"Center in the Storm" - Guest Speaker: Winnie Nazarko
Our guest speaker will present a Buddhist response to the current economic crisis, touching on the way the breakdown illustrates certain Buddhist insights (impermanence; interdependent arising) as well as how individuals can strenghten themselves and help steady others.
Winnie Nazarko has been a student and practitioner of Buddhism since 1981, and was authorized to teach in 1996. She has a background in community organizing and human services leadership, with a special interest in how meditative practices can strengthen human capacity to address social, political and environmental issues. She was the Project Director for Insight Meditation Society’s development of the Forest Refuge, a retreat center for experienced meditators doing extended self-retreat. She completed a year long silent retreat at the Barre, Massachusetts, facility in 2004.
