Ramona will be speaking on "Lovingkindness and Equanimity." These two wholesome states are usually taught as being two of the Four Brahmavihara, Divine Abodes or qualities of the heart. This week Ramona will explore loving-kindness and equanimity from the perspective of the Paramis or Ten Perfections,
Ramona Lisa Ortiz-Smith is a MTI Certified Mindfulness Teacher and teaches regularly for Cloud Sangha and is a facilitator for Peace At Any Pace, Inc.’s Deep Time Liberation ancestral healing retreats. Her topic is the importance of grounding in the body, the Buddha's 1st Foundation of Mindfulness.
Ramona Lisa Ortiz-Smith is a MTI Certified Mindfulness Teacher and teaches regularly for Cloud Sangha and is a facilitator for Peace At Any Pace, Inc.’s Deep Time Liberation ancestral healing retreats. Ramona explores community and spiritual friendship.
Ramona Oritz-Smith offers a talk on the nekkhamma, one of the ten paramis or perfections. Nekkhamma is usually translated as renunciation. However, the Buddha taught that practicing the nekkhamma is not a deprivation but rather brings great happiness when one experiences the freedom that comes from simplifying and letting go of our attachments. Ramona has been taking this on as a practice for the last two years and is happy to share what she's learned and invites us to explore this for ourselves.
