May 2025 Newsletter Highlights
May 9, 2025
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In the Wake of Tara: NDF Sangha Members Respond with Action By NDF Sangha member Caroline Frank As our country finds itself in a deepening
A Buddhist community dedicated to the joy of awakening
Natural Dharma Fellowship and Wonderwell Mountain Refuge
Explore the ways you can enrich your weekly practice within our Sangha community.
Solo Retreats
Take solitary refuge and deepen your practice in a solo retreat at Wonderwell
Volunteer Opportunities
A precious and valued way to support Natural Dharma Fellowship
WHO WE ARE
Natural Dharma Fellowship
A Buddhist community dedicated to the joy of awakening
Lama Willa Blythe Baker
Founding Teacher, Spiritual Co-Director
Lama Liz Monson
Spiritual Co-Director, Managing Teacher
OUR RETREATS & COURSES
Explore Meditation, Awareness & Awakening.
Solo Retreats
Onsite at Wonderwell Mountain Refuge
Come deepen your practice in solitary retreat.
Experience the peace and tranquility of Wonderwell and explore your inner nature amidst the spacious beauty of mountains, sky, and forest.
We are located in Springfield, New Hampshire.
Come Practice with Us
In addition to our Retreats and Courses, here are other some ways to learn, study, meditate and participate.
Weekly Practice Sessions — All Welcome!
Weekly, 10:00 am–12:00 noon ET. Led by senior NDF Dharma Teachers and by visiting teachers, weekly online sessions to gather for guided meditation, Dharma teachings, Q&A. Hybrid (streamed live from Wonderwell) Dharma Sundays are also occasionally offered.
Weekly, 5:30-6:30 pm ET. Guided meditation, Dharma talks, and time for conversation, led each week by NDF Dharma Teachers. Open to all—please join us for inspiration and community.
Weekly, 7:00 pm ET. Everybody welcome! Guided meditations, Q&A, and discussions offer an opportunity to find connection and support for natural meditation practices.
Weekly, 6:00-7:30 pm ET. In person at Wonderwell, Springfield, NH. Guided meditation and teaching sessions with NDF teachers alternate with peer-led sessions. Meet either in the Meditation Hall at Wonderwell or at the Farmhouse. Click image for details & schedule.
Our Programs
A thorough distillation of traditional Tibetan Buddhist training, you will learn a series of contemplative practices to deepen in love, self-compassion, compassion for others, wisdom, sympathetic joy and equanimity.
These practices work with the principal of pure vision, in which we embrace ordinary thoughts and emotions as the unlikely catalysts to recognizing that our nature, and the nature of others, is love and wisdom inseparable.
This council considers the issue of planetary climate change. As a practice, it builds insight, trust, and community between participants, and the potential for creative collaboration and action.
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A Welcoming Community
We recognize that all people hold unexamined beliefs, assumptions, fears and prejudices about others, and especially those who seem different from themselves. These beliefs are a great source of suffering for individuals and societies. We welcome people of all races, cultures, ethnicities, sexual orientations, gender identities, classes, religions, abilities and ages. We are committed to providing a safe place for all people to explore the dharma and awaken to their true nature.
A Statement on Racism in America
Silence in the face of oppression is complicity.
The deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Aubrey, Eric Garner, and many others are part of a systemic injustice in our country that is rooted in centuries of white supremacy, slavery, segregation, and white privilege.
This is a collective trauma that affects us all. No one is more affected by this trauma than People of Color.
We stand by those peacefully protesting this injustice.
We affirm that Black Lives Matter.
Ways To Show Your Support
Become a Member
Membership in Natural Dharma Fellowship is an expression of deep gratitude, commitment, and support for our ongoing work and mission.
NDF Members:
- Deepen their participation in sacred community.
- Sustain NDF and Wonderwell through financial contributions.
- Support scholarships that enable others to access to the Dharma.
For more information or to become a member:
Make a Donation
Your generosity makes a difference!
A gift to Natural Dharma Fellowship and Wonderwell contributes to our important work – providing access to Buddhist teachings, connecting people with their innate wisdom and compassion, and cultivating ethical behavior for healing in our fractured world.
Please consider making a donation today.
The amount of your gift is unimportant – it is the spirit of generosity that matters.
