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Two Spring Exhibits

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I rarely post here about my art, but I have two exhibits happening this spring to share. If you’re in the Middle Tennessee area, I hope you can make my April 9 reception.

Art at Parks Exhibit and Opening Reception

Please join me, Susan McGrew, Penny Felts and Grace Goad on April 9 for our exhibit at Parks Realty in the Hill Center in Green Hills. Reception hours are 5 – 7 p.m.

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For more information email me at ernst.lisa@gmail.com

Golden Afternoon at Reelfoot Lake, 30" x 4*"

Golden Afternoon at Reelfoot Lake, 30″ x 48″

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Plumeria, 36″ x 48″ acrylic on canvas

Customs House Museum Exhibit

Two of my paintings are included in the Customs House Museum’s current exhibit for Women’s History Month. This exhibit is on display until May 10. Information is here.

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Red Hibiscus 30″ x 40″ acrylic on canvas

Tomato Stack, 36" x 18" acrylic on canvas

Tomato Stack, 36″ x 18″ acrylic on canvas

Three Week Basics of Meditation Course

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Sponsored by One Dharma Nashville
Thursdays April 30, May 7 & 14
7 – 8:30 p.m.
12 South Dharma Center

This 3 Week course is appropriate for beginners as well as more experienced meditators who want to refresh the fundamentals of their practice. In a step-by-step process you will learn the basics of insight meditation and mindfulness practices. You will learn to be more in touch with your body, emotions and mind. You will complete the class with tools to establish an effective and ongoing practice. These practices will help you reduce stress and expand your capacity for well-being and compassion. The class will also provide a supportive environment with plenty of time for discussion and Q&A.

Led by senior meditator and One Dharma co-founder Patsy Cutillo, with guidance from founding teacher Lisa Ernst. Patsy has been meditating for 15+ years and has attended numerous daylong and residential meditation retreats. She is also certified as a Medical QiGong therapist.

Course fee is $60 and can be paid through Paypal here.  A reduced fee spot is available in the case of financial need. Please inquire. For information or to reserve your spot, email pccutillo@yahoo.com.

Where Are the Flowers?

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If you break open the cherry tree,

Where are the flowers?

But in the spring time, see how they bloom!

– Ikkyu

Breema and Feldenkrais Offer at the 12 South Dharma Center

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This offer is from Katherine Correa, who offers her services at our Dharma Center:

Hello, I offer Breema and Feldenkrais private sessions and classes some weekdays at the 12 South Dharma Center. I have put together a couple of special offers for Dharma Center practitioners and hope you will contact me to register or if you have questions about either method.

So, I am offering a 1/2-hour introductory Breema session for only $15 for Dharma Center attendees. This offer is valid until April 30, 2015. (My usual rate is $70/hour; a sliding scale is available for folks with financial need.)

You are also welcome to come and try out the Thursday Feldenkrais class at 11:00 a.m. at no charge for your first visit.

Both Breema and Feldenkrais have mindfulness as a central aspect and are supportive to quieter mind, flexible body and balanced feelings.

For more information, visit http://www.breema.com and http://www.nashvillemindandbody.com. You can contact me at: kathcorrea@gmail.com or 615-440-1342.

I look forward to meeting you!

Sincerely,
Katherine Correa, LMT,
Certified Breema Instructor, Feldenkrais Practitioner

Spring Renewal Residential Meditation Retreat

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Intimate With Life
Bethany Hills Retreat Center, Kingston Springs TN
Thursday Evening, April 16 – Sunday Noon April 19
Led by Lisa Ernst

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“Enlightenment is Intimacy With All Things” – Dogen

Each spring the earth awakens from its winter slumber as the days grow warmer and longer. Surrounded by newly leafed trees and rolling hills, we will renew our minds and hearts in the simple yet profound practice of sitting and walking meditation. Gradually this practice will lead us to intimacy with all of life as we touch the present moment with a kind and open heart.

This silent retreat will be held at Bethany Hills Retreat Center, Kingston Springs, TN. It will include sitting and walking meditaiton, instruction, dharma talks and private meetings with the teacher. Retreat cost is $225. Participation for all three days is required. Fee covers lodging and all meals. There will be a separate opportunity at the retreat to make a *dana offering (donation) to the teacher. Two sliding scale spots are available for those who need financial assistance. Paypal is available here. If paying by check, information and address are available at this  link. Please include your email address.

Lisa Ernst is a meditation teacher and founder of One Dharma Nashville. She has been meditating for 25 years and received dharma teaching authorization in the Thai Forest lineage of Ajahn Chah, Jack Kornfield and Trudy Goodman. In her teaching, Lisa emphasizes both transformational insight and everyday awakening as an invitation to embrace all of the path’s possibilities.

*Dana: According to the Buddha, generosity, or sharing what we have, is one of the central pillars of a spiritual life. In the act of giving we develop our ability to let go, cultivate a spirit of caring, and acknowledge the inter-connectedness that we all share.

Please contact onedharmaretreat@gmail.com for questions or to reserve your spot.

Mindfulness and Lovingkindness in Huntsville

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The Power of Presence: A Mindfulness and Lovingkindess Workshop
Saturday, March 14, 1 – 4 p.m.
Yoga Center of Huntsville
Led by Lisa Ernst

Learn to rest your heart and mind in ease and presence. We will tune in more fully to our present moment experience, drawing on the practices of mindfulness and lovingkindness. These transformational practices help us expand our capacity for well being, compassion and joy.

Suitable for beginning as well as more experienced meditators, the workshop will include instructions in mindfulness and lovingkindness practices, sitting and walking meditation and group discussion. Cost is $50 if registered by March 6. This workshop will be hosted by The Yoga Center of Huntsville.

Lisa Ernst is a meditation teacher, artist and founder of One Dharma Nashville. In her teaching, Lisa emphasizes both transformational insight and everyday awakening as an invitation to embrace all of the path’s possibilities. She has been meditating for over 25 years and leads classes and retreats nationally.

For more information or to register, call 256-533-7975

Your Task

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“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”

― Rumi

This is Love

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This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet.
– Rumi

Stability and Clarity Daylong Meditation Retreat

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Saturday, February 28, 2015, 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Rural West Bellevue
Led by Lisa Ernst

Retreat full, wait list only

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Cultivating clear awareness of our present moment experience reveals insights into the nature of suffering and liberation. We see that everything that arises is not my “self” but a display of impermanent conditions. When the mind sees life through this clarity and is unclouded by confusion, we create the foundation for well-being, joy and equanimity.

Led by meditation teacher Lisa Ernst, this silent retreat is suitable for beginning as well as experienced students. The retreat will include periods of sitting and walking meditation, instructions and dharma talk. Cost is $50. There will be a separate opportunity at the retreat to make a dana (generosity) offering to the teacher. A reduced fee spot is available in the case of financial need. Please inquire for details.

You can pay through paypal  here or write a check, made out to One Dharma Nashville, and send to: One Dharma Nashville, 2301 12th Avenue South, Suite 202, Nashville, TN 37204. Please include your email address. For questions, email onedharmaretreat@gmail.com.

Brothers and Sisters in Suffering

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This morning I read an article from Ajahn Sumedho that inspired me to post this excerpt about our shared humanity. Thanks to Geoff Lovettf for the link.

In Thailand they say: “Brothers and sisters in suffering, old age, sickness and death.” When we think of ourselves as brothers and sisters in old age, sickness and death, we stop the foolishness. But if we want to build up an army to fight, we can’t say we’re brothers and sisters in old age, sickness and death. We have to say, `Those people over there are demons. The more you kill, the better. They don’t have any feelings. They like to bayonet babies and butcher old women. They have no respect for anything.’ And then you think, `Oh, I’m going to kill them.’ Propaganda is like that. It’s a way of making you think the best thing you can do is kill them. But in reflective knowledge we see the common bond — from the most despicable human being to the most saintly. That is a reflective teaching. We think, `Yes, yes, that is the truth. When you think about that — brothers and sisters in old age, sickness and death — we’re all getting old and . . . ‘

Excerpted from Brothers and Sisters in Suffering, Old Age, Sickness and Death by Ajahn Sumedho.