<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144890702011773152</id><updated>2011-04-21T18:10:53.651-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Jeanne Pisano's Blog</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thoughtsbyjeanne.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8144890702011773152/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thoughtsbyjeanne.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Jeanne Pisano</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02954186219892203596</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144890702011773152.post-5664959683238326844</id><published>2007-07-10T10:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-13T18:08:04.416-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Valley Dharma&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;“Introduction to Practice”&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; – meets every 3rd Sunday, from 11:30 AM to 12:15 PM&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This class is designed to introduce the basics of sitting practice and to support the student in developing a daily practice. Instruction is given, followed by a 30 minute sit. After the sit, there is time for questions and discussion. Anyone with an interest in meditation practice is welcome. No experience required.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;"Death and Impermanence" -&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;meets every 3rd Sunday, from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;This practice is based on Chapter 4, from "Wakeup To Your Life" by Ken McLeod.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;"Expanding Practice&lt;/em&gt;”&lt;/strong&gt; - meets every 3rd Sunday, from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This class is for people who have developed a daily practice and have practiced at least one (1) year. The practice topic starting in September will be Chapter 5 (&lt;em&gt;Karma and Dismantling Belief&lt;/em&gt;) from Ken McLeod’s book, “Wake Up To Your Life”.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;“Diamond Group”&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; - meets every 3rd Sunday, from 4:30 PM to 8:00 PM&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a leaderless group of practioners. We sit from 4:30 PM to 6:15 PM, 30 minute sit, 30 minute walking, 30 minute sit, followed by text study.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All classes are held in Studio City. For more information, call &lt;strong&gt;(818) 761-4180&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All classes are free of charge. However, a donation can be made to Unfettered Mind.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;A &lt;strong&gt;One Day Retreat&lt;/strong&gt; is being offered on Sunday, October 28, 2007, from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM, in Studio City, led by Becky Schmidt, a Theravadan teacher from Seattle, Washington . Call for information &lt;strong&gt;(818) 761-4180. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8144890702011773152-5664959683238326844?l=thoughtsbyjeanne.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thoughtsbyjeanne.blogspot.com/feeds/5664959683238326844/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8144890702011773152&amp;postID=5664959683238326844' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8144890702011773152/posts/default/5664959683238326844'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8144890702011773152/posts/default/5664959683238326844'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thoughtsbyjeanne.blogspot.com/2007/07/valley-dharma-introduction-to-practice.html' title=''/><author><name>Jeanne Pisano</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02954186219892203596</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
