IMC-Lewes offers Sound Meditation and Healing Weekend Buddhist teacher and sound healing practitioner Carol Colacurcio returns to the Cape region for a weekend of healing on Febuary 5th and 6th at Saint Peter’s Episcopal Parish Hall in Lewes. On Friday evening, from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m., Colacurcio will conduct a guided music meditation and introduce its benefits. Saturday morning’s workshop, from 9:00 a.m. to 12 p.m. will further explore the use of sound to enhance one’s mental, physical, and emotional health. Using the chakra system as a guide (spinning vortexes of energy extending from the spinal column), attendees will learn to release stagnant energy and connect to the dynamic stillness within. While chairs are provided, comfortable clothing and floor mats or blankets are encouraged to deepen the experience. Carol Colacurcio is a classically trained musician, skilled in the use of cross-cultural music and sound healing as well as a long time Nyingma Tibetan Buddhist practitioner. She lives in Front Royal, VA where she sees clients for music and healing work and is an expert in Music in Hospice. She has taught at local community colleges and has produced her own original music including two CDs – Sound Accord and Tibetan Singing Bowls. Saint Peter’s Episcopal Parish Hall is at second and Mulberry Streets in Lewes. The suggested donation is $5.00 for the Public Talk and $25.00 for the workshop with suggested limited income discount of 50%. The door opens at 8:30 a.m. For information contact Nick Edge at 302-945-4094 or info@imc-lewes.org. For directions to Saint Peter’s Episopal Church, scheduled events and weekly meditation meetings, please visit www.IMC-Lewes.org.
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Upcoming Dinner Event
Sunday, May 18
Dining with Progressives, progressive minded individuals gather to share ideas and discuss topics of common interest. Dinner, 6pm, at FishOn!, Five Points, plenty of free parking. For reservations, contact Joanne Cabry at 226-5019 or Prog2008@aol.com.
DE Surfrider Beach Cleanup this Saturday 4/19
Join the Delaware chapter of the national organization “Surfrider Foundation” this Saturday the 19th at Herring Point state park in Lewes for the annual beach cleanup. They picked up a lot of stuff last year and this year should be just as fruitful 
Starts at 10am!
New Listings for Insight Meditation Community in Lewes
Monday(s): January 28
Monday(s): February 4, 11, 18, 25
Insight Meditation Community of Lewes, weekly meditation, 4:00 to 5:00 pm,
St. Peter’s Parish Hall on Mulberry at 2nd Street. Free and open to public. Meditation instruction is available. Contact: Pat Hannon, 644-2514.
Wednesday(s): January 23, 30
Monday(s): February 6, 13, 20, 27
Insight Meditation Community of Lewes, weekly meditation, 5:00 to 6:00 p.m., St. Peter’s Parish Hall on Mulberry at 2nd Street. Free and open to public. Meditation instruction is available. Contact: John Sykes, 945-0729.
February 1
Insight Meditation Community of Lewes, First Friday Talk, “The Practice of Tonglen” led by the Rev. Sue Greer. Tonglen (Sending and Taking) is a meditation practice for cultivating love and compassion, enabling one to embrace pain rather than flee from it. 7:30 to 9:00 p.m., St. Peter’s Parish Hall on Mulberry at 2nd Street. Sue, a Tibetan Buddhist, has been teaching meditation since 1970. Free and open to public. For more info contact Pat Hannon at 644-2514.
February 16
Insight Meditation Community of Lewes, John Waterman will lead a full day retreat: “Connecting the Moments,” focusing on impermanence and the importance of maintaining mindfulness from experience to experience. 9am to 5pm, Lewes Library. Jon has been practicing meditation and yoga since the 1970’s. He is a leader and teacher with the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, DC. Suggested donation $40. For more info contact Pat Hannon at 644-2514 or visit www.imc-lewes.org.
Delaware’s Energy Program! Presentation this Wednesday!
A presentation of Delaware’s Energy Program, including an update on the status of the clean-up plans for the Indian River Power Plant and the proposed off-shore wind farm, will be sponsored by the League of Women’s Voters on Wednesday, September 12 at 7:00 at the Lewes Presbyterian Church Hall at the corner of Kings Highway and Franklin Street.
The discussion will be led by retired EPA scientist John Austin and retired lawyer Pat Gearity, both active members of the grass roots organization Citizens for Clean Power.
The public is encouraged to attend this presentation. We will all be affected by the energy decisions that will be made in the near future.
There is ample free parking in the church’s parking lot on Franklin Street.
Out and About
This morning I got to go to the Lewes Chamber of Commerce breakfast where speakers for 14 local nonprofits briefly introduced their respective organizations. Included were the Prime Hook Wildlife Refuge, the Biden Center, and the Delaware Humanities Forum. The last group was of especial interest to me. I was not aware that Delaware had an organized, focused group which supported the arts, philosophy, poetry, and other intellectual pursuits.
For the more outdoorsy of us, the Prime Hook refuge offers a multitude of free events, as does Cape Henlopen State Park’s Biden Center.
Check the LEAVES events page for updated local listings from these and other local orgs.
New Surroundings = New Inspiration
February 29, 2012 · Filed under Activites, Commentary, Nature · Tagged lifestyle, mountains, nature, writing
As some of you know, after 16 years living at the end of the earth (or “the beach,” if you prefer a more accessible mental image) I have recently relocated to my home territory, the rolling mountains of central Maryland. I spent my formative years very near to my current location and welcome both the familiarity and the change.
I am happy to be surrounded by the mountains again; it’s like the hum of the engines in Star Trek – the comforting sound that you only notice when it’s not there. I am happy to be surrounded by the comforting embrace of Mother Earth in the form of these forested mountains which rim the horizon in every direction. It’s also symbolic of the promise of adventure in my new digs: the next adventure always awaits over the next hill.
The mountains, forests, and flowing water of the Maryland countryside feed my earth-centric soul like nothing else does. I loved the beach, and I enjoyed spending time learning to understand the ocean from a perspective I never could as merely a visitor, but it is a joy to return to the bedrock of my life – the old Catoctins, with their granite and waterfalls and mists. Ah yes, home.
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