An afternoon of mindfulness practices on Saturday, January 31st from 2 to 5 p.m.

For all levels, including beginners. A restorative afternoon of focused mindfulness meditation and gentle stretching exercises. The meditations are interspersed with guiding that gives supportive instruction and inspiration.

Tuition: $35 or $20 for students (college or high school).

Venerable Dhammadinna took robes in 1983 as a Buddhist monastic after earning a science degree at U. Mass. She moved to Asia thereafter and remained for 21 years, studying with U Pandita and Ajahn Buddhadasa, among others, walking daily alms rounds and meditating in the forests and temples of Burma and Thailand. In 2000 she was sent by her Burmese teacher to Dharmsala to study with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Over the past two decades Ven. Dhammadinna has taught meditation in Thailand as well as in England, India, and the United States. Venerable Dhammadinna now makes her home on Capitol Hill in Seattle and has been resident teacher at Bodhi Heart Sangha since 2006.