Weekly programs
Tuesday night meditation sitting and Dharma practice
Tuesdays 7pm sharp – 9pm
Our Traditional Sangha meeting. From 6:30 p.m. until meditation starts, tea and conversation are available in the library/kitchen area. Sometimes a class will be held which starts earlier. You may bring your own sitting cushion or bench to meditation or use one of the cushions or chairs available at the Center.
Be Here Now
Mondays 7:30pm – 9:00pm
An alternative format to the Tuesday night sittings. We begin with sitting meditation, then walking meditation, a group reading, a sharing circle, and closes with a gratitude and healing/remembrance circle.
Seasonal Practice Theme
The Practice Theme for Winter is “Going Inside, Creativity and Rest.” Each season, Open Way is looking at a new theme related to the energy and natural cycle of our environment. Spring was a time of “Beginning Anew”, in summer we examined “Right Action”, and Fall's theme was "Celebrating Abundance, Tending the Seeds."
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Open Way 2010 Spring Retreat
We are excited that Cheri Maples, True Jewel, has accepted our invitation to come to Montana to be our guest teacher for Open Way Sangha’s Spring Retreat. The retreat will take place at University of Montana’s Lubrecht Forest Camp from April 29 – May 2, Thursday evening through Sunday afternoon. The retreat topic will be Transforming Barriers With an Open Heart. Peggy Mallette will be retreat director and can be reached at (406) 541-8191.
When:
29 Apr 2010 5:00pm - 9:00pm "Many Hands" – gratitude song before meals
At the Open Way Fall 2009 Retreat, our guest teacher Michael Ciborski taught us Jody Kessler's song "Many Hands", which we sang before meals as an alternative to reciting the Five Contemplations. I was really taken with this song – for me it opened up a new doorway on the practice of gratitude. So I committed to learning the song the best I could, writing down the lyrics, and helping lead the group singing at those meals where Michael didn't join us.
Open Way Sangha
702 Brooks Avenue · Missoula · Montana · 59801
map & directions
406-549-9005
