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SUMMARY:Wisdom Wednesday: "Sitting With Old Age: A Mountain Cloud Inquiry” with Karen Klinefelter and John Braman
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, April 15th  |  5:30–6:30 PM\nMeditation begins at 5:30 pm MT\, followed by the practice share and discussion at 6:00 pm MT \nLed by Karen Klinefelter and John Braman\, this evening features meditation\, a brief practice share\, an opportunity to ask questions\, and a chance to share your experiences with practice. \nKaren and John’s share is titled\, “Sitting With Old Age: A Mountain Cloud Inquiry.” Karen and John will draw on their experience in our Aging Buddhas group and their own personal practice to share how the Dharma shows up for them as they age. \nThese sessions are designed to enhance your practice and also provide an opportunity to connect with the local sangha community. This hybrid event is free and registration is not required. Please arrive five to ten minutes ahead of the scheduled time.  \nTo participate online\, please click on the zoom link below.\n \nsit.mountaincloud.org\nPasscode: mountain22 \nTrouble logging on to our online sits? Click here for guidance. Need help with time zone conversion? Use the World Time Buddy \n∞ \n\nKaren Klinefelter has been a Zen practitioner for 25 years and a member of Mountain Cloud since 2014–where for years she could be found either outside working on landscape and flower beds or in the kitchen during sesshin chopping veggies and washing dishes. Karen recently retired after working for 50 years as a clinical social worker.  Her work both clinically and in the community has been focused on developing programs and providing services to women in health or mental health crisis\, as well as building resources for under-served communities. She celebrated her 80th birthday last month by attending MLB spring training baseball games along with her family.\nJohn Braman is a 10-year Mountain Cloud member\, past member of the Board of Directors\, and current member of the Accessibility Committee. His career has been  dedicated to transformative education for learners of all ages\, including interfaith and intercultural awareness\, anti-bias training and nature-based learning. He directed  Albuquerque Academy’s experiential education division for 10 years. He also founded and directed the Center for Peaceable Schools at Lesley University in Cambridge\,  Massachusetts. In 2003\, he was awarded Mind and Life’s “Changemaker of the Year” for development of an Indigenous Mindfulness program in collaboration with Native  elders. He is a certified mindfulness facilitator with diplomas from Inward Bound Mindfulness Education (iBme) with Jessica Morey\, lead teacher\, and Original Love\, with Henry Shukman\, lead teacher.
URL:https://www.mountaincloud.org/event/wisdom-wednesday-04-15-2026/
LOCATION:Mountain Cloud Zen Center and Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Talks & Workshops,Wisdom Wednesday
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