Pauletta M. Chanco is a long-time student and practitioner of
meditation in the Theravada Buddhist tradition. She was recently
nominated to the Community Dharma Leadership Program at Spirit Rock
Meditation Center in Woodacre and hopes to begin in 2012. She has
taught beginning and ongoing meditation classes since 2007. Pauletta has a daily meditation practice and incorporates
spiritual practice in her daily life. In her teachings she shares her
insights with real life examples. She is a mother of 3 children and one grandchild. so far.
Pauletta has just been accepted to the Zen Hospice Project program in San Francisco and intend to be a hospice volunteer for one yea
Pauletta is also a
professional fine artist whose abstract paintings are inspired by her
meditation and spiritual practice. View her art work online at www.paulettachanco.com. View her latest newsletter where she explores the interconnection between art, creativity and spirituality and how they relate and interact with one another in daily life. She also treats us to a tasty recipe.
Rebecca Dixon has spent
many years sharing the dharma and practice opportunities with hospice
patients, incarcerated women, and the chemically dependant. A graduate
of Spirit Rock's Community Dharma Leader program, she is a member of the Chaplaincy Council at Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City and helped found the East Bay Meditation Center. Rebecca has taught meditation in a
variety of settings, including dharma study groups, courses in various locations in the East Bay and on line, and short retreats. She was the Alameda Sangha's teacher during 2009, and has led a sitting group on Monday
nights in Oakland for over seven years. You're welcome to visit her web site for Mindful Life Group.
Anthony Rodgers has been practicing in the Theravadin tradition of
Buddhism for several years and is studying towards a Masters in Buddhist Studies from the Graduate
Theological Union/Institute of Buddhist Studies in
Berkeley. He is a graduate of the Dedicated
Practitioners' Program at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and the Buddhist Chaplaincy Training at the Sati Center in Redwood
City. Anthony completed
the Zen Hospice Project's Volunteer Caregiver Training in 2009 and
volunteers weekly at Laguna Honda Hospice.
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