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Meditation in Nature Immersion Course
With Mark Coleman
August,September,October 2007
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| Based on the new book Awake in the Wild, author and Meditation teacher Mark Coleman will be the principal teacher on this 3 month course. He will draw on this important new work that take us back into the natural world with a contemplative awareness allowing us to settle into a more profound harmony and deepening relationship to it. Mark ulitizes traditional and contemporary Buddhist meditation practices, as well as the power of silence and
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| March 18 - 25 |
Meditation and Kayaking retreat on the
Sea of Cortez, Baja, Mexico
This is a delightful location to practice meditation, connect deeply with the beautiful and powerful forces of nature through turquoise seas, vast skies and Baja desert islands. We will spend time meditating on beautiful beaches, under exquisite sunrise and sunset skies, doing mindful kayaking, nighttime paddling.
The retreat will be mostly in silence to support the meditative process, and there will be several periods of meditation daily as well as time for discussion, talks on the themes of meditation in nature, talking circles and opportunities for one to one work with the Mark Coleman. There will also be free time to swim, snorkel and enjoy this beautiful setting.
Cost: $1475
Contact: www.seatrekkayak.com
- Pics from 2005 Retreat
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| April 1 - 8 |
Meditation and Kayaking retreat on the
Sea of Cortez, Baja, Mexico
See March 18 - 25 above for description.
Cost: $1475
Contact: www.seatrekkayak.com
- Pics from 2005 Retreat
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| Meditation in Nature Daylong |
| Spirit Rock Meditation Center |
| Contact www.spiritrock.org |
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| July 20 - 28 |
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Kayaking and Meditation Retreat in Alaska
A mindfulness retreat in pristine wilderness in Tebenkof Bay, Alaska.
Nowhere is the power of contemplative silence more profound, the combination of solitude and community more nourishing, than in the primal context of wilderness. Set within the Tebenkof Bay Wilderness Area in Southeast Alaska's Tongass National Forest, these journeys take wilderness experience to a deeper level by including the equally wild and powerful resources of "contemplative mind."
Our daily meditations will make use of traditional Buddhist meditation practices, and complimentary techniques that help deepen our relationship to ourselves, the earth, and awaken our receptivity to nature as the definitive teacher. Every activity, from silent meditation to eating to paddling to sharing stories around the campfire, is approached as an opportunity to deepen awareness. As we experience ourselves as part of the broader web of life, our lives gain new meaning and we can renew the sense of enchantment and connection with life. This is a rare opportunity to sit in community, in silence, in a pristine natural setting.
This trip is open to anyone who is in good basic physical condition, and has sat at least one formal meditation retreat. Participants must be comfortable with two - three hours of sitting meditation daily. The basic daily schedule will include sitting and walking meditation, Gi gong movement meditation and periods of silent kayaking. This trip will emphasize silence, but there will be daily dharma dialogue, periodic opportunities for personal interviews with the teachers, and evening group conversations around the campfire.
Contact: insidepa@whidbey.com
- Pics from 2005 Retreat
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| July/August - exact dates TBA |
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Backpacking and Meditation retreat in the High Sierra
This is a spectacular retreat high in the mountains of the Sierra mountains We spend the day meditating and walking through beautiful country at 9-11,000 feet. We camp by mountain streams, pristine clear lakes, and beside old growth trees It is an exquisite place to meditate, to have profound connection with the wonders of the natural world and to learn from nature as the ultimate teacher. A reasonable level of fitness is required as we will be walking and camping at high altitude.
Contact: info@awakeinthewild.com
- Pics from 2005 Retreat
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| November 11 - 16 |
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| Meditation and Enneagram Retreat |
| With Anna Douglas |
| Spirit Rock Meditation Center |
| Contact www.spiritrock.org |
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Whenever you bring your attention to anything natural, anything that has come into existence without human intervention, you step out of the prison of conceptualized thinking and, to some extent, participate in the state of connectedness with 'Being' in which everything natural still exists. To bring your attention to a stone, a tree or an animal does not mean to think about it, but simply to perceive it, to hold it in your awareness. Something of its essence then transmits itself to you. You can sense how still it is, and in doing so the same stillness arises within you.
- Eckhart Tolle
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