FINAL POST - NEW BEGINNING

After 9 years running Meditation in the Shire, I have achieved my goal and now it is my turn to move on. I am leaving a well established meditation organisation under the new leadership of Stephen Proctor. who some of you already know very well. This is just what I wanted for the Sutherland Shire and I can now retire peacefully and devote my time to my family and grandchildren (now 3). Stephen is not new to meditation or Buddhism and is also a Tai Chi Instructor. He has been running both the Menai and Cronulla classes for a couple of months now and his classes have swelled in numbers. Next year Stephen has more plans and all will be revealed on our new Website, www.meditationintheshire.com.au (don't forget the "au"). Stephen has also opened a Facebook page which is very informative and busy. Subsequently, our former website, www.meditationintheshire.com will be taken down and, therefore, so therefore my email address will be changed. You can contact me now on casavecchia@bigpond.com or 0418 213 437. I will not be leaving you and I would love to hear from any of you especially if you want to catch up for coffee or lunch. Some of us have been doing this regularly and it is lovely to still keep in touch. Also I will be at the Cronulla class from time to time. Next year I hope to hold the occasional workshop and maybe sometime in the future, we may hold a Retreat. Stephen and I are working closely together but at the moment, I am more like the "silent partner". So, this will be my last post to you and I advise you all to keep your eye on the new Website which will give you all the news and information. If it is not on the Website, you can always call Stephen on 0466 531 023. There is a page there for news from me. I am very glad to see new people attending Stephen's classes and for those few of you who left because I was retiring, I do hope you are meditating at home. I would urge you to return to class for I think you will be pleasantly surprised. I have received feed back that Stephen's classes are "wonderful", "very enjoyable", and his voice is "soft, gentle and hypnotic". Just the opposite to mine eh? Bye for now to you all and I hope to see or hear from you from time to time. Much love and many blessings, Venerable Yangchen