Lama’s Basic Schedule

The schedule at Lama Foundation has daily, weekly and yearly cycles.

Daily Schedule (summer)
6:30 am: wake-up bells
7:00 am: silent group meditation**
7:30 am: breakfast
8:30 am: group practice and community tuning**
9:30am: morning seva
1:00-2:00 pm: lunch
2:00 pm: afternoon seva
4:30 pm: personal practice/group practice
6:00 pm: dinner
7:00 or 7:30 pm: evening program
** = all summer community members expected to attend these events

Weekly Schedule
Monday afternoon: resident circle meeting
Tuesday afternoon: Summer Steward circle
Tuesday evening: visit to Neem Karoli Baba Ashram in Taos
Wednesday evening: “heart club”**
Thursday morning: weekly business meeting
Thursday afternoon: gender lodges
Thursday evening: Zikr (Sufi Ceremony of Divine Remembrance)
Friday 4:00 pm: Japanese tea ceremony
Friday 6:00pm: Jewish Shabbat service and dinner (open to public)
** = all summer community members expected to attend these events

Yearly Schedule
February: winter resident retreat month
Spring Equinox: spring membership review and summer season business meetings
Mid-May: opening of summer programs season
Mid-September: closing of summer programs season
Late-September/early-October: autumn membership and winter business meetings