Author: Lin Wang Gordon
2022 Yearlong Course: Embracing Climate Crisis as a Spiritual Path
“Action on behalf of life transforms. Because the relationship between self and the world is reciprocal, it is not a question of first getting enlightened or saved and then acting. As we work to heal the earth, the earth heals us.” – Robin Wall Kimmerer
Mon. 3/7/2022: People of Color Sangha at New York Insight
This sitting group provides instruction in insight meditation and fosters mutual support and understanding among the growing community of people of color who find nourishment and inspiration in the practice of meditation. First and third Mondays of the month | 7-9pm ET
7/21 – 7/30/2022: Ecodharma Training Retreat – with Johann Robbins, David Loy, and Cornelia Santschi
This is a ten-day experiential immersion into ecodharma, set at the beautiful Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center. Our sense of separation from nature is at the root of the ecological crises our civilization faces, and ecodharma is a path of deconstructing that separation, reuniting our inner nature with outer nature.
Sun. 11/28/2021: Thanksgiving Weekend Hike to Hook Mountain, Rockland Lake State Park (on the Long Path)
“In every walk in Nature, one receives far more than he seeks.” – John Muir, naturalist Enjoy a fall day in the peaceful beauty of the Hudson Valley with a guided, meditative hike to connect with nature and ourselves. This hike takes the scenic route along the Long Path—into the Rockland Lake State Park and up Hook Mountain. Enjoy expansive vistas only 1.5 hours outside of the city, and an extraordinary space designated by the New York Audubon Society as an Important Bird Area. Much of the hike will be observed in silence but we will integrate meditation practices throughout the day — allowing our senses to come alive and our sense of separateness fall away. Turning our attention inward allows us to become receptive to both of our outer and inner experiences. The dynamic outdoor conditions will be a perfect container for mindfulness practices. The hike will be approximately from 10am – 3pm. When: 9:45am-3pm, Sunday, November 28, 2021 Who: Lin Wang Gordon Where: Rockland Lake State Park, South Entrance on Route 9W and Lake Road, Valley …
Sun. 04/24/2022: Hike to Black Rock Forest Mineral Springs Trail
Enjoy the magnificent fall foliage in the peaceful beauty of the Hudson Valley with a guided, meditative hike to connect with nature and ourselves. This hike takes us to the Old Mineral Springs trail of the Black Rock Forest.
Mon. 10/18/2021: People of Color Sangha Sit at New York Insight
This sitting group provides instruction in insight meditation and fosters mutual support and understanding among the growing community of people of color who find nourishment and inspiration in the practice of meditation. First and third Mondays of the month | 7-9pm ET
Sat. 9/25/2021: Tending Grief in Nature – Jamaica Bay Wild Life Preserve
Grief, if not attended, could often hold us hostage to life’s uncertainty and losses. How do we open our heart and continue to let our life energy flow while facing and tending our grief intimately? How do we establish a sense of connection with our loved ones when their bodies are no longer here? We will spend this day outdoors to meditate, to free write, to experiment the elements, to share dreams…
Sun. 9/19/2021: BIPOC Embodied Refuge Sit
BIPOC Embodied Refuge, a sangha (community) for those who identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, facilitated by Lissa Edmond and Guests, meets on Sundays 10-11:30a ET online via zoom.
Sat. 9/11: Sacred Earth Sangha in Greenwood Cemetery (Brooklyn)
What does it mean to honor ancestors? Join us in July as we cultivate relationships with our personal genealogical ancestors as well as practice reflections and meditations that touch the truth of the whole of nature as “all my relations.”
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