SAVE THE DATE
Mountain Stream invites you to a daylong retreat with Ayya Santacitta and Louije Kim
Topic: With the World on Fire, Embodying Ethics, Grounding, Wisdom
Location: In Person & Virtual
Nevada City Insight Center, 710 Zion St, Nevada City, CA 95959
Or join us via Zoom; see below
Date: Sunday, October 12, 2025
Time: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Cost: Sliding Scale TBD. Limited scholarships available. No one turned away for lack of funds.
Pre-registration is required for both in-person and virtual participants. The Zoom meeting link will be provided to all participants once registered and paid in full. Payment link coming soon.
Your emailed payment receipt is your registration confirmation.
For questions and scholarship requests, email juanita@mtstream.org
Dana: During the daylong, there is an opportunity to offer financial donations to Ayya Santacitta and Louije Kim (split 50/50) as part of the Buddhist practice of dana, the virtue of giving and receiving. All offerings are gratefully received. Teacher Dana
What to bring: Please bring a bag lunch.
Daylong Description: The Buddha gave the Noble Eightfold Path as a way to direct our lives away from bewilderment and towards true freedom. As we find ourselves moving into increasing ecological crisis and its impact on the planet and our lives, the Buddha’s teaching and the teachings of the Earth become ever more relevant and essential. Ayya Santacitta and Louije Kim will offer teachings on this theme with an encouragement to bring the path to the whole of our experience.
Ayya Santacitta Bio: Santacitta Bhikkhuni was born in Austria and did her graduate studies in Cultural Anthropology, focusing on dance, theatre, and ritual. She also worked in avant-garde dance theatre as a performer and costume designer. In 1988 she met Ajahn Buddhadasa in southern Thailand, who sparked her interest in Buddhist monastic life. She trained as a nun in England and Asia from 1993 until 2009, primarily in the lineage of Ajahn Chah, and has also received teachings in the Shechen lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.
Santacitta Bhikkhuni co-founded Aloka Vihara in 2009 and received Bhikkhuni Ordination in 2011. She is committed to Gaia as a living being and resides at Aloka Earth Room, currently located in San Rafael, CA.
Louije Kim Bio: Louije Kim, LMFT, is a San Francisco Bay Area-based dharma practitioner, teacher and licensed psychotherapist. They have completed dharma study programs including Spirit Rock’s Dedicated Practitioners and Community Dharma Leader programs, and graduated from Spirit Rock’s four-year Teacher Training in 2020. Louije has taught in various dharma centers locally and across the U.S. They have been working in community mental health settings for over a decade, providing therapy to communities that are impacted by collective, political and historical trauma.