[Dws-News] Kalyana Mitta Group Update and Opportunity

[dws-updates at floridamindfulness.org]

Dear Sangha Members,

We have concluded the first two and a half months of our Kalyana Mitta, or
spiritual friends, groups. These are small groups of sangha members who have
been meeting bi-weekly to share our experiences with the practice through
mindful speech and deep listening. The groups are a wonderful opportunity to
know our sangha brothers and sisters more deeply and to support each other
in this practice.

Two groups are now open to new members. These are a group meeting in south
Tampa on Monday evenings at 7:00 and a group meeting in New Tampa on
Sunday evenings at 6:00. If you are interested in joining either of the
groups, please send an email to me at dslpowell at gmail.com.

The groups will continue to meet for three months, and then will once
again make decisions about whether they want to continue meeting, accept
new members or discontinue.

In addition we would like to see if there is interest in a group that
would meet on Tuesday evenings in the northern reaches of New Tampa. If
enough people are interested, this group would begin in early July.

There is also a current group that meets in St. Petersburg and there may
be interest in starting a north Pinellas group. When Jacqulyn and Chris
return from Vietnam towards the end of May they will send out more
information about these opportunities.

If you have questions about the groups, please feel free to contact me or
to talk with any of the group facilitators at sangha. The Hillsborough
facilitators are John, Wes, Andrew and Susan.

With Metta,
Diane