Sacred Land, Sacred Body – Stillness and Movement
With John Rockwell and Arawana Hayashi
May 4 - 8, 2022
The Hudson Valley is renowned for its beauty since the time the Lenape people lived here. Sky Lake Shambhala Meditation Center invites you to join John Rockwell and Arawana Hayashi for a springtime four-day retreat to celebrate the stillness and creative movement in nature, in our bodies, and in our minds.
Sitting meditation and teachings will be the central offering, enriched with movement practice, time in nature, and creative activities that explore stillness and movement in the four elements—earth, water, fire, and wind. We will join the space of meditation with writing, visual art-making, and social art-making—a way to bring sacredness into the everyday challenge of our life today.
All are invited; no prior experience is needed.
PLEASE NOTE: Because of concerns about the continued COVID situation, this in-person program is for individuals who are fully vaccinated, including a booster.
Leaders
John Rockwell has been on the path of dharma for 46 years. He met Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1975 and studied and practiced the Buddhist and Shambhala teachings for 12 years with him, and in particular worked with him on translating Tibetan texts into English. For ten years, he studied and taught at Naropa University in the Buddhist Studies department. For many years, he served as an acharya or senior teacher for Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche and also studied intensively with Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche. He has practiced Taoist qigong for 13 years with Eva Wong, who has authorized him to…
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Arawana’s career has been in dance, both in the theater and in communities, with a focus on cultivating individual presence and group awareness and creativity. She began to meditate and study with Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche in 1974, and has been teaching Shambhala Training and Dharma Art practices since 1980. She currently works with the Presencing Institute, creating with colleagues an art form called Social Presencing Theater, which brings the contemplative teachings of Shambhala art into the field of social change. She is the author of Social Presencing Theater: The Art of Making a True Move.
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