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Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Welcome to All Visitors!

                         



Hello All,

I created this site because Stan Andre Grier (December 17, 1957 - September 10, 2011) was one of the most amazing teachers I had the chance to meet. He assisted me greatly with my own spiritual journey. 

I know he affected numerous people in a positive way and I wanted to share his light and their stories with others.



#stanandregrier
#stangrier
#buddhist

#spiritualteacher
#healer
#humanitarian
#lightworker
#artist
#qigong
#zenbuddhism
#sgi
#yoga






If you have any offering for this site, please contact by email: Tennebula@gmail.com




Thank you for visiting,
Ten nebula




(Photo credit: Buddhist Council / Empty Square)

Wednesday, January 3, 2018

About Ten Nebula (Tanya Thomas)



Healer
Ten Nebula is a trained shaman, Reiki master, psychic, trance channel, and schooled doula.
She also attended high school for art and attended City College of New York in Harlem for art history.  She has been trained in many holistic health modalities. She believes in proactively healing one’s life in order to shed fears & disease states of being. Ten Nebula offers her healing work in the form of blogs, videos, and talks at this time. It is a goal of hers to write books on health and open a healing clinic in California.

Social Activist
Ten Nebula is a social activist who believes that in order for humanity to progress we must be FULLY aware of the issues we hold. She presents her activism in form of blogs, videos, and talks. Her major focuses are women’s issues, animal rights, and gay/transgender rights. Ten Nebula also donates to U.S. non-profits, nationwide, on the monthly & annual basis.

Environmentalist / Witch
Ten Nebula is an environmentalist. She donates to U.S. green non-profits every year. She participates in Earth day clean-ups. She strongly believes in the power of recycling and composting. She educates the public about ways to help the environment through her blogs, videos, and talks. Ten Nebula is also a white witch who honors and worships The Goddess, Nature, Gaia (the earth mother) and serves The Light / Divine Will.

Political Activist
Ten Nebula believes in the equality for all. She advocates for people to exercise their right to vote and be properly educated about the American systems (i.e. police, federal courts, making of laws, etc).  She also works towards rallying the U.S. government to make more U.S. companies/entities transparent and honest so the American people can BETTER relate to them. Ten Nebula has sued Facebook and 8 other U.S. companies over issues of racism, sexism, cyberstalking, and cyberbullying.

Karma Yoga
Ten Nebula believes in karma yoga, donating, giving back, and volunteering as a way to find your purpose and to be of serve to the whole. She donates on the monthly and annual basis. She had volunteered at Earth day clean-ups, vegetarian festivals, holistic health centers and green festivals. She also gives back by offering to the public free blogs, free educational videos for years that are now recently monetized, and useful talks. She also gives back through her daily spiritual practice.

Artist
Ten Nebula is an artist who has been singing since she was in middle school, dancing since she was a child, modeling since she was a teenager, and discovered her love for acting as a young adult. She attended high school for art and attended City College of New York in Harlem for art history. She also donates to art-based institution (like The Studio Museum of Harlem, Five Myles Gallery, etc.) on the annual basis. She has volunteered at art-based events like New York Cares Day & Celebrate Brooklyn Art Festival.

Ten Nebula is currently working on preparing her life for her next level as an artist in Hollywood where she will focus on writing, films, documentaries and her performing arts.


Learn more about Ten Nebula: https://www.Tennebula.weebly.com


Thanks for visiting and supporting my work!!!!!

In love, light, and strength,
Ten Nebula (Tanya "The Juggernaut" Thomas)  
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Friday, July 8, 2016

Our intention:



                         


This site is created to:



- honor the memory of Stan Andre Grier
- share his work and practice
- share the positive effects he had on so many people
- inspire others to follow their bliss
- inspire others to consciously walk on their spiritual path
- share helpful resources and tools for spiritual growth



(Photo credit: Village Zendo)

Our Focus





On this site, we would like to focus on his:

- life
- education
- work
- spiritual practice
- philosophies
- testimonials
- resources



(Photo credit: Buddhist Council / Empty Square)

His Life: Childhood

Stan Andre Grier was born in Atlanta, Georgia on December 17, 1957. He was raised by his parents Ed (sr) and Marry Grier and grandmother Ida. He was the youngest of his siblings - Ed, Kay, & Eatrice. He had two sisters and an older brother.

His Life: Travels

Stan had a passion for traveling. 

He lived for long periods of time in New York City and in Atlanta, Georgia.

During his time here, he traveled to Europe (Paris, Italy), Middle East (Israel), Asia (Japan), and the Caribbean (Guatemala, Costa Rica). 

He also traveled immensely extensively with Samuel Jakob Kirshner.

His Education: Schools & Colleges

Booker T. Washington High School, Atlanta GA

Morehouse College, Atlanta GA

Yale University, New Haven, CT

His Education: Languages

Stan had an ear for languages and spoke multiple languages fluently. He spoke:

English
French
Spanish
Japanese
Chinese

Sunday, July 3, 2016

His Education: Performing Arts

 
Stan had a career in dance. He danced with the Alvin Ailey dance theater. He greatly enjoyed the arts. He took great care of his body. He always carried himself in a refined and elegant manner. 

His work: With Samuel Jacob Kirshner


Stan and Samuel met in 2000. They worked together for seven years. They led wellness workshops & retreats in Guatemala, Istanbul & Jerusalem (& Costa Rica), organized weekly group meditations in their home together, and both worked at The NY Open Center. 

They had different teaching styles. Samuel worked more with the emotions and had a psycho spiritual gentle approach to his work.  Stan believed in a more rigid and disciplined approach in his teachings, like in chanting & Zen Buddhism. 

They both had a strong meditation practice and were dedicated to improving the lives of others.   










Samuel Kirschner - 

www.thebreaze.com/

His work: Village Zendo


He participated in annual events at Village Zendo in New York City. At these events, he taught yoga, mediation, and qi gong.




The Village Zendo is a Zen community in the heart of downtown New York City. Serving as a sanctuary in busy Manhattan, it offers meditation, services, retreats, workshops and study groups.


Village Zendo - 
https://villagezendo.org

His work: The Lineage Project


Stan enjoyed working with children. He also enjoyed working with people who were incarcerated. Working at The Lineage project, he was able to effect many lives. He made connections with youth and also volunteers who were seeking mentorship. His nonjudgmental attitude towards people made him an easy teacher to relate to. 





The Lineage Project is an organization that utilizes yoga and meditation techniques with disenfranchised youth in New York City to help break the cycle of poverty, violence and incarceration through empowerment and mindfulness.




The Lineage Project -

https://www.lineageproject.org

His work: NY Open Center


Stan was a staff person at The New York Open Center for about 10 years. He worked primarily in the event coordination department. He offered guidance to numerous volunteers who made their way through The NY Open Center looking for their true calling. Stan was a mentor to so many people there. 





The New York Open Center offers holistically-based educational programs to create positive transformation in individuals and the world.


NY Open Center - 
https://www.opencenter.org/

His work: Manhattan Plaza

Manhattan Plaza is a complex that offers apartments and a gym space to artists in midtown Manhattan. 

Stan offered a Qi-Yoga class there for several years and had a big following.

His Practice: Thich Nhat Hanh

Stan was inspired by Thich Nhat Hanh. He considered him a mentor. He enjoyed his work, books, and allowed him to influence his work. 






Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh is a global spiritual leader, poet and peace activist, revered around the world for his powerful teachings and bestselling writings on mindfulness and peace. He is the man Martin Luther King called “An Apostle of peace and nonviolence.” His key teaching is that, through mindfulness, we can learn to live happily in the present moment—the only way to truly develop peace, both in one’s self and in the world. 


Thích Nhất Hạnh -

http://plumvillage.org/


His Practice: Zen Buddhism

Stan had an attraction to Zen Buddhism. He liked its call for self-discipline. He used this practice in his own work and at his weekly group meditations co-created with Samuel Jakob Kirschner. Stan was also a friend and colleague of angel Kyodo williams who is a well-established Zen Buddhist teacher. He had great respect for her path and contributions to the global community. 






Center for Transformative Change 

www.transformativechange.org

His Practice: Qi Gong

Stan had a fascination with Chinese culture, philosophy, medicine, and healing. He also spoke Chinese fluently. He taught Qi Gong at numerous events, classes, and trainings. He utilized yoga and Qi gong together to create " Qi  Yoga". 









Qigong is an ancient Chinese health care system that integrates 

physical postures, breathing techniques and focused intention. The

word Qigong (Chi Kung) is made up of two Chinese words. Qi is 

pronounced chee and is usually translated to mean the life force or

vital-energy that flows through all things in the universe.


 


National Qigong Association

http://nqa.org/

His Practice: Yoga

Stan studied and was trained in yoga. He had a strong connection to Ashtunga Yoga. He continuously took various styles of yoga trainings to stay informed and well rounded in his yoga practice. He studied yoga for 20 years. 







Ashtanga yoga is a system of yoga transmitted to the modern world by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois (1915-2009). This method of yoga involves synchronizing the breath with a progressive series of postures—a process producing intense internal heat and a profuse, purifying sweat that detoxifies muscles and organs. The result is improved circulation, a light and strong body, and a calm mind.












Ashtanga yoga -

http://www.ashtanga.com/

His Practice: Soka Gakkai International (SGI )

Stan had a strong chanting practice. His work with SGI allowed him to travel to Japan and teach the practice. He was involved with SGI for 20 years. He kept a lovely altar in his home with his personal Gohonzon.









The Soka Gakkai International (SGI) is a lay Buddhist organization upholding the tradition that originated with Shakyamuni (Gautama Buddha) and developed as it was inherited by India’s Nagarjuna and Vasubandhu, China’s T’ien-t’ai and Miao-lo and Japan’s Dengyo and Nichiren.


The specific Buddhist tradition embraced by the SGI is based on the Mahayana scriptures and the Lotus Sutra in particular. The SGI is engaged in faith practices and activities in society that correspond with the compassionate spirit of the Lotus Sutra in the contemporary world.





Soka Gakkai International (SGI) -

www.sgi.org/

His Practice: Mindfulness Meditation

Later on in life, Stan was drawn to Mindfulness Mediation. He enjoyed the work of Gina Sharpe.





After retiring from the practice of law, Gina Sharpe co-founded New York Insight Meditation Center. She currently serves as the Guiding Teacher. Trained as a retreat teacher in a joint Teacher Training Program of Spirit Rock Meditation Center and Insight Meditation Society, she teaches at various venues around the United States.


Gina Sharpe -
http://www.ginasharpe.org/
https://www.nyimc.org/teachers/gina-sharpe/