Flowing Mountains Sangha, in Helena, Montana, began sitting together in July 2004. We enjoy a very close relationship with Open Way sangha, and retreat together regularly, also sharing Days of Mindfulness and Order of Interbeing trainings. We look to Dharma Teacher Rowan Conrad for guidance.

We meet every Tuesday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the St. John's Building, 25 South Ewing (please use the entrance from the parking lot behind the building off Rodney Avenue). We meet in the old chapel of this former hospital, on the main floor.

Our general schedule is as follows:

6:30 to 6:40 – walking meditation. If you arrive while we are walking, please come in and join us.
6:40 to 7:00 – sitting meditation. If we are sitting when you arrive, please wait outside the chapel doors until we begin to walk again.
7:00 to 7:10 – walking meditation. Please enter and join us.
7:10 to 7:30 – sitting meditation.
7:30 to 8:30 – program.

Our program may change from week to week, but is announced at sangha and by e-mail on a monthly basis. On the Tuesday nearest the full moon, we recite the five and fourteen mindfulness trainings given to us by our teacher Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay). Flowing Mountains is actively served by four Order of Interbeing members as well as committed practitioners. Our OI members are as follows:

Sandra SuZanne ("Zan") Murray, a writer and editor, and co-founder of Flowing Mountains. She also enjoys gardening, cooking, and handcrafts.

Jonathan Matthews, a professor at Carroll College and a co-founder of Flowing Mountains. He is also a national champion racewalker.

Stan Voreyer, a retired mental health care provider. He has taken Thay's advice of living a non-busy life to be his foremost practice.

Ann Kuntzweiler is exploring right livelihood through life coach certification.

Please contact Zan Murray at mtmurrays [at] earthlink [dot] net to learn more about Flowing Mountains Sangha.

Upcoming Meditation Class:

Tuesday, January 17. The three-week course, titled “Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation,” will continue on the 24th and 31st of January. Each night begins at 7 p.m. at the St. John’s Building Law Library, 25 South Ewing—please use the entrance from the Rodney Street parking lot in the back of the building.

The class will be presented as a series of talks and instruction by experienced practitioners. Flowing Mountains has offered free meditation classes annually to the community since 2006. There is no charge for the class, and donations are gratefully accepted. Please direct questions to Zan Murray, 495-0290.