Tag: Elvina Charley

Guest teachers in May 2023 💻

This is for a past event – please visit our Upcoming Events page for current offerings.

Dear friends,

We are delighted that some of our sangha friends are joining us as we go online only for four Wednesdays in May:

  • May 3 Jeanne will be leading online;
  • May 10 our good friend Elvina Charley will be leading us in the Navajo Beauty Way;
  • May 17 Jill Shepherd, founder of Auckland Insight will join us;
  • May 24 Jeanne’s teacher training colleague Walt Opie will dive into Clinging and Non-clinging.

All of these dear hearts are looking forward to spending time with our special sangha, while Jeanne is teaching in BC, and then on personal retreat there. Any dana you offer will be passed on to these beautiful teachers.

Enjoy, dear sangha! What a gift that these teachers from around the world can come to visit us.

To join us online, please register for the Zoom here:

When your register, Zoom will email you a personalized link to join the Wednesday session. The Zoom link will remain the same for the foreseeable future.

With every good wish,
Jeanne and SIMC

May 10: Elvina Charley

Head and shoulders of Elvina Charley, in front of a yellow background.

Elvina Charley, Ed.S. is Diné (Navajo) school psychologist practitioner and integrates mindfulness as a part of serving children and youth. Charley has been practicing mindfulness since 2013, introduced to her by Bonnie Duran, Ph.D. as a way to heal from historical trauma. She found parallels between her Diné philosophy of life – Sa’ah naaghái bik’eh hózhó and Buddhism. Charley continues to cultivate her practice through people of color retreat programs through the Insight Meditation Society and Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center. Charley also received training through Mindful Schools to bring back mindfulness to reservation schools.

May 17: Jill Shepherd

Jill Shepherd began practicing insight meditation in Thailand in 1999, and since that time has lived and worked at several meditation centres and monasteries in the US, Australia, England, and Thailand. She is a graduate of the IMS / Spirit Rock teacher training program in the US, under the guidance of Joseph Goldstein and Gil Fronsdal, and at the founder of Auckland Insight. Currently, she divides her time mostly between the USA, Australia and New Zealand, teaching insight / vipassanā and brahmavihāra retreats and offering ongoing study and practice groups focused on bringing the dharma into daily life. She also leads courses and non-residential workshops exploring the relational practice of Insight Dialogue, as developed by Gregory Kramer and colleagues.
https://jill0shepherd-insightmeditation.com/

May 24: Walt Opie

Walt Opie was introduced to insight meditation in 1993, but didn’t realize its full life-changing potential until sitting his first two residential retreats at Spirit Rock in 2005. He has a strong interest in early Buddhism and serves as a facilitator for online courses based on the work of Bhikkhu Analayo through the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies (BCBS). In addition, he teaches retreats and speaks at insight meditation centers around the country. Walt has also led sitting groups for people in recovery for many years and helps facilitate Buddhist services in a California prison. His most influential teachers include Bhikkhu Analayo, Sayadaw U Tejaniya, Joseph Goldstein, Gil Fronsdal, and Guy Armstrong. He is a graduate of the 2017-2021 IMS Teacher Training Program. Walt received an MFA in Writing from California College of the Arts. His writing appears in the book collection Still, In the City: Creating Peace of Mind in the Midst of Urban Chaos edited by Angela Dews (Skyhorse Publishing, 2018). His website is www.waltopie.com.

Dhamma Friends – March 3, 2021

This is for a past event. For current events, please visit our Upcoming Events page.

Dear sangha friends,

Jeanne and our friend Elvina Charley will share the practice on the Wednesday sit on March 3. We look forward to welcoming Elvina to our sangha again!

Diné (Navajo) bi-lingual school psychologist Elvina Charley, Ed.S., M.A. Charley has been practicing mindfulness since 2013 as a way to heal from historical trauma.  She found parallels between her Diné philosophy of life and mindfulness, which she incorporates in teaching her students.

Please join us for this very special night, part of a series of collaborations with teachers near and far, which we are calling “Dhamma Friends.”

March 3, 2021, 7:00-8:00 PM CST
(Click for other time zones)

To get Zoom meeting details for this evening (also valid for all Wednesday evenings), please register with this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZctduqqrz0tH9IoOMyH-xvUYO2Gt4TfoR64
The registration process will email you a link to join by computer or device, or you can phone in.

Please add a note “Dhamma Friends” with any dana you offer on this evening. It will be shared with appreciation among all the teachers.

Jeanne

Dhamma Friends – December 2, 2020

This is for a past event. For current events, please visit our Upcoming Events page.

Dear sangha friends,

Jeanne and our friend Elvina Charley will share the practice on the Wednesday sit on December 2. We look forward to welcoming Elvina to our sangha!

Diné (Navajo) bi-lingual school psychologist Elvina Charley, Ed.S., M.A. Charley has been practicing mindfulness since 2013 as a way to heal from historical trauma.  She found parallels between her Diné philosophy of life and mindfulness, which she incorporates in teaching her students.

Please join us for this very special night, part of a series of collaborations with teachers near and far, which we are calling “Dhamma Friends.”

December 2, 2020, 7:00-8:00 PM CST
(Click for other time zones)

To get Zoom meeting details for this evening (also valid for all Wednesday evenings), please register with this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZctduqqrz0tH9IoOMyH-xvUYO2Gt4TfoR64
The registration process will email you a link to join by computer or device, or you can phone in.

Please add a note “Dhamma Friends” with any dana you offer on this evening. It will be shared with appreciation among all the teachers.

Jeanne

October events with Bonnie Duran

This is for a past event. For current events, please visit our Upcoming Events page.

October 23: Introduction to Mindfulness Through an Indigenous World View for those who self identify as Indigenous or as People of Colour
October 24-25: Online Retreat for everyone

Introduction to Mindfulness Through an Indigenous World View for those who self identify as Indigenous or as People of Colour (online)

Friday, October 23, 7:00 – 9:00 pm (Saskatchewan time)
Led by Bonnie Duran, Jeanne Corrigal and Elvina Charley

This group is for those who self-identify as Indigenous or as People of Colour.

This special evening of meditation will introduce mindfulness through the wisdom of three Indigenous teachers.

This event welcomes: beginners, experienced meditators, students, teachers, educators, community workers, community activists, families, teens, young adults, parents, aunties, grandparents… everyone!

This evening is offered in the Insight Meditation tradition of dana/donation – there will be an opportunity to contribute financially to the teachers, if you wish, and according to your means.

Please register here, and we will send the Zoom meeting link and further details closer to the event:
http://saskatooninsight.com/forms/view.php?id=35878

Registration now closed.

Indigenous Presence:
A Retreat with Wisdom Teachings from the Indigenous & Insight Meditation Traditions (online)

with Bonnie Duran, Jeanne Corrigal, and Elvina Charley

Saturday, October 24, 10 am – 4 pm
Sunday, October 25, 10 am – 1 pm
Everyone welcome!

This retreat will explore similarities between Indigenous and Buddhist ways of knowing, to support peace in the heart and mind and wise action in the world. Gentle mindfulness practices will explore our connection with nature and ancestors, describe a path to decolonizing the mind, offer ways of gently releasing challenging experiences and trauma, and invite us to walk the Beauty Way, or Hoźho.

This retreat is offered in the Insight Meditation tradition of dana/donation – there will be an opportunity to contribute financially to the teachers, if you wish, and according to your means.

Please register here, and we will send the Zoom meeting link and further details closer to the event:
http://saskatooninsight.com/forms/view.php?id=36362

Registration now closed.

About the teachers

Bonnie Duran, DrPH, an Opelousas/Coushatta descendant, began Buddhist meditation practice over 35 years ago. She enjoys teaching Spirit Rock’s Dedicated Practitioners Program, short and long retreats, and holds a People of Color and Allies Sangha in Seattle, WA. She also directs the University of Washington’s Center for Indigenous Health Research, is a member of Spirit Rock Teachers Council and a core teacher for the Insight Meditation Society’s Teacher Training Program.

Jeanne Corrigal has been practicing since 1999, and is a graduate of Spirit Rock’s Dedicated Practitioner Program, and Community Dharma Leader Program, and is the Guiding Teacher for the Saskatoon Insight Meditation Community. She is trained with Mindful Schools, and a certified MBSR Teacher (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction). Jeanne is Metis, and one of her first teachers in loving presence was Cree Elder Jim Settee. She is a participant in the 2017-2021 IMS teacher training program.

Jeanne Corrigal

Diné (Navajo) bi-lingual school psychologist Elvina Charley, Ed.S., M.A. She has been practicing and serving indigenous communities over twenty years as a teacher and school psychologist practitioner in urban and rural setting. Charley has been practicing mindfulness since 2013 as a way to heal from historical trauma. Charley received training through Mindful Schools to bring back mindfulness to reservations schools. She found parallels between her Diné philosophy of life and mindfulness, which she incorporates in teaching her students.