FALL 2006 CONTEMPLATIVE ART CLASSES

Dear students, friends, and supporters,

I am back after a wonderful summer sabbatical of retreat and study. Time with Natalie Goldberg was extra-ordinary and time at the Shambhala Mountain Center was awe-inspiring. I am coming back full and ready to teach. Below I have outlined what I will be teaching and when. Because I am going to be teaching closer to full-time, I am very flexible in scheduling, so this time around I'd like *you* to let *me* know what works for you, especially if the schedule so far has kept you from coming. Get back to me as soon as you can and let me know when you can come.

I will be gone from 8/22-8/26, so if you can, get back to me over the weekend. Otherwise I will get back to you as soon as I get back, to firm up classes for Tuesday.

1. Drop-in Contemplative Writing will continue on Thursday evenings (this day of week may change, please check Isthmus and your email and my blog for day of week change if necessary in a couple of weeks). Regular meditation is from 7-7:30, then we usually take a break until around 7:45, and begin then.
This will begin 8/31 (two weeks from yesterday) and for now continue through October, excepting 9/28, when I know I will be in Toronto for further Miksang training.
(Cost is 5-10$ sliding scale)

2. Commmitted Contemplative Writing: I will offer one to two 4-week classes and 5-week classes. I'd like to use Tuesday evenings again, although if I hear back from a number of students that another evening is better, that can change. Please email back if you are interested, even if Tuesdays don't work. Also, a second class can happen again on Tuesdays - either morning, afternoon, or, like last season, early evening. Please let me know your availability if you are interested in attending any of these.
Committed Writing (tentative schedule)
One daytime class, one evening class:
4 weeks in September: 8/29, 9/5, 9/12, 9/19
5 weeks in October: 10/3, 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31
(Cost is 35$ for 4 weeks, 45$ for 5 weeks.)

And more Miksang!
3. I would like to schedule a review for those who have taken Level 1 already. 9/23 is a tentative date - again, if this does or doesn't work, please email me, regardless. We would get together in the late morning, review color concepts in a short talk, do a shoot, have lunch, then do a review. This would be free, and just a chance to build community together. At the end of the day, I can give a light assignment to give you all more to work with until the next review. In the end it would be good to do these monthly.
(Cost is free, bring a lunch or we will go out)

4. Miksang Levels I+II, take two: I am going to be teaching Level I again (for those who missed it the first time) and then Level II, for those who have either just taken Level I or took it with me last spring. This will likely be in late October/early November, before it gets "too cold".
(Cost tba - likely 40-50$)

No one is ever turned away from my classes because of trouble paying the full price. Please email me or call if you want to discuss financial issues - I would rather have you in the class and paying less than not in the class at all.

Thank you so much to all of you, for supporting me and the teachings in the last year. This is a very exciting time for me and my classes, and I look forward to playing with you all and learning from you all.

Sincerely,
Miriam Hall