Category: Teachers

Thoughts and reflections from our teachers.

What Discipline?

Someone asked an old teacher, “What is meditation?” “It’s not meditation.” “Well then, what is it?” “It’s alive.” Dear SMS, For this evening’s talk, I’ll be exploring with you this odd word we use, “discipline.” What’s that?  Often, I think…

Practice Period, One Month In

   Dear Sangha, Amazing….here we are, already four weeks into our practice period.  I hope you are finding this a time of renewal, of encouragement—a time to meet your own life, this one you have, all over again, and stop,…

Refuge Practice Series

Dear Springs Mountain Sangha, It’s been a rough season for many of us, and I’m noticing a level of tension in the air that has me reminding myself frequently:  “We are all in this together, and if I can hold…

One Day in Autumn Retreat

One Day in Autumn November 14, 2015 A One Day Retreat with Andrew Palmer, Sensei Come settle in for a while. Be silent. Be still. Move slowly and gently. Be still again. Share a meal with friends, give voice to…

SMS WITR Saturday June 20

Springs Mountain Sangha This Saturday June 20th Work In The Room Andrew Palmer, Sensei During Meditation at Shove Chapel at Colorado College 6:30 – 8:30 AM Times for signing up are 6:40, 7:00, 7:20, 7:40, 8:00 contact:  Kathryn McWilliams at…