January 14, 2026
SoulCare: Aging into Freedom (2nd Wednesday)with Sandra LaPerche
Start
September 29, 2018
at
9:30 am
End
September 29, 2018
at
3:30 pm
How can we more mindfully and more fully feel our connection with our earth and with climate change? Using a Buddhist perspective, the aim of this day of mindfulness is to expand our awareness and embrace our hopes and fears using guided meditations, short videos, songs, poetry, mindful eating, and the sharing of our personal experiences.
The aspiration is to nourish our love for the earth and its creations, and move beyond despair and powerlessness to what Joanna Macy calls “active hope." Climate change then becomes a door to awakening, an opportunity to recognize our inextricable connection with all that is.
John Bell, a dharma teacher who has practiced with ThichNhat Hanh for more than 30 years. In addition to guiding the Mountain BellSangha, near Boston, and leading mindfulness retreats across the US, John was a founding staff member of Youth Build USA (www.youthbuild.org) in 1988 and, until his recent retirement, helped guide its development into an integrated program that offers education, construction training, and leadership development to low-income young people in 260 communities across the U.S., and in105 communities in 15 other countries.
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Rolling Ridge Retreat and Conference Center
660 Great Pond Road
North Andover, MA, 01845
thestaff@rollingridge.org
Phone: (978) 682-8815
Fax: (978) 681-1162
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