June 21-23, 2024 we will gather in person and online to practice embodiment, presence, embodied meditation. Both in person and online participants will receive video support to prepare for the retreat including the list below. We all will meet online 11-12:30 MT to practice together. Online participants are encouraged to create DIY retreat as much and as little as needed. Online cost: $150/included with August 10th Embodiment Gather as the Summer Embodiment Online, $200.
In person participants will meet online on Fri 11-12:30 with the online participants, then Sat and Sun 9 – 2, including a group lunch and a practice session outside in nature. Limited space for live participation. $300//included with August 10th Embodiment Gather as the Summer Embodiment Online, $350.
Online and in-person participants will receive the recordings from the online meetings.
Video Invitation here: https://youtube.com/shorts/sewRcynl0uU?feature=share
This first Crown of Awareness Retreat package was created in March 2019. I had a Heart of Awareness retreat scheduled at Esalen and it was the first retreat to be cancelled due to the pandemic. Instead, we pivoted and created my first online retreat. I had been teaching and doing groups online for about 5 years at that point, but this was the first time I tried to do an online retreat that was focussed primarily on meditation.
This package can be used to support any individual retreat and purchased below.
2023 Retreat Invitation Video
Do you need some time to regroup? Feel more deeply? Find a deeper truth? Join us June 30-July 2023 for an Embodiment Retreat. You will receive written, audio, and video support in advance. Meet 11-12:30 MT each day for embodiment practice, embodied meditation, sharing, questions, singing, and chanting. Register here!
DIY Embodiment Retreat
Begin by asking yourself:
How many days can I give myself to go in and deepen my awareness?
Look at your calendar. When can you schedule that time?
Be open to any period of time that feels right to you, even partial days.
Create a loose, but supportive schedule for yourself. You might consider including:
Movement time which could be guided by the Embodiment Practice videos
Meditation time which could be guided by the embodied meditation material
Contemplative time outside which could be supported by “The Four Ways” video below.
Videos, audio, and written material included:
- Retreat and Embodied Meditation, 27 minute video.
- 4 Videos Introducing Embodiment Practice, totaling 30 minutes.
- The Four Ways of Meditating: Sitting, Standing, Lying, and Walking, 13 minutes video giving postural and alignment instruction for each way of meditating.
- Guided Embodied Meditation, 9 minutes audio.
- Compassionate News Viewing, a two page hand-out.
- Excerpts from Heart Open, Body Awake: 4 Steps to Embodied Spirituality (2021, Shambhala Publications) when it was still a book in progress, 50 pages on Embodied Spirituality.
Buy video retreat here – Package $75
We’ve tried to make these materials affordable, however if this price is prohibitive for you, let us know.
Have a good retreat!
