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Ritual – JD Doyle

Jun 12, 2022

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What are your practice rituals? 

In this talk, JD Doyle shares wisdom about creating practice rituals, mindfulness and letting go of suffering. They weave the Dharma into possibilities, civil rights and the recent LGBTQ+ Proclamation by President Biden. JD shares the poem "Eagle" by Poet Laureate Joy Harjo pointing out nature, wholeness and not knowing. 
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JD Doyle serves as a core teacher at the East Bay Meditation Center (EBMC) and has served as a board member and was the cofounder of the LGBTQI meditation group. JD is in the Spirit Rock Meditation Center teacher-training program and was in the Dedicated Practitioner Program (DPP2) and the Community Dharma Leader Program (CDL4). JD has practiced Buddhism since 1995 in the U.S., Thailand, and Burma. 

For over twenty-five years, they worked as a public school teacher focusing on issues of equity and access. JD holds a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies from Cornell University and a master’s degree in Language and Literacy and Sociocultural Studies from the University of New Mexico. JD identifies as gender non-conforming. They are committed to celebrating the diversity of our human sangha, addressing the impact of racism on our communities, expanding concepts of gender, and living in ways that honor the sacredness of the Earth.

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