Final Newsletter from
Samsara House 2023
February 2017
This is the Final Newsletter from Samsara House
2023. I would like to express my sincere
gratitude to everyone who decided to subscribe to this mailing list
over the past three years--one by one, this list grew to just
over 400 people..
Whether you were inspired by SH2023's purpose to show up at one or
more conscious gatherings, events, classes, or workshops being
offered and become part of the community, or you were following along all
this time in your own way as a passive participant, thank
you. I will continue to welcome you to come explore a range of leading-edge
methods for deep healing, real connection and bright awakening
and learn how to embody new ways of being in your life to show up in
the world more powerfully with confidence, trust and wholeness.
Going forward, all event communications will be sent
through the "D.C. Awakening Collective" Meetup group to
help us stay in touch as much as we each prefer. Your account
on Meetup.com will allow you to configure how and how often you
would like to receive event reminders instead
of receiving newsletter pushes and event reminders
by e-mail and Facebook. You will still receive e-mail
reminders from Meetup, but only when you want them, if at all.
Since Meetup.com is dedicated to presenting only those topics in which we
are interested and only when we are interested in learning
about them, it makes sense for us to move to this platform as we
each change and grow and move forward in more powerful ways. (We
will also be moving to Medium.com for writing original content
for anyone on the mailing list who is an author or who already
spends time on that outlet.)
Below are the February events which will be
listed on the Meetup. To express interest in attending an event or
to register you will click RSVP on the Meetup's page and also see
others who intend to participate. By centralizing our e-mail
responses, Facebook "Yes'", and RSVP's in one place, I
hope we will be able to gain more momentum towards building something
together with the D.C. Awakening Collective.
If you do not wish to continue then there is nothing to do--I wish you
well on your path.
Best wishes, and see you there, or until we meet
again,
Cullen Kowalski
Co-Founder D.C. Awakening Collective
* If you are finding this message in your spam folder now or are only
reading it months later, you may still join the Meetup by clicking the
link above.
Summary of Events for February
(February 5, 12, 19, 26)
February 4-Week Meditation Series Continues, "New Year - New
Me" * (Feb 11) Open "Fireside" Chat Awakening
Meditation Circle (Next dates March 11, April 8) * (Feb 18)
Essential Mindfulness for Daily Living Workshop * (March
31) Save the Date: An Introductory Evening with Waking Down in
Mutuality (WDM) Founder Saniel & Senior WDM Teacher Linda
Groves-Bonder * (April 1-2) Save the Date: HeartSoak Weekend Retreat - Exploring the
transmission and teachings of the Heart with Saniel Bonder
& Linda Groves-Bonder (An extraordinary
weekend you will not want to miss! - Cullen)
February 2017
5, 12, 19, 26 - SUNDAY MORNING
February 4-Week Meditation Series
with Bennett Crawford and Cullen Kowalski
9:30AM - 10:45AM
$50 Four Week Series (all four classes) - $20 Drop-in for any class
Download Flyer: https://goo.gl/jKSzPy
Venue: East meets West Yoga
Center in Vienna, VA
Read more and preregister : http://eastmeetswestcenter.com/
“Learn key essential mindfulness skills and
practices to
begin your New Year with clarity, inspiration and purpose.”
When we begin the new year, we are full of good intentions. We set goals
and create resolutions and we are driven, inspired and determined to
become better people.
During the month of January we start strong and feel we are on top of our
intentions and goals--we often get off to a good start. But what happens
after a few months? Usually, what tends to happen is life happens and we
become distracted. What also might creep in is avoidance and
procrastination as old habits come back after we experience the daily
stress and adversity of living.
During this month’s meditation series we will continue to build on and
focus on our intentions for the new year while we address how we can
effectively deal with distractions, avoidance and procrastination as life
continues to happen around us.
Each four-week series will focus on a new theme of meditation. Some
topics being explored include: Setting Positive Intentions (January),
Overcoming procrastination (February), Facing Uncertainty (March) and
Fear of the Unknown (April), Transforming Stress in our Lives (May), and
much, much more.. Joining the whole series is ideal for a complete
experience, but dropping-in for a specific part of the series if also
beneficial and welcomed.
Come join Bennett and Cullen to learn through meditation:
Week 1: February 5th
How to become Fully Present and Embodied
Week 2: February 12th
How to recognize old habits and patterns that derail us from our
intentions
Week 3: February 19th
How to work with avoidance and resistance
Week 4: February 26th
How to overcome procrastination so that we can return to our intentions
and goals
Our Regular Monthly Gathering
at Samsara House 2023 in Bloomingdale, D.C.
11 FEB - SATURDAY NIGHT ! (Future Dates 11 March,
8 April)
Open "Fireside" Chat Awakening Meditation
Circle
with Bennett Crawford and Cullen Kowalski
Cullen Kowalski and Bennett Crawford are pleased
to invite you to our monthly Open “Fireside” Chat Awakening Circle.
We would like to share with you our direct experiences with meditation in
the context of awakening, open heart mutuality, deep healing and shadow
work--ingredients which appear to be essential for igniting a whole new
way of life of ultimate liberation, freedom and explosive radical
love. This open style peer mutuality circle is about learning from
each other how meditation can create the space for not only accelerating
the discovery of our deepest Self, but also sharing with each other how
meditation can open us to new possibilities. The results of this
way of meditation are extraordinary. We are in the process of
developing leading-edge programs for individuals and organizations to
share a variety of meditations which are "full spectrum" in
nature so that meditation can be directly applied at all places
throughout our day. Developing and practicing "full spectrum"
mindfulness is not just for personal benefit--it's a way of being so that
your true gifts can be shared with the world right now and in every
moment when it is most needed.
Come join us, we have a seat waiting for you! We look forward to meeting you, learning about
your unique experience with meditation and share with you a vision of
what’s possible.
Please RSVP to let us know
you are coming.
7:30PM - 9:30PM
Cost $5 - Tea and Conscious Snacks Served
Venue: @ Samsara House 2023 in Washington,
D.C. 20001
Read Flyer : https://bit.ly/OpenFireside
RSVP: Hello@MeditateEverywhere.com
Mark Your Calendars, Show Up! Same Time, Same
Place
Next dates: 11 March and 8 April
18 FEB - SATURDAY AFTERNOON
Essential Mindfulness For Daily Living
Workshop
with Bennett Crawford and Cullen Kowalski
1:00PM - 4:00PM
$45 Pre-registered - $55 At the door
Read Flyer: http://bit.ly/EssentialMindfulness
Venue: East meets West Yoga
Center in Vienna, VA
Read more and preregister : http://eastmeetswestcenter.com/
Questions: Hello@MeditateEverywhere.com
How many of you would like to develop more
Mindfulness and Compassion in your life? How many of you would like to
deal more effectively with stress and adversity with a sense of freedom
so you can make the best choices possible based on your deepest values?
Many of us are experiencing a great deal of stress and adversity these
days because of the never ending demands and pressures of everyday
life. This workshop could be for you.
Many of us have heard that the practice of Mindfulness is a great skill
to develop because there is a lot of evidence sharing how it can
transform our lives for the better. But how many of us are
practicing or even have the time to do so? Whether we are a
beginner, intermediate or advanced practitioner, we are all being called
to practice and engage in mindfulness on a daily basis. When we
learn how to bring the essential skills into our daily lives, doing so
will provide us the space to deal with the stress and pressures of life
with more ease and flow.
This workshop is ideal for anyone interested in learning the essential
skills and capacities for cultivating and developing the power of
mindfulness.
In this workshop, you will learn how to:
- Cultivate and develop more Presence
and Compassion in your daily life
- Develop necessary concentration
capacities and skills to deal with the scattered mind
- Relate and engage with thoughts,
feelings and emotions with skill, grace, and ease
- Deepen a sense of inner stability
and groundedness no matter what life brings
- Bring awareness to unconscious
eating habits through mindful eating
- Strengthen our power of awareness
with mindful movements
Come and join Bennett and
Cullen on a half-day journey in learning, and growing together while
cultivating the essentials of mindfulness skills for daily life.
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Save the Date: Friday, March 30
An Introductory
Evening with Waking Down in Mutuality Founder and Senior Teacher
Saniel & Linda Groves-Bonder
Save the Date: Saturday
& Sunday April 1 & 2
HeartSoak Weekend
Retreat
Exploring the
transmission and teachings of the Heart
with Saniel Bonder
&
Linda Groves-Bonder
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About Samsara House 2023,
(est. 2013)
What we do
Offering extraordinary experiences from the leading-edge
of healing, connection and awakening. Beginner to
advanced workshops and integrated programs for individuals,
communities, schools and corporations. [ ... ]
● creating space for healing, connection and awakening
● developing the ability to tap into the full potential of human life
● activating the next evolutionary level of consciousness
Guiding Principles
SUPPORT, TRUST, DIGNITY, RESPECT,
APPRECIATION, GENEROSITY, ELEGANCE
You
never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the existing
model obsolete. ~ Buckminster
Fuller
Be the change you wish to see in the world.
~ Gandhi
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