SpokaneFāVS
On Feb. 5 theSpokane Concentration Meditation Group will host Purification of the Mind, a meditation practice and dharma talk. The guest speaker will be Brian Gavin, a Spokane resident and teacher-in-training in the jhana practice(an ancient concentration practice). His talkwill focus on the”nuts and bolts” aspects of a meditation practice aimed at promoting tranquility in our daily lives, according to the event flier. The event will be from 10 a.m. to noon at theCommunity Meditation Room in the Saranac Building,35 West Main. No previous meditation experience is needed and there is no cost to attend, though donations will be accepted. For information visit the group’s Meetup site.
Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of SpokaneFāVS.com, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Assistant Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.
