teachers Fern Dorresteyn & Michael Ciborski
& Morning Sun Mindfulness Community
Joyfully Together: A Day of Mindfulness
for Adults, Teens and Children
Saturday March 29, 2014
Veatch Ballroom @ Veatch House
Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock
48 Shelter Rock Rd, Manhasset, NY 11030
(directions below/train/shuttle info below)
10AM to 4PM
(9:30 Registration Starts/
preregistration recommended)
Join us and the Teachers from Morning Sun Mindfulness Center in New Hampshire for a daylong program for all generations. There will be a lovely balance of adults and children practicing mindfulness together and practicing separately. The children's program will be a chance for children to learn basic age-appropriate mindfulness practices and games. The theme for the day will be enjoying and appreciating the people in our lives. See this video from our last day of mindfulness together http://vimeo.com/41563309
Donation/Dana*
*We invite the Practice of Dana - Generosity practice – to help cover expenses and to support these Teachers who rely on donations to support their teaching and their center.
Please BRING your own cushion (Chairs will be provided)
Please BRING your own Veggie Lunch (HerbalTea, water & children’s snacks will be provided)
To register/rsvp/questions/info/sign up for train shuttle please emailgrnislandsangha@gmail.com
Fern Dorresteyn and Michael Ciborski lived at Plum Village monastery in France for nine years, training in the meditative arts as monk and nun for seven. They were fortunate to live and work intimately with Thich Nhat Hanh and the monastic community to organize, support, and offer meditation retreats around the world. They are both members of the Order of Interbeing as well as ordained Dharma teachers in the Plum Village tradition. In 2003, each of them departed Plum Village and, when they encountered each other, returned to lay life. Now they are married and have a son, Laurian, and two daughters, Seriena and Fiana. In 2011, they were joined by Tim Ambrose Desmond and Annie Millar Desmond, whose experience directing nonprofits was a perfect compliment to Fern and Michael’s experience as monastics. Ambrose and Annie have a new baby boy, Finn born last year.
Train: Take the LIRR Port Washington line to Manhasset.
There will be a Shuttle to Veatch House only for the 8:48 AM from Penn arriving 9:28 Manhasset (Port Washington line) please emailgrnislandsangha@gmail.com to reserve a space on the sangha shuttle.
Please also Car pool from your Local Sanghas follow directions below once on UUC grounds
Then follow directions below once on UUC grounds
Getting to Veatch House and the Veatch Ballroom
When entering into the UUC off Shelter Rock Rd you will then travel a long drive to the main parking lot, Do not go into the main parking lot just as you get to the main parking lot make a right. Veatch House is a separate building from the main UUC building and is on the far right of the property and has its own parking. Look for Mindfulness signs
Park in the Veatch Parking lot and then go up the stairs and go to the door on the left to get into the ballroom (it is on the first floor which is above the basement level). We will post signs
Wheelchair Access/Elevator Access
There is a handicap parking lot but you must have a handicap sign to park in this lot.
To get there take the same directions going toward the Veatch House Parking and just before entering the VH parking lot there is a turn to the left which will take you to another parking lot in a courtyard with handicap parking as well as an entrance to the basement level with an elevator which will take you to the first floor where the Veatch ballroom is located.
This InterSangha Day of Mindfulness is cosponsored by
The Earth and the Three Jewels:
A Day of Mindfulness in the Plum Village Tradition
Green Island Sangha
Dana/Donation Practice
Mindfulness practice can offer us a refuge from our suffering and can show us the way to deep happiness. Join us for a daylong program with teachers from Morning Sun Mindfulness Center in NH as we explore the relationship between the Buddhist teaching of the Three Jewels (awareness, teachings and community) and Deep Ecology.
Fern Dorresteyn and Michael Ciborski lived at Plum Village monastery in France for nine years, training in the meditative arts as monk and nun for seven. They were fortunate to live and work intimately with Thich Nhat Hanh and the monastic community to organize, support, and offer meditation retreats around the world. They are both members of the Order of Interbeing as well as ordained Dharma teachers in the Plum Village tradition. In 2003, each of them departed Plum Village and, when they encountered each other, returned to lay life. Now they are married and have a son, Laurian, and two daughters, Seriena and Fiana. In 2011, they were joined by Tim Ambrose Desmond and Annie Millar Desmond, whose experience directing nonprofits was a perfect compliment to Fern and Michael’s experience as monastics. Ambrose and Annie have a new baby boy, Finn born last year.
By Car: I-495 (LIE) to exit 41 or Northern State Parkway to exit 35N then:
North on Rt 106 to Rt. 25A, Northern Blvd. Left onto Northern Blvd. Left onto Muttontown Lane.
By Rail: LIRR out of Penn Station to the Syosset stop. Take cab to Mansion (3 1/2 miles)