May Good News

Greetings, While the calendar year begins in January, the seasonal year begins in March. Each seasonal year carries with it a particular energy that can be worked with to enhance your spiritual development/life. This year is a fire year. While that might imply conflict and destruction on one hand, on another, there are strong implications of creativity and expansion. Certainly it has been a time of creativity and expansion for One House of Peace. Thanks to a committed group of volunteers (and to Roberta for taking charge) work in our garden has begun. (For those interested in gardening and receiving the 'vegetables of our labor,' it's not too late to join in. Garden times occur before the Thursday and Sunday group discussions. Contact roberta@onehouseofpeace.org for more info.) In fact, we've been so busy at the House that I (Caverly) finally admitted that with all the hats I'm wearing, I officially can't keep up. We gave in and decided to hire a cleaning service to assist us for an afternoon. I called a (seemingly) random cleaning service, so you can imagine my surprise when a woman who has attended group discussions at One House of Peace showed up at the door! What was going to be a 'one time splurge' is now a bi-weekly trade in which the House gets cleaned regularly and the house-cleaner attends the discussions without paying the suggested minimum donation fees. It's been a win-win for all involved and we are grateful for her service. And, as you saw from our last e-mail, we've not only found our summer retreat center, but dates have been confirmed and discussion regarding logistics have begun. Many thanks to those who support One House of Peace for assisting in making the spiritual practice offered here available to others. All this expansion is due to teamwork. Read on to find out more about what's to come ... We continue to receive wonderful feedback from folks about theOne House of Peace facebook page as a way to stay engaged in practice on a daily basis. If you aren't a fan yet, you can join by clicking on the icon below. (And all our posts feed directly to twitter, should you wish to participate in that way as well.) UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES TO PRACTICE Laguna Creek Course: "Mindfulness in the Everyday World" with Caverly May 15, May 22, May 29 and June 5th 12 noon until 1 pm $65 for members, $80 for non-members Contact Laguna Creek for more info Seminar at Apple Corporation: "Peace in the Workplace" with Caverly May 20th at 12:30pm Next Asha Workshop: June 19th (details below) July Meditation and Yoga Retreat with Caverly and Bashiran in Elk Grove: July 9th - 11th (More details to come. We won't be able to house all interested in this retreat. It will be offered on a first come/first serve basis, so it's not too early to reserve a spot!) NEXT WORKSHOP WITH CAVERLY Finding the Authority to Change Your Life June 19th: 1pm - 3:30pm $35 We know the right answers. "Don't sweat the small stuff." "Let go." "Be in the moment." But what keeps us from being able to manifest this reality of presence on a moment by moment basis? In this workshop we will bring consciousness to the conditioned realities we create - where we live instead of the present moment - and will take a close look at how these realities stay maintained. We will explore how the mind plays a role, as well as bring awareness to what happens in the energetic system. Tools that assist us in disentangling from conditioned mind as well as a specific meditation/chant that shifts and opens the energetic system to change will be offered. Join us as we bring clarity to what keeps us stuck and find the personal authority to transform. This workshop is open to newcomers as well as those who have more experience. Register through Asha Yoga. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS Please note: There will be no group discussion on Thursday, June 10th or Sunday, June 13th. All other sitting meditation periods that week will occur, however. Next Celebration Bazaar! Many thanks to all those who have begun dropping off items for our next yard sale! We'll have another this summer, so please think of us when clearing out and making space for all the new expansion and possibility coming your way! Wanted: Secretary: Last, not only have we been in need of assistance cleaning theHouse, but we have realized that we are in need of a secretary as well! Simply reply to this e-mail if you are interested in being part of the expansion of One House of Peace. We need assistance with scheduling orientations and private consultations, researching larger retreat center possibilities, keeping the website up to date, etc. Let us know if you would like to participate! Just for fun: A virtual expression of our interconnectedness. We look forward to practicing with you soon. In Peace, Caverly and One House of Peace "Why are you unhappy? Because 99.9 percent Of everything you think, And of everything you do, Is for yourself- And there isn't one." ~ Wei Wu Wei: