Join us for one of our final retreats of the 2024 season.
Zen and Ecodharma Retreat (Sesshin)
With Kritee (Kanko) and Imtiaz Rangwala
October 8 - 13, 2024
This silent retreat is for participants who want to learn about Zen tradition and deepen their surrender to the “Enlightened Mind”. Our sangha takes a trauma informed approach to healing, awakening and changemaking. As a result, at our retreats, we combine practices from the ancient tradition of Rinzai Zen with our current understanding of what individuals need to face and release our trauma. Each day will include indoor zazen (seated meditation), outdoor meditation (by trees, bonfire or flowing water), kinhin (group walking meditation), deep abdominal chanting, opportunities to share our experience with other participants, a talk at the interface of…
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The Body of Stars: Exploring Embodiment, Earth & Purpose through Astrology
With Ramon Gabrieloff-Parish, Renee Sills and Michelle Gabrieloff-Parish
October 24 - 27, 2024
PUBLIC RETREAT- REGISTER NOW Exploring to Embodiment, Earth & Purpose through Astrology Astrology is a symbolic language that helps us attune with our intuition, open the gates of our imagination and live with a sense of inspiration, presence and purpose. As a model for complex systems thinking and mind-body coherence and integration that predates and underlies many forms of science and psychology, astrology goes far beyond the simplicity of “sun signs.” In this retreat, participants will explore astrology as a spiritual and contemplative method. We’ll engage with charts, signs and symbolism, to develop greater self and relational awareness; connect with…
Awakening the Heart of Love; Walking the Path of the Bodhisattva
With Heidi Bourne and Laurie Cousins
November 5 - 10, 2024
The path of the Bodhisattva asks us to dedicate ourselves to the well-being of all sentient beings - to show up as best as we can for ourselves, each other, and the natural world with a quality of no-matter-whatness. It's an impossible though necessary task. Drawing on the teachings of the Buddha, our retreat focuses on cultivating the capacity to skillfully navigate our everyday lives with a steady receptive mind and a courageous wise heart. Held in peaceful noble silence throughout the retreat, our practices include foundational and transformative guidance on lovingkindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity. Please join us as…
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