Meditation Facilitators Which meditation practices do we offer? Our Facilitators find joy in leading their respective meditation practices! We welcome everyone to join our community of meditators and find a sense of inner peace and mindfulness. Through meditation, you can become familiar with your mind, change negative perspectives, and enhance your overall well-being. We have weekly Wednesday Community Meditation sessions for the locals to develop their meditation skills and chat a bit afterward. Other online and hybrid meditation practices include topics from the Lamrim where you can develop analytical insight on how to reach enlightenment. The deity yoga practices, and Green Tara practice utilize your imagination by identifying with the deity and developing guru devotion. By focusing your attention, the weekly shamatha meditation practice can heal your mind and body and enhance your analytical meditation; and don’t miss out on the monthly onsite retreat day as well. Weekly, we practice the four opponent powers with Vajrasattva to purify our negative karma. The Medicine Buddha meditation is a loving and compassionate practice for your wellbeing and that of all sentient beings. ANDREA What I do at Lhagsam:  I lead the Lama Tsongkhapa, Guru Yoga and Medicine Buddha Practices. My Buddhist life story: I have always been inspired by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.  As a student, I was so influenced by reading his books that I suggested my family read them, and they did!  🙂 Immersed in Buddhism since, I finally decided to do something for this world: from 2017-2020, I finished the FPMT online courses of Buddhism in a Nutshell and Buddhist Meditation 101 and joined Lhagsam’s Discovering Buddhism Course.  During this time, I also completed the ABC of Meditation with Venerable Connie and the Lamrim and Mahamudra teachings and meditation with Venerable Feusi.  Based on Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s advice, … Continue reading Who are we?