Open Dharmawith Jaya Julienne Ashmore
Jaya leads children at the Srijan School in Sarnath, India, to find out what they experience with their eyes closed: the breeze, ease,...
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Jaya Julienne Ashmore
Mar 1, 20113 min read
a letter from jaya newsletter march 2011
For the first time in 24 years of visiting India, I went for only one month: 23 Jan to 23 Feb. It was also the first time Gyan and I...
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Jaya Julienne Ashmore
Feb 1, 20112 min read
a letter from jaya newsletter february 2011
I shyly accept the cheerful company of the birds who have stayed through winter with us--the urgency of their autumn wing beat calmed,...
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Jaya Julienne Ashmore
Jan 30, 20112 min read
Jaya's booklist
Jaya shares with us some of her favorite books of the year.... I am struck with gratitude as I look over the year and feel all the...
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Jaya Julienne Ashmore
Jan 1, 20112 min read
a letter from jaya newsletter june 2010
A retreatant wrote me this a while back: "What I love about Open Dharma is the way it is like India throughout history... adapting,...
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Jaya Julienne Ashmore
Dec 1, 20101 min read
Dharmaloca newsletter december 2010
Dharmaloca: Nanda's colorful May prayer flags across the front of the caravan have all turned white, while on Halloween, the pear trees...
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Jaya Julienne Ashmore
Oct 1, 20101 min read
a letter from jaya newsletter october 2010
A recent cancellation leaves the sweet, rustic cottage available from October onwards. Gemmaji and I are happy to welcome one or two...
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Jaya Julienne Ashmore
Aug 1, 20101 min read
on awakening newsletter august 2010
The Israeli sangha Tovana recently asked a group of teachers, including Ajay, Jaya, Christopher, Shaila, Stephen Fulder, and others, for...
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Jaya Julienne Ashmore
Aug 1, 20101 min read
a letter from jaya newsletter august 2010
Revolution kept coming to mind and heart at The Stone House retreat in North Carolina in July. On the opening night, the I Ching (Book...
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Jaya Julienne Ashmore
Jul 1, 20101 min read
a letter from jaya newsletter july 2011
Jaya writes about May's deep rest retreat at the Moulin de Chaves, in France... Last year flood, this year drought the inner spring keeps...
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Jaya Julienne Ashmore
Jul 1, 20101 min read
a letter from jaya newsletter july 2010
One thousand white petals on the curving concrete path to the hall. The retreat at le Moulin in France last week had the texture of...
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Jaya Julienne Ashmore
Dec 1, 20068 min read
“Call me a pregnant woman”
Many African-American midwives in rural southeastern US of the 20th-century were proud that they could “plow like men, and pick cotton by...
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