Hello dear friends,
Happy Spring Equinox! (The original new year)
Dani Tapsell has offered to lead us in a guided meditation for the March Equinox (the original New Year) in the Northern hemisphere:
A self-compassion, Inner Vision Heart Quest for these difficult times.
Sunday 20th March 2022, for approximately 40 minutes. Feel free to stay on the call afterwards.
Free (Originally all Spiritual traditions’ teaching’s are always free and by voluntary donations).
6 am Pacific Time USA
7 am Utah, Denver, Montana USA, Mountain Time
9 am New York, Eastern Time USA
1 pm UK, GMT+/BST, London, Ireland
2 pm Europe CEST; Netherlands, Malta, Poland, Spain, Italy, Sweden
3 pm Gaza Palestine, Tel Aviv Israel
3 pm Cape Town South Africa (Autumn Equinox)
3 pm Kiev Ukraine
4 pm Moscow Russia
9 pm Taipei Taiwan, Lhasa Tibet, Beijing China
10 pm Tokyo Japan
Use this time converter here https://everytimezone.com/s/03722e4a
The session will NOT be recorded to preserve participant confidentiality.
Please DON’T post the zoom meeting link on social media (feel free to forward to friends).
For security the meeting may be locked to admit only registered participants.
You’ll need to be signed into your free (or paid) zoom account and not anonymous.
Please familiarise yourself with zoom beforehand. A simple explanation here:
https://www.ageuk.org.uk/bp-assets/globalassets/trafford/how-to-use-zoom-for-the-first-time.pdf
Sunday March 20th, 2022
Join Zoom Meeting.
Simply click/Tap this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3735725917?pwd=QVk3RnBFNnBFTEpuQlRzZU1ha1B5dz09
Or use this:
Meeting ID: 373 572 5917
And Passcode: Fellowship
Whether or not you join us Sunday 20th March 2022, wishing you a beautiful Equinox!
Enlightened wisdom with enlightened compassion
makes possible enlightened action.”
About Dan
Daniel, Dan or Dani as I call him, has been a very dear friend of mine for probably 30 years. We met through our Zen training.
I’m honored and excited to have Dani offer a guided meditation, for this 2022 Equinox.
One positive thing thing COVID has brought, is our daily meditations together each day, via Zoom.
Here’s a little more about his professional life…
A lifetime of social action and service; working with the elderly, dementia, young mothers, people with HIV, the homeless, the ethnic global majority and the disabled for the past 40 years.
Daniel’s Zen name is Ryokan which means gentle, open heart-mind (and a Japanese traditional hotel!). A Zen monk, studied with Zen master Genpo Roshi for 35 years and a Tibetan Buddhist practitioner for 35 years. A trained Mindful Self-Compassion teacher. A degree in Christian theology and a masters in the Neuroscience of Mindfulness. Musician and artist. Taoist acupuncturist, teacher and mentor in London for 30 years.
“I’m a simple monk, spiritual friend and guide to others, I ask only for fellowship”. “If you own more than you need – share it with your fellow beings and your heart will be fulfilled”.
After meeting HH Dalai Lama in India and studying with Dalai Lamas’ teachers, he received a Tibetan Buddhist name, many empowerments and studied with many great, Zen, Tibetan and Indian teachers, Shamans and spiritual healers.
In Buddhism, as in all spiritual traditions, all teachings are free. In lieu donating to Dani for his generosity in this offering, he would love to have you contribute, should you choose to do so, to one of these organizations that he is passionate about.
International Rescue Committee
https://www.rescue.org/country/afghanistan
Disaster Emergency Committee
https://www.dec.org.uk/appeal/afghanistan-crisis-appeal
Medicine Sans Frontiers / Drs without Borders
https://www.msf.org/latest-portal
Winter Relief for Gaza Children
https://gofund.me/c554c53b
