Meditating with the Redwoods: Our Animal Awareness - A Daylong Retreat Outdoors

OUR LAST ONE OF 2017!!
Meditating with the Redwoods: Our Animal Awareness
A Daylong Retreat Outdoors

Ben Lomond - ~ Directions sent to registered participants.
Teachers: Carla Brennan

EMAIL REGISTRATION REQUIRED: Email Betsy Blessing at: [email protected]. Please put “MWR Oct” in subject line.

CARPOOLING IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
Parking is limited. Please carpool and reduce your impact on environment.

CARLA BRENNAN is an Insight Meditation teacher in Santa Cruz, CA. She is the Guiding Teacher with Bloom of the Present Insight Meditation and teaches at other Insight Meditation centers around the Bay Area. As part of her regular teaching Carla offers meditation outdoors and encourages her students to practice in nature.

The Buddha repeatedly instructed his followers to go to the forest to meditate. Come practice among old trees and new growth, allowing the stillness of the forest to deepen our meditation. When we are receptive, the natural world can teach us directly about awareness, embodiment, interconnectedness, compassion and can reveal to us our own True Nature.

In addition, spending frequent quiet time in the forest has been shown to offer many physical and emotional benefits: better sleep, lower blood pressure, reduced stress, improved mood, and a boosted immune system.

We will meet outdoors in a lovely natural amphitheater surrounded by redwoods in the Santa Cruz Mountains of Ben Lomond, CA. The day will be mostly in silence, practicing both sitting and moving mindfulness meditations. For both experienced and beginning meditators.

This retreat is offered on a donation basis. No fee is charged. We have a suggested sliding scale donation $70-175. More or less is gratefully accepted. Lack of funds should not be a deterrent to attending. Non-monetary donations are also accepted. BOTP is a 501 (c) (3) organization, donations are tax-deductible.