NCMC | APRIL NEWS : Open Mind, Children Meditate, Lenticels

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APRIL NEWS

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NEXT UP: MEDITATION CIRCLE
Wednesday, April 24th, 7:00-8:30pm
Come sit with us. Beginner's welcome; we can give you a personal lesson either before or after the session. Running late? Don't worry, just walk in quietly with shoes off. :-)

RESERVE YOUR SEAT: OPEN MIND MINI FILM FEST
Date: Sunday, April 28th
Time: 2:00 pm to 4:15 pm
Guest Speaker: Keven Porter, Newark youth meditation course teacher
Location: Index Art Center, 585 Broad St.
(walking distance to Newark Penn Station, NJ Transit Broad Street Station, and PATH Station)
Cost: Suggested donation $5-$10
Limited Seating: Reserve at in...@newarkmeditation.org

The Dhamma Brothers tells a dramatic tale of human potential and transformation as it closely follows the stories of prison inmates as they enter into an ancient and intensive meditation program for 10 days — 100 hours of silent meditation.
Seeds of Awareness documents the benefits of meditation on children. Keven Porter, a Newark youth meditation course teacher will facilitate a Q&A along with his past student, Farah Snipes at the end of the film fest.
Also showing: The Cow's Meditation, Prickles & Goo, Zen, and An Experimental Study of Apparent Behavior.
Open Mind Film Fest is in conjunction with the Index Art Center Filmideo 2013, held Saturday evenings in April.

Proceeds will go to the Index Filmideo program, Freedom Behind Bars Foundation, The Allan Watts Mountain Center, and an honorarium to our guest speaker, Keven Porter (in support of his upcoming Newark Children's Meditation Course).

Keven Porter is a native Newarker who has been practicing vipassana meditation for over 10 years. He recently completed a 30-day meditation course under the instruction of S.N. Goenka of Mumbai, India. He is also a practicing yogi, teaching children’s yoga in Newark public schools with Newark Yoga Movement and Lotus Yoga in Action. Keven teaches children’s meditation courses to kids ages 8 to 17. On June 2nd, he will be conducting the very first one-day Children’s Meditation Course in Newark. This free course for children ages 8 to 17 will also be the first Goenka-style children’s meditation program to be taught in an urban setting. missio...@hotmail.com

REVIEW: SPRING BLOSSOM NATURE WALK
In a slow-paced and thoughtfully guided tour by Ken Chaya of www.centralparknature.com, our Branch Brook Park walk on April 14th took us through the Prudential Concert Grove where some of the newest cherry trees are planted. We began to learn the language of the trees — lenticels, alternate branches, grafting — as well as to understand their interplaying culture. The walk ended with a brief sit and poetry reading. We all agreed it was a wonderful walk!

Thank you for your support as we continue to grow NCMC for the Newark community.

We look forward to sitting with you,
Marcie & Conni

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