October 23, 2008
Vol. 12, #9

October

Thursday, October 23, 2008
Yogadventure Interest Meeting
7–8 p.m.
Goldfarb Student Lounge

Looking for something contemplative and adventurous to do over winter break? Naropa student Bret Parrish is co-facilitating a yoga intensive-travel abroad trip in Puerto Rico from December 13 to December 23. It will consist of traveling to many beautiful, off the beaten path places in Puerto Rico while engaging in a plentitude of soul-enriching activities, including but not limited to hatha yoga classes, laughter yoga seminar, meditation, proprioceptive writing, organic agriculture, kirtan/chanting, swimming, hiking, rappelling, zip-lining, clay baths, waterfall massages, snorkeling and scuba diving. If this sounds like a swell time, then stop by the interest meeting on Thursday.
If you can't make it, ontact Bret Parrish at bparrish@students.naropa.edu or bret_parrish@yahoo.com or 252-342-1750.

Thursday, October 23–Saturday, November 1, 2008
Naropa's MFA Theater: Contemporary Performance Thesis Performances
Original experimental works by 2nd yr MFA students
7:30 p.m.
Nalanda Campus, Studio Theatre (North end, room 9190) 
$7 general admission; Free to seniors, students and Naropa community w/ ID 

Thursday, October 23 & Friday, October 24, 2008
(Doublebill with Medea Unstrung and Fancy) 
7:30 p.m.
Nalanda Studio Theater (North end, room 9190)

Medea Unstrung: An Operetta 
Created by Meyung Kim 

Exploring personal myths and the story of Medea through music, movement and media. 

Fancy 
Created by Nita Mickley 

A curious fairy-tale exploring the ins and outs of opposite minds. 

Friday, October 24, 2008
Theravada Vipassana Meditation and the Practice of Loving Kindness
With Sylvia Boorstein
October 24–26
Public Talk: Friday, October 24, 2008  7 p.m. Nalanda Campus
Please call 303-245-4800 for more information or to register

When mindfulness meditation is practiced, the exquisite  ordinariness of the movement of breath and the busyness of the mind and emotions is discovered. This intensive introduces insight meditation, vipassana, from the Theravada Buddhist tradition.

Saturday, October 25, 2008
Self-healing With the Five Elements with Alexander Love, Founder and President of the Institute for the Medical Arts
The Chautuaqua Community House
10 a.m.–4 p.m.
$45

As we head into the cold season, harness the wisdoms of water, wood, fire, earth and metal to increase balance and vibrancy in your life and the life of your community. In this class, Alexander will introduce you to the theory of the Five Elements, an ancient Chinese healing art, and guide you through activities that will help you to unleash your highest evolutionary potential. For more information, contact don@transitionbouldercounty.org or call 303-494-1521. To purchase tickets, visit http://chautauqua.frontgatetickets.com/

Saturday, October 25, 2008
Writing & Poetics Special Event: Arielle Greenberg Lectures on the Gurlesque
Lecture at 7 p.m., Reading at 8 p.m.
Shambhala Hall 

In addition to a reading, Greenberg will discuss the development of her theory, "Gurlesque," over the past several years, with examples from recent poetry included in her forthcoming anthology, Gurlesque, along with rock songs and visual images mined from the same terrain. Greenberg is the author of My Kafka Century, Given and the chapbook Farther Down: Songs from the Allergy Trials.

Saturday, October 25, 2008
Naropa's MFA Theater: Contemporary Performance Thesis Performance:
I Am Not What I Am 
Created and performed by Taavo Smith; Directed by Jeremy Williams 
7:30 p.m. 
Nalanda Studio Theater

Shakespeare's perfect villain avenges himself against a non-existent god. A butoh comedy featuring words from Sophocles, Verdi, Lautréamont and others. 

Tuesday, October 28, 2008
El Centro Film Series: Who's Counting?
A semester-long film series dealing with systems of oppression and resistance
2–4 p.m.
El Centro

Wednesday, October 29, 2008
El Centro Film Series: Farmingville: POV
A semester-long film series dealing with systems of oppression and resistance
4 p.m.
El Centro

Wednesday, October 29, 2008
El Centro Film Series: Doing Gender
A semester-long film series dealing with systems of oppression and resistance
6 p.m.
El Centro

Friday, October 31, 2008
Creativity of Non-Doing
With Alok Hsu Kwang-han
October 31–November 2 
Nalanda Campus
Please call 303-245-4800 for more information or to register

With simple and effective energy and meditation exercises, this workshop is for artists and non-artists who are drawn to the adventure of being intimate with the unknown

Friday, October 31 & Saturday, November 1, 2008
Naropa's MFA Theater: Contemporary Performance Thesis Performance:
four more 
Co-created by Margot Bassett, Lauren Brenner, Sally Foster and Micha Frayne 
7:30 p.m. 
Nalanda Studio Theater (North end, room 9190)
$7 general admission; Free to seniors, students and Naropa community w/ ID 

Four beautiful and also incredibly unattractive artists invite you into their topsy-turvy world—a collage of music, heartache, dance, teacups and thunderstorms behind closed doors.   

Friday, October 31 & Saturday, November 1, 2008
New Student Preview Weekend 

Master class taught by Joan Bruemmer and Cara Reeser. Also, current BFA students will go the Coffee House and be available to talk to prospective students. 

November

Tuesday, November 4, 2008
El Centro Film Series: Fists of Freedom
A semester-long film series dealing with systems of oppression and resistance
12–2 p.m. 
El Centro

Tuesdays, Beginning November 4, 2008
Somatic Approaches to Change: A Systematic Approach to Shifting Your Mind
With Marcia Klump
November 4–December 2
7–9 p.m.
Nalanda Campus
Please call 303-245-4800 for more information or to register

In choosing to offer more of our gifts and talents to the world, we must consciously shift our way of being. This course focuses on embodiment, which is often overlooked in the healing process, and will present information, techniques and actions that will help you set intentions and reinforce them through the body.

Wednesday, November 5, 2008
LIT @ Lunch Event: Mario Acevedo
12–1 p.m.
Library Reading Room

Friday, November 7, 2008
Dream Yoga: The Dzogchen Teachings
With Lama Tharchin Rinpoche
November 7–9
Public Talk: Friday, November 7, 2008 
7 p.m.
Nalanda Campus
Please call 303-245-4800 for more information or to register

Lama Tharchin shares the teachings of dream yoga according to the Dzogchen (Great Perfection) view of Vajrayana Buddhism. Dream yoga is an ancient Tibetan practice that fosters lucid dreaming and the realization of luminous clear light awareness from the state of sleep.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008
El Centro Film Series: Women Outside
A semester-long film series dealing with systems of oppression and resistance
12–2 p.m. 
El Centro

Friday, November 14, 2008
The Path of the Heart: El Camino do Coracao
With Prem Baba
Workshop: November 14–16
Public Talk: Friday, November 14 at 7 p.m.
Nalanda Campus
Please call 303-245-4800 for more information or to register

Integrating teachings and meditations from the Satya lineage and the Brazilian Shamanic tradition, as well as western humanistic perspectives, Prem Baba will address how to open your heart, integrate your shadow and wounded child, and overcome obstacles to connecting with the divine.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008
El Centro Film Series: The Corporation
A semester-long film series dealing with systems of oppression and resistance
12–2 p.m. 
El Centro

Friday, November 21, 2008
BFA Open Classrooms 
3:30–6:00 p.m. 
Nalanda, 9185 

Open classrooms with invitation to undeclared undergraduates, prospective students, and high school students and drama teachers in the area. 

Friday, November 21 & Saturday, November 22, 2008
Six Minute Pieces: only the A section
MFA Theater: Contemporary Performance First Year Students' Performance
Lab Showing 
Faculty Facilitated Work
7:30 p.m. 
Nalanda Studio Theater
Free and open to the public

Thirteen beginnings created by MFACP first year students as a way to synthesize and experiment with MFA techniques of  creating performance. An answer to the questions: "What would happen if you were allowed to just begin and you didn't have to worry about the middle and the end; no 
worry about the B section; there is only the beginning? Sustainability is not an issue; what kind of freedom would  that unleash?" 

Ongoing Events

Mondays, 3–6 p.m.
Japanese Tea, “Open hearth” tea ceremony
Led by Michael Ricci
Teahouse, 2130 Arapahoe Ave.

Mondays, 5:15–6:30 p.m.
Zazen Meditation Group
Led by the Great Mountain Zen Center and
Teachers: Gerry Shishin Wick, Roshi & Ilia Shinko Perez, Sensei
Arapahoe Campus Meditation Hall

Zazen sitting and instruction: 5:15–5:50 p.m.
Walking meditation: 5:50–6:00 p.m.
Zazen sitting and Chant of Four Vows: 6–6:30 p.m.

Tuesdays, 12–1:00 p.m.
Qigong Classes
Offered by Maureen O’Connor
Lincoln 4130  
Once the weather is warm, the class will be held directly south of the Café, past the parking lot on the grassy area of the CU Campus.

Anyone is welcome to join at any time, no experience necessary. This is strictly for fun and exercise, and an opportunity to spend time with other members of the Naropa community. It’s best to wear loose fitting clothing and flat-soled shoes or plan to go barefoot.  Please eat a small amount of food prior to coming to class; too much energy in an empty stomach is actually not all that healing.

Tuesdays, 7–9 p.m.
Insight Meditation—Vipassana, A Buddhist Meditation tradition of Southeast Asia
Led by David Chernikoff a faculty member of Naropa University. Unitarian Universalist Church, 5001 Pennsylvania. For more information, please see www.insightcolorado.org.

Wednesdays, 7–8:30 p.m.
Sacred Sanskrit for Spiritual Practice
With Sreedevi Bringi
October 15–November 12 Nalanda Campus
Please call 303-245-4800 for more information or to register

This immersion course introduces participants to the oral and written Sanskrit alphabet through the sacred framework of Indian teachings. Pronunciation, reading, writing and the Roman transliteration system are combined with a beginning awareness of Sanskrit grammar.

Wednesdays 3:30-5:30; Fridays 1:30-3:30
Naropa Healing Group
On the Sycamore green if it is nice, Goldfarb in inclement weather

The Healing Group and all interested, certified healers will gather to offer healings to the community.  Light and local refirst-year studentsts will be offered. Modalities one might expect are reiki, spiritual healings, massage, zero-balancing, and whatever else our healing community brings to the table. Contact jurchek@students.naropa.edu for more information.

Wednesdays, 6–7:30 p.m.
Zen Peacemakers Meditation Group, samatha-vipashyana, pranayama, metta and tonglen meditation practices
Led by Sensei Fleet Maull
Paramita Meditation Hall

Thursdays, 1–2 p.m.
Riding the Energy of Emotions: Bringing Emotion to the Path of Meditation
With Acharya Dale Asrael
Virya Classroom at the Paramita Campus 

Saturdays, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.
Sitting and Walking Meditation and Guided Bodywork Practice and/or Dharma Talk
Led by the members of Dhyanasangha and the Dharma Ocean Foundation
Sitting and Walking Mediation Saturdays 10 a.m.–12 p.m.
Guided Bodywork Practice and/or Dharma Talk Saturdays 12 p.m.–1 p.m.
Arapahoe Campus Meditation Hall  

First Sunday of the Month, 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Group Sitting and Walking Meditation
Led by Phil Karl
Arapahoe Campus Meditation Hall

Every other Friday, starting September 29, 2008, 5–7 p.m.
Vimalakirti Cult, A full group reading of the Second Turning popular text
Arapahoe Meditation Hall

Resources

Ongoing throughout the Fall Semester
Registration for Text Messaging
http://webreg.naropa.edu

For the safety and well-being of its community, Naropa University will implement numerous tools to alert faculty, staff and students to campus emergencies, as well as keep them informed of snow-day closures and related events. Voicemail, email and an on-campus public address system will be utilized along with the single most critical component, text messaging, which allows you to be instantly notified by cell phone or personal digital assistant (PDA).

Registration for the text messaging service starts now. All Naropa students and faculty are strongly encouraged to log in to Naropa's web registration page, from which you may access a secure site and add your personal information to the text messaging alert system. Staff will receive additional instructions via email.

When registering, it is necessary to have your phone with you and turned on. Please opt in now; it only takes a minute.

Tuesdays through Thursdays
Drop-in Counseling Center
11:30 a.m.–2 p.m.
In the Snow Lion Building (entrance on the East side)

Need Some Support? Having a Hard Time Adjusting? Wondering About Community Resources? Just Want To Talk? Drop By the Naropa Counseling Center. For more information or to set up an appointment, call 303-245-4697.

Career Services
Monday-Friday 9 a.m.–5 p.m. and by appointment

Career Services is a free service for Naropa students and alumni and can assist you in making meaningful and positive academic and career decisions.  The process of career development and planning can be difficult, and they are here to help you:

• Explore your interests, values, skills, and talents
• Identify potential academic and career paths
• Develop internship and job search strategies
• Plan your graduate school or other educational application process
• Learn how to write effective cover letters and resumes
• Prepare for the interview process
• Or assist you if you have any other concerns, questions, or need information about your career

If you would like to schedule an appointment, please call 303-245-4863 or email ssteward@naropa.edu

Naropa Writing Center Open
Sycamore Hall across from the student lounge
Monday–Thursday 10 a.m.–6 p.m.; Friday: 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
303-245-4606

The NWC offers a respectful, collaborative environment for all writers. We can assist you with essays, scholarship applications, cover letters, creative work, theses and more. Come in at any stage of the writing process from brainstorming and organization to revising and documenting sources. Appointments are available on the hour and half-hour, for 25 or 50 minutes. Citation workshops will be offered this semester. Location, dates, and times will be announced as soon as they are available.

Volunteer work with Moving to End Sexual Assault

Rape Crisis Hotline
For more information, or a volunteer application, please check out our website, call 303/443-0400 x102 or email Julie Washnock at julie@movingtoendsexualassault.org. Training dates are listed below.

Men's Prevention Education Program
For more information, a training schedule and a volunteer application, please check out our website, call 303-443-0400 x103 and ask for Marti Hopper or email her at marti@movingtoendsexualassault.org.

Go to MESA for more information on required training dates, job descriptions and application forms.

Service-Learning Opportunities with Prison Dharma Network
Prison Dharma Network (PDN), an international interfaith network founded by Naropa adjunct faculty member Fleet Maull is always in need of service-learning participants for its various programs working with prisoners and youth at risk in the Boulder area. PDN is also in need of people to respond to prisoner's book and information requests, as well as teach yoga and meditation at the Boulder County Jail. We support thousands of prisoners in the practice of all forms of the contemplative path: meditation, yoga, centering prayer, chi kung, etc. Please contact Sarah Gurganus at pdn2@indra.com or visit Prison Dharma Network for more information.

Volunteer Work with Shambhala Prison Community
The Shambhala Prison Community works in about sixty prisons nationwide and is looking for dedicated practitioners of meditation to work with prisoners who are themselves practicing meditation and studying the Dharma. Current need also involves volunteers who can assist with shipping literature from our libraries to prisoners. If you are interested in this extraordinarily rewarding work, we would be delighted to discuss with you the possibilities of your becoming a volunteer.

To find out more about how you can help ease the suffering of the incarcerated, email the Shambhala Prison Community at prison@indra.com, or call 303-544-5923. Please identify your interest in volunteering in the subject line.

Student Discounts

Naropa University Extended Studies offers increased discounts for Naropa community members.
Alumni: 15%
Students: 30%
Full-time Faculty/Staff: 50%
Adjunct Faculty: 50%
MI & TA: 30%

Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) Student Discount
An hour before any performance, students can purchase tickets at DCPA for only $10.