December News Merry Christmas The Jizo Peace Center wishes everyone a beautiful and Merry Christmas and the most blessed of New Year’s as 2012 officially begins!!!   The Peace Alliance Annual Holiday Gathering December 17 The Peace Alliance, an organization working to create a Department of Peace, invites all Peacebuilders to their annual Holiday gathering and open house on Saturday December 17th from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm at Terry and Paul’s house , 16425 Otsego St., Encino, CA 91436. RSVP terry@lupineproductions.com. Ananda Ashrama December 18 Ruth will give a talk at Ananda Ashrama in La Crescenta on Sunday, December 18 at 11:00 am.  For directions see www.anandaashrama.org.  We will celebrate Holy Mother Sarada Devi’s birthday and the 4th Sunday in Advent. Yoga and Meditation Yoga and Meditation continue on Friday nights at 7:00 pm with Kumari and Ruth.  There will be no class on Friday night December 23 so that everyone can be with family.  Please call the Center for additional Meditation times on the Holiday week-ends at 661-242-6956.  On Friday night, December 30 at 7:00 pm, along with Meditation, we will have a guest Yoga teacher – the fabulous Sarah Jane Owen.