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05/28/2025

Our current guest enjoys this mantra and we thought you might also:

Provided to YouTube by CDBabyOm Gam Ganapataye Namaha · Edo & JoKirtan Alive℗ 2011 Edo & JoReleased on: 2011-12-30Auto-generated by YouTube.

05/05/2025

Local folks, Alicia has arranged that we can again utilize the nursing skills lab to practice bedside skills at Cabrillo College on May 31. We realize this is a busy time with graduations and some people could be out of town. If you are planning to attend the training please let us know. If you have friends interested in volunteering at Tara Home please give them my contact information as this training is a great experience for all potential caregivers.
Alicia Kennedy: 8315885850.

04/24/2025

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Hello community! The third daylong retreat on How To Train A Happy Mind with Scott Snibbe is coming up on April 27th.

These daylong series are designed for anyone curious about how to live a meaningful and happy life. This retreat requires no prior knowledge of Buddhism and all are welcome to attend.

🗓 Sunday, April 27th
🕑 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
📍In-person and Online Via Zoom

For more information please visit the link here: https://landofmedicinebuddha.org/retreat-guru/1009/how-to-train-a-happy-mind-april-daylong/

12/21/2024

Blessings on this Winter Solstice Friends! 🙏

May this time of long nights and short days bring rest to your mind and soul. Embracing the magic that the darkness bears and learning to move gracefully with the cycles.

Winter Solstice Asks Us To:

1) Process the Past
2) Release the Darkness
3)Clear the Space
4) Let Light In
5 )Prepare a New Path

via elephantjournal.com

12/21/2024

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Blessings on this Winter Solstice Friends! 🙏

May this time of long nights and short days bring rest to your mind and soul. Embracing the magic that the darkness bears and learning to move gracefully with the cycles.

Winter Solstice Asks Us To:

1) Process the Past
2) Release the Darkness
3)Clear the Space
4) Let Light In
5 )Prepare a New Path

via elephantjournal.com

11/27/2024

Tara Home has a new website! Learn more about this special cottage in the redwoods at Land of Medicine Buddha:

11/25/2024

Q: My wife died unexpectedly a few months ago. As the holidays approach, friends and family are kindly inviting me to parties and encouraging me to visit, but I’m not sure how much I’ll feel like celebrating this year. How can I face what’s supposed to be such a happy time when I’m still dealing with my grief?

A: The holidays are a tough time to grieve; knowing they will be difficult may help us understand and accept our reactions and tap into the things we can do to help ourselves cope. A useful guide can be the “Three Cs of Coping with Grief during the Holidays”: Choose. During the holidays it is easy to get involved in activities that increase our pain, but we can decide what activities we wish to participate in and who we want to be with. Finding ways to recognize and acknowledge the person who has died, such as lighting a candle or giving a holiday toast, can bring a positive focus to our grief. Communicate. It is important that we discuss our choices with others, especially those who are affected by them, as their ways of dealing with grief may be different. Compromise. When we communicate, we may find that our feelings and needs, the very ways that we cope, will differ, and we will need to find space for compromise. Nothing changes the fact that the holidays can be especially difficult while grieving. But as we choose our actions, communicate our choices with others, and find suitable compromises, we may find that they are bearable. And that gives us renewed strength and hope.

11/22/2024

online talk with Prof. Thomas Metzinger and Geshe Tenzin Namdak.

Join us in this new profound dialogue on Secular Spirituality. For full details and registration, see the link below.

Secular Spirituality: The Science of Consciousness and the Illusion of Self
Thomas Metzinger, Geshe Tenzin Namdak, facilitated by Scott Snibbe

23 November 2024

16:00 - 18:00 GMT

On Zoom
Translation available into Spanish and Italian

Join Geshe Tenzin Namdak and Thomas Metzinger for an exploration of Secular Spirituality, The Science of Consciousness, and self.

11/18/2024

Home health week starts today! Home health care offers medical services at home to treat a chronic health condition or help a patient recover from illness, injury, or surgery. Some people start home health care after a health decline or serious medical diagnosis. Many people transition to home health care after a stay in a hospital, rehab center, or skilled nursing facility. The primary goals are to help people recover and stay as independent as possible.

Join us this week as we celebrate the many home health providers and staff members nationwide who support patients and families at home during critical times of transition.

11/17/2024

Doctor, who has performed hundreds of medical aid in dying (or MAID) procedures, discusses what constitutes a good death. Listen to the Interview With Dr. Ellen Wiebe.

Dr. Ellen Wiebe has performed hundreds of medical aid in dying (or MAID) procedures and is one of Canada’s most prominent advocates for the practice. David M...

11/11/2024

Compassion in Action: Amish volunteers helping rebuild in North Carolina. https://modularhomesource.com/building-hope-amish-volunteers-bring-shelter-and-compassion-to-hurricane-stricken-families-in-north-carolina/ #:~:text=Arriving%20in%20teams%20of%2057,their%20homes%20in%20the%20floods.

11/09/2024

Hospice of Santa Cruz County invites you to attend community memorial service to remember and honor those that we have loved and lost. The Interfaith Memorial Service is an opportunity to pause ahead of the holiday season, reflect, and remember. Please join us for a candle lighting ceremony accompanied by music, words of encouragement, and reflection to help us prepare for the holiday season.

Interfaith Memorial Service & Candle Lighting
Wednesday, November 13, 7:00 p.m.
Resurrection Church
7600 Soquel Drive, Aptos

Join online: https://www.hospicesantacruz.org/event/interfaith-memorial/

You are welcome to bring a photograph in a frame/stand in memory of your loved one to place on the remembrance table. This memorial is a gathering of people of all faiths and beliefs, regardless of whether your loved one was a patient of ours. All in the community are welcome.

You and your loved ones are invited to an Interfaith Memorial service. Let us share this time, remembering those we have loved and lost.