“The practice of meditation is awakening from the sleep of unawareness into the wakefulness of awareness.” — Willa Blythe Baker When you develop a meditation practice, you are being kind to …
2022-12 Awakening from the Sleep of Unawareness: A Retreat for Beginners Read More »
This retreat is designed for both family and professional caregivers, especially of elders. We will focus on the care we provide, the elders we love and the broader issues of …
2022-11 The Alchemy of Aging: Contemplative Caregiver Retreat Read More »
In the last Dzogchen Retreat of 2022, we will be wrapping up the Trekchod section of the Natural Freedom path, by deepening into the practice of radical presence within the …
2022-11 The Great Vastness: The Essence of Dzogchen Read More »
Are you curious about meditation? Do you sometimes find your own mind a challenging place to be? Would you like to know how to abide peacefully in the center of …
2022-10 Why Would Anyone Watch the Mind? An Introduction to Meditation Read More »
“Mountain colors, valley echoes,” the thirteenth-century Japanese Zen teacher Dōgen writes, are the “voice and body of my beloved Śākyamuni.” From its very beginning, when the Buddha was protected by …
2022-10 Mountain Colors, Valley Echoes: Engaging the Environment as Buddhist Practice Read More »
From the Buddha to the Dzogchen yogis of Tibet, ancient masters have long relied on the power of the natural world to nurture peace and awaken insight. Following their example, …
We are living through an apocalypse struggling to learn lessons through a pervasive pandemic, economic instability, political unrest, climate change, and various forms of systematic violence. As a result, both …
Awakening includes both the body and mind. Join us as we explore the body’s natural intelligence to relax habitual (and often stressful or painful) patterns into greater ease and freedom, …
2022-08 Relaxed and Awake: The Feldenkrais Method and Meditation Read More »
Join the community of Natural Dharma Fellowship to access our innate wisdom, deepen in our oneness with the natural world, nurture community and lean together into what might be possible. …
2022-07 Green Dharma: Finding Presence in an Earth-Based Lineage Read More »
In this hybrid meditation retreat, we will engage with Buddhist practices of love and compassion as a means by which to open the heart and access our deepest nature. As …
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