Topic: That Still Quiet Place

How can we access stillness and quietude amidst the chaos and noise of the world? Join Ronya Banks, Asheville Insight Meditation’s guiding teacher as she explores how each of us can use our practices to access that still, quiet place within that is not moved by life’s turbulent storms.

Join us in person or online for these live sessions with local and traveling Southern Dharma teachers. Live from Southern Dharma episodes may include guided meditations, chanting, Dharma talks and Q&A.

Live from Southern Dharma is offered to the public on a Dana (generosity) basis, and there is no fee for registration. Donations for the teacher are greatly appreciated. Participation in each session is limited to the first 100 users to join the call.

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Ronya Banks is the founding teacher of the Asheville Insight Meditation center in Asheville, NC, in the USA.  In addition to having lived as a Theravada Buddhist nun, Ronya’s teaching is informed by over 35 years of intensive Vipassana meditation practice, studying with more than 30 different Buddhist teachers, spending more than one year cumulatively on numerous silent meditation retreats, and her participation in the Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leader training program.

Ronya Banks has been teaching for over a decade.  She leads residential meditation retreats and has worked in person and online with people from all over the world.  She is also passionate about working with people in addiction recovery.  She has supplemented her passion for Buddhism with over 25 years of business management and entrepreneurial experience.  Her teaching style is characterized by her love for the traditional Buddhist teachings, as well as her authentic, down-to-earth personality.

Born originally in Kuwait and of Palestinian descent, Ronya values diversity, inclusiveness, and respect for all human beings.