From Kate: prepping for the cleanse

If you do nothing but your regular routine before the cleanse starts on Sunday....you'll still be great.

If you'd like to start preparing now, here are some suggestions:

• Get to bed by 11pm. Be up by 7am. 
• Start your day with five steady mindful breaths.
• Drink black tea instead of coffe. Green tea instead of black tea. (depending on which you drink)
• Reduce your alcohol intake. 
• Limit eating sugar to the hours between 10am and 2pm. 
• Eat primarily warm cooked food & warm drinks.
• Eat your biggest meal of the day at lunch. 
• Refrain from snacking in the afternoon. 
• Be finished eating at least one hour before you go to bed. 

...also feel free to pick and choose from the list above! 

From Kate: Invite to SF Insight Meditation Group on Sunday 7-9pm

With cleansing, life hardly stops. We all have responsibilities towards ourselves and those we care for that keep us busy. As you'll see in the information you receive with your cleanse, you are invited to do 5+ minutes of meditation daily. This time is invaluable, allowing your awareness settle back at your center so that you can move through your day in peace.

I've greatly enjoyed joining the SF Insight Meditation Group from time to time, and would love for you all to join me this Sunday night. They have chairs for you to sit in, and they are very welcoming to beginners. 

Details below:

(from the SF Insight web-site...sfinsight.org)

SF Insight, the San Francisco Insight Meditation Community, is dedicated to offering the teachings of the Buddha as they develop in the West. Our orientation is toward intensive lay practice. We offer classes, meditation retreats and other events as a community (sangha) devoted to the embodiment of awakening in our lives.
 

We meet every Sunday evening from 7pm to 9pm in the Starr King Room of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Francisco, located at 1187 Franklin Street at the corner of Geary Blvd. Get directions or view map. Our meetings begin with a 45–minute meditation, followed by a talk and discussion.

About the speaker:

Guest speaker, Anushka Fernandopulle: http://www.anushkaf.org 

will be giving the dharma talk from 8-9pm.

About Anushka: I teach meditation through classes and retreats at retreat centers, corporations and nonprofit groups in the San Francisco Bay Area and around the USA. I work with individuals as a life coach and executive coach and with organizations through leadership transition work, strategic planning, training in leadership development, staff management, and facilitation of meetings and retreats.  More information about this consulting work can be found at http://www.linkedin.com/in/anushkaf .My work is informed by a B.A. in social anthropology/comparative religions from Harvard University, an MBA from the Yale School of Management focused on organizational behavior, and certification in coaching from the Coaches Training Institute

I am a lifelong spiritual practitioner who has been training in the Theravada Buddhist tradition for over 20 years. I have practiced in urban centers as a lay person as well as spending about five years in intensive retreat over my life. I spent several years practicing in India and Sri Lanka at Kanduboda Vipassana Meditation Monastery, Nilambe Meditation Center, Bodh Gaya, and several Christian/Hindu ashrams.

I am grateful to strong female dharma teachers and friends like Narayan-Liebenson Grady of Cambridge Insight Meditation Center (where I did my early practice), Carol Wilson of Insight Meditation Society, and Ayya Utthama of Sri Lanka.  I have been trained as a dharma teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California by Jack Kornfield and Insight Meditation Society in Massachussetts by Joseph Goldstein, among others. My dharma writings have been published in Turning Wheel and Inquiring Mind.

I was born, raised, and educated on the U.S. east coast and moved to San Francisco about 10 years ago. My family immigrated to the United States from Sri Lanka before I was born. I enjoy poetry, music, film festivals and other creative arts. Though an urban dweller, I spend considerable time in nature as a source of wisdom and fun.  I am interested in local politics and the life of the city and have served on many commissions and boards in San Francisco.

From Kate: Cleanse Pick-Up

 

Cleanse pick-up is on this Saturday between 8am and 5pm at The Mindful Body. (unless you've arranged otherwise with me already) When you go to the MB let the front desk person know you are there to pick up your cleanse. They will get you your bag and hand you a list of names. Please put a check by your name to indicate you picked up your bag. This is very important! If the front desk person forgets to offer you the list, please ask, so I can keep a record of who has received their cleanse.

Address for the MB:

The Mindful Body 

2876 California St

San Francisco, Ca 94115

(415) 931-2639

I'll be out of town for the day on Saturday but available via phone at (415) 676-1741 and email at yoginikate@gmail.com. Please feel free to contact me with any questions you might have. 

On Sunday, I will be substitute teaching the mysore Ashtanga class from 7:45-10:30am and then teaching my Beginner-Friendly Workshop from 1:15-3:30pm (where there's still room if you want to join! :) ). I will be at or around the Mindful Body in the in between time. Please feel free to drop by or call if you'd like.

Namaste*

~Kate