Last chance to join us for our virtual retreat + weekly resources for resilience

Greetings, This week, in addition to our Resources for Resilience, which I've listed for you below, I also want to remind you that you have 24 hours left to sign up for our virtual retreat happening this weekend, April 18th and 19th. The two-day immersion will feature archival Ram Dass teachings and practical guidance along with ancient mystical traditions, poetry, music, chant and meditation practice to help us transform the chaos of uncertainty into an opportunity to love and serve more fearlessly in this turbulent moment. As we gather in virtual community during this time of global crisis, we draw from the wellspring of perennial wisdom to restore sanity and balance in our own souls and strengthen ourselves to be a source of goodness in the world. Click here to sign up for the virtual retreat. Registration for this retreat ends tomorrow, Friday, April 17th at 6pm PDT / 9pm EDT. In addition to the retreat invitation, below you'll find a Ram Dass article on grief, podcasts on emotional resilience and a short Ram Dass meditation on equanimity that we've sourced for you this week. I will be in touch next week with more content. Sending love and virtual hugs! Rachael LSRF Development Director Weekly Resources for Resilience from Ram Dass & Be Here Now Podcast Network Visualizations on Equanimity: A Ram Dass Guided Meditation (12:03) Recorded on September 26, 1975, this meditation invites us to feel our aloneness and immensity, allowing the bounadries of our being to fall away, sitting in the place that is beyond form - to visualize and feel our own connectivity with all living things. Watch and Practice Here Weekly Ram Dass Article: Can we find truth in grief? (5-minute read)  Audience Question: I’ve had a lot of loss in my life. My husband has lung cancer, and I’m facing more loss in my future. I would like to know, “How can I can use the grief that I feel to come to a deeper place of truth?” Read Here Featured Podcast: Joseph Bobrow – Sitting Iin the Midst of it with Roshi Wendy Egyoku Nakao (1:03) Roshi Wendy Egyoku Nakao and Joseph Bobrow talk about spiritual practice during the Coronavirus pandemic and what these chaotic circumstances might reveal about ourselves and the world. Listen Here Featured Podcast: Mindrolling with Raghu Markus – Ep. 337 – Emotional Resilience with Sharon Salzberg (58:28) The wonderful Sharon Salzberg returns to Mindrolling to provide Raghu Markus some guidance on grief and emotional resilience, and talk about her new book on change and social action. The duo discuss dealing with grief, and ways to engender the spirit of togetherness and interdependence on a moment-to-moment basis. Listen Here