Upcoming External Events
Over the course of a year, our core teachers are invited to be guests at various retreat and Buddhist study centers around the country and beyond. The section below contains listings and links for retreats that Willa is offering through other venues outside of Natural Dharma Fellowship. Scroll through the gallery below to see upcoming events and click through for more information & registration.
PLEASE NOTE:
These retreats are held outside of Natural Dharma Fellowship and will not show up on our regular schedule.
Please contact the individual venues for information and registration.
Tech Tip: See more events using the green arrows below.
The Wakeful Body
Somatic mindfulness is informed by one very simple observation: the mind is distracted but the body is not. The body is not thinking or ruminating. It is just feeling and being present, aware, and vibrant. (2021)
The Arts of Contemplative Care
Powerful and life-affirming, this watershed volume brings together the voices of pioneers in the field of contemplative care--from hospice and hospitals to colleges, prisons, and the military. (2012)
Everyday Dharma
In The Everyday Dharma, Willa Blythe Baker, an authorized Lama in the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition, reworks ancient Buddhist techniques and adapts them for western readers seeking personal transformation. (2009)
Essence of Ambrosia
Essence of Ambrosia: a guide to Buddhist meditation, composed by prolific Tibetan scholar and practitioner Jonangpa Tāranātha ("Liberating Protector of Jonang,"). Translated by Willa Blythe Baker. (2009)
Articles & Interviews
Embodiment– While the way we live as humans has—for many of us—become less embodied, there is much the body can teach the mind.
Podcasts & Video
- Somatic Primer Podcast with Bryson Newell – The Wakeful Body, Somatic Mindfulness
- Think Act Be Podcast – Easing into the Natural Wakefulness of the Physical Body
- Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris
- Mind and Life with Wendy Hasenkamp PhD
- Noble Mind with Katerine King PsyD
- Spirit Matters Talk with Philip Goldberg and Dennis Raimondi
- Middle Way Initiative with Elizabeth Mattis Namgyal – Lama Willa Part I – Deep Dive with Lama Willa
- Middle Way Initiative with Elizabeth Mattis Namgyal – Lama Willa Part II – A Students Sacred Outlook
- Sit, Breathe, Bow – The Body is the Divine Door to Wakefulness
- Abuse by Buddhist Teachers: Understanding it, Surviving It (Part One) – Lama Willa and Damcho explore ways to address situations of abuse in Buddhist communities
- Experiencias dolorosas que construyen sabiduría (Part One with Spanish subtitles)
- Survivor’s Psychology: Abuse by Buddhist Teachers (Part Two) – Lama Willa and Damcho continue their dialogue about naming, addressing and preventing abuse in Buddhist communities
- Ver el sufrimiento para despertar – Entrevista (Part Two with Spanish subtitles)
- MIT News: Buddhist Lecture Series – Lama Willa Baker challenges MIT audience to look beyond technology to solve the climate crises
- Sangha Live Sunday Sangha Teaching – Rewilding: Dharma as a Journey Home to Wildness, Wonder and Ancestral Ground
- Council for the Uncertain Human Future (CUHF)
- Yab Yum Symbolism, Heteronormativity, and Translating Sexual Yoga – Lama Willa Baker participates in a panel during the fall 2022 Lotsawa Translation and Transmission Conference
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