Ray Parchelo

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About me

Gender Male
Industry Non-Profit
Occupation Social Work
Location Renfrew County, ON, Canada
Introduction Ray is the Social Worker at the Whitewater Bromley Community Health Centre, serving Beachburg, Cobden and Renfrew County. He has been practicing since 1970 and teaching contemplative practices for over 25 years. He developed and leads the Change Your Mind program. He is Canada's first Tendai Buddhist priest,founded and leads the Red Maple Buddhist Congregation in Renfrew County and is the National Director of Tendai Canada He is the author of Walk Like A Mountain: The Handbook of Buddhist Walking Practice. Visit Ray at www.realperson.com) or On Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ray.parchelo
Interests hiking, Havanese dogs, mindfulness training and practice, Buddhist dharma study, Asian movies and culture, herb gardening
Favorite Movies Enlightenment Guaranteed, "Spring, Summer Fall, Winter and Spring", Training Day, Blade Runner, Ghost in the Machine-anime, anything with Jet Li or Uma Thurman
Favorite Music Utada Hikaru, Imogen Heap, Karsh Kale, The Beat of Love-Trilok Gurtu, any kind of funk; check out Swiss Groove.ch and Japanaradio.com
Favorite Books The City and The City, Perdido Street Station, King Rat, (all by China Mieville), The Lotus Sutra, The Four Immeasurables, Idoru, Reinventing the Wheel, The Cyborg Handbook, The Compass of Zen

Chicken monkey shoes?

Q: What allowed the hen to swing from the tree and eat bananas? Q: What footwear do you need to perform ridiculous 1970's dance moves?