Teacher Larissa Kitenko

TOPIC: Winter Solstice Observance (actual date 12/21/20) — At this time of year when the nights are longest and the days are shortest, please join us as we consider our hopes and happiness in the midst of darkness and cold, whether it be in our hearts or the weather.

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Message from Larissa: If you wish, please have candle (real or battery); lighter; water or candle snuffer for safety; if possible, please set candle on flat surface in front of your camera so the candle will SAFELY show on your Zoom screen at the appointed time.

Please know how to increase the volume on your device in case you need to.
There will also be simple chanting of “Om mani padme hum” and …….a surprise (if Larissa can engineer it!)

4 to 4:30 pm – silent meditation
4:35 to approximately 5:30 pm – dharma talk, Q&A, closing sit

We will have thirty minutes of our traditional silent group meditation.  Larissa will then present a twenty-five to thirty-minute dharma talk followed by a Q&A period and a closing sit.

Suggested dana: $5

For more information please contact us at: info@imc-lewes.org

Dana
In this time of communing at a distance, we are now able to receive dana electronically. Please use this DANA link when you wish to offer a donation. The link is also available in the upper-right and lower-right portions of each page of our website, IMC-Lewes.org. The Dana tab on the website has both the donation link and an address to use when sending checks. Thank you.

Larissa Kitenko is a longtime practitioner and teacher of insight meditation. Larissa has completed the Community Dharma Leader-4 Program at Spirit Rock Meditation Center (SRMC) in California with Mary Grace Orr (SRMC) as her mentor and guiding teacher. Her training also includes completion of the Dedicated Practitioner Program also through SRMC, and is a member of the Teachers’ Council of the Insight Meditation Community of Wash. DC (IMCW) under guiding teacher, Tara Brach, Ph.D.

Larissa trained with Jon Kabat-Zinn and has been teaching MBSR since 2005. She is certified as an Associate Clinical Chaplain at Shore Regional Health in Easton, MD. She leads the Easton Meditation Sangha and also teaches at the Salisbury Buddhist Community, Mindfulness Meditation in Dover, the Insight Meditation Community of Grasonville, MD, and the Insight Meditation Community of Lewes.  She leads workshops and retreats throughout the Mid-Atlantic region.