2020-07 Practicing Natural Compassion
In this live, online meditation retreat, we engage with Buddhist practices of love and compassion as a means by which to open the heart. Through exploring both how to open …
In this live, online meditation retreat, we engage with Buddhist practices of love and compassion as a means by which to open the heart. Through exploring both how to open …
The Teachers Retreat is the annual occasion for the leadership of NDF’s spiritual programming to gather, learn, and connect. As meditation teachers and mentors, we honor the calling to share …
2023-04 Teachers Retreat (Spring) – In This Together Read More »
This daylong retreat combines accessible yet profound mindful meditation practices with sessions of Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement® lessons, the brilliant sensory-motor approach to gently and wisely re-educating the neuro-muscular system. Alternating …
2023-03 Relaxed and Awake: The Feldenkrais Method Read More »
A YEAR-LONG INQUIRY INTO BUDDHIST CARE AND COMMUNITY ACROSS DIFFERENCE How do we bring our whole selves to the work of personal and collective liberation? How can we respond skillfully …
2023-01 Dharma Dialogues – Confronting Race and Injustice Read More »
The 2023 Winter Trekchod retreat explores the visionary practices of Togal, especially the visions that emerge from sky yoga. This retreat includes a close study of the Yeshe Lama and …
2023-02 Natural Freedom Winter Retreat: Visions of Awareness Read More »
Just as the quiet beauty of snow-covered mountains hosts an indescribable peace, our awareness is home to a lucid wakefulness within that the practice of meditation helps to unleash. This …
2023-01 The Wonder of Awareness: NDF Annual Winter Retreat Read More »
Finding Your Heart of Devotion with Lama Liz Monson, Kathe McKenna and Ron Thomas This daylong retreat focuses on what is possible when we cultivate an authentic presence and connection …
2020-10 Ngondro 4 – Finding Your Heart of Devotion Read More »
Death is a topic that we often shy away from, and its realities are hidden in our cultural context. Yet the Buddha taught that contemplating death is a practice of …
While we might think of a mortal coil, great masters of the past have taught that the body is the temple, a profound source of yogic wisdom. As the Hevajra …
2021-04_Wakeful Body Module 2: The Art of Vajra Vinyasa Read More »
While we might think of a mortal coil, great masters of the past have taught that the body is the temple, a profound source of yogic wisdom. As the Hevajra …