Advances in contemplative neuroscience and evolutionary biology have validated many ancient observations about the nature of reality and consciousness that Buddhist schools have refined over the last 2500 years, resulting in what some see as a new paradigm of compassionate humanistic rationalism (or as New York Times op-ed columnist, David Brooks, would say, ’Neural Buddhism’). And this evolution couldn’t come at a more critical time.
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Many students of mindfulness find themselves waking up from the trance of personal anxiety or worry only to watch their newsfeed and wonder, “What in the heck is going on?!?” We need a grand philosophical lens to help us make sense of our experience in an ever-changing and complex world.
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Join Brian Shiers, MA, CMF, AMFT on Sunday 4/22 from 10am-4pm for Awake In a New World, a day-long semi-silent mindfulness retreat. Students will practice sitting and walking meditation, and review the fundamental tenets of secular Buddhist psychology that intersect with science. Details at lamaida.org
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I'm back online.
I'm back online and I'm absolutely hopeless. I've already managed to message the wrong people 🤦🏼♀️😂
How bloody awesome am I.
Happy to be able to contact my friends abroad again as I've missed you all and your beaming faces a lot. Like.... a lot, a lot.
Reunited with my witchy poo Mila and it's Japanese for dinner tonight
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On our way to a long weekend silent retreat and all we can think of is whether or not there will be enough food! Silence is golden but hunger is torture (for us, anyway). So, just in case.... We’ll take a burger with the lot, a side of fries and a buttery corn cob (by the way, this burger joint in Moss Vale is the bomb diddly. Drooly food and cool old school vibes).
Good morning Friday. What do you have in store for me today? What choices am I going to make? What decisions am I going to chose. What thoughts am I going to have? What feelings will I feel? What experiences are in store for me? Give me what you’ve got and I will be grateful for whatever.
Workshops, retreats & courses:-Revive, Energise and InVigorate, Mindful Parenting, Resilience in Times of Stress and Anxiety, Silent Retreats A day of silent nourishment for your mind and body, Happiness and Joy & Mindful Based Living Course. See link in bio for more information.
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Silent weekend coming up! Looking forward to guiding another retreat with @cecilia.duberg at @lokabrunn.se Photo by fantastic @rogerborgelid from long time ago 😌
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Just finished a 3 day silent women’s meditation retreat @spirit_rock with nearly 100 women! Can you imagine that many women not being able to speak to one another?! 😂There is something really so special about being silent for a few days and not being connected to technology. What a beautiful experience with so many great insights. Feeling refreshed and renewed! Thank you @stefanotti and @ttreis3 for this incredibly thoughtful and meaningful birthday gift and to the teachers and staff for their service. ❤️💕 #vipassana#nocellphone#silentretreat#meditation
Doux souvenirs 💫
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Souvenirs de mes 3 semaines passées en silence dans la forêt entre la Thaïlande et Myanmar en 2010, a méditer assise, en marchant, en cuisinant ....
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C'était ma première vraie retraite (de plus de 2j), dans un monastère aussi chaleureux que minimaliste.
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Je me rappelle encore les stades émotionnels que j'ai traversé : la curiosité et l'excitation du début, l'ennui, la colère, la peur, l'espoir, la confiance puis l'amour universel.
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Je n'aurais jamais cru que faire face à mon mental, et l'observer, sans juger, serait si puissant.
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Depuis, je participe à deux retraites silencieuses par an. Chacune d'entre elle est différente, mais toujours aussi ressourçante.
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Douce nuit à vous 😘
The beautiful Lokananda Retreat Centre at Point Pass. I'll miss the gardens, great food and my silent friends.
Thanks to Mal Huxter for leading us through this silent meditation retreat and Monique @synergyyogapilates for always smiling, teaching us yoga and meditation despite having a difficult family situation in the background.
I am a bit of a retreat junkie, this being the 3rd retreat in the past 6 months (and many of the past 11 years since my first solo adventure to Broome). We all need to unplug and recharge, reflect and restore from time to time. From this retreat, I was surprised at how much inner peace I could tap into after 4 days of silence and meditation.
I look forward to coming back here one day🌲
Starting today, I'm off to a 10-day Vipassana silent meditation retreat. I'll be spending 10 days in noble silence, meditating for about 10 hours per day. No phone, no talking, no books, no music, no contact with the outside world whatsoever. 🤐 It'll be me, myself, and my mind for the next 10 days. My intention is to complete the course no matter how painful it may feel. Wish me luck and a lot of patience! See you on the other side! 🙂 (I'll try to share some bits on my Insta stories today until I have to hand in my phone)
#wellnesswednesday
Franschhoek in Autumn - that's what we're in for next weekend
on the Freedom Day Art of Silence . Plus restful silence and meditations, inspiring wisdom & delicious food. Can't wait! (We have 5 spots left if anyone's keen and looking for a wholesome way to spend the long weekend). https://buff.ly/2JVwDv1 #meditation#silentretreat#meditationretreat
When I Come To The Edge by Patrick Overturn ~ a poem that touched Maggie during her silent retreat.
“I will find something to stand on or I will be taught to fly”
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Wednesday with Maggie @maggielin_wellness :
10:00am Aloha Flow
12:30pm Yin Yang (with Dorothy @dollyluk)
6:45pm Yin Yang
8:00pm Gentle Flow
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BOOK @mindbodyonline @guavapasshongkong @kfit_asia
The fleeting nature of experience. The deluded but trainable mind. The fluid nature of the Self. The interconnectedness of all things. The power of compassion…
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Advances in contemplative neuroscience and evolutionary biology have validated many ancient observations about the nature of reality and consciousness that Buddhist schools have refined over the last 2500 years, resulting in what some see as a new paradigm of compassionate humanistic rationalism (or as New York Times op-ed columnist, David Brooks, would say, ’Neural Buddhism’). And this evolution couldn’t come at a more critical time.
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Join Brian Shiers, MA, CMF, AMFT for a semi-silent retreat Awake In a New World this Sunday 4/22 from 10am-4pm.
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Practice sitting and walking meditation. Review Foundational Buddhist frameworks, such as the Four Noble Truths (or, Why things are the way they are and what to do about it), the Three Marks of Existence (or, The seeds of human drama), the Three Poisons (or, The trouble with being a biological organism), and the real nature of Karma (or, Reactive patterns and how to dissolve them). Sign up at lamaida.org
The Labyrinth: "The labyrinth is a walking meditation, a path of prayer and an archetypal blueprint where psyche meets Spirit. It has only one path that leads from the outer edge in a circuitous way to the center.There are no tricks to it and no dead ends. Unlike a maze where you lose your way, the labyrinth is a spiritual tool that can help you find your way." Our silent meditation retreat schedule went something like this:
6am Wake up, yoga practice (led), meditation (guided)
7:45-9am Breakfast
9-10:30am meditation lecture
11-12:30pm sit (30mins)/walk (30mins)/ sit (30mins) meditation
12:30-2:30pm lunch
2:30-4pm sit/walk/sit meditation
4:30-6pm sit/walk/sit meditation
7-8:30pm Dharma talk
8:30-9pm Guided meditation
I really enjoyed the walking meditations. We were blessed with beautiful summer weather (in Autumn) and walking the labyrinth was a wonderful way to contemplate whatever questions you wished to bring to it.
Let me know if there is a public labyrinth in Adelaide 🙏
Als kleine Kinder drücken wir alle unsere Gefühle unmittelbar aus. Zwischen Wut, Weinen und wieder Lachen liegen oft nur Sekunden.
Im Laufe der nächsten Jahre lernen wir aus unserem Umfeld die ersten „Regeln” zum Beherrschen unserer Gefühle.
In der Pubertät bombadieren uns so viele neue Gefühle, dass Kopf und Körper völlig verrückt spielen.
Das zum ersten Mal gebrochene Herz wird mit einem dünnen Schutzpanzer umhüllt. Mit jeder beendeten Beziehung oder enttäuschten Freundschaft wird er ein bisschen dicker.
In Ausbildung und Job lernen wir, dass Gefühle dort meist keinen Platz haben. So wie wir uns den Anzug, das Kostüm oder zumindest die Jeans ohne Löcher für unseren Arbeitsalltag anziehen, ziehen wir uns auch die Rüstung gegen Gefühle an. Damit nicht zu viel von außen rein kommt, das uns verletzt. Und auf keinen Fall etwas von innen nach außen dringt, was uns zu karrieregefährdenden Aussagen oder Aktionen hinreißen könnte.
Im Laufe der Jahre vergessen wir vielleicht immer häufiger, die Rüstung auszuziehen, wenn wir nach Hause zu Familie und Freunden kommen.
Nach mehr oder weniger vielen Jahren hat diese Rüstung uns entweder das Fühlen komplett abgewöhnt oder sie explodiert, weil sich über Jahre so viele Gefühle unter ihr angesammelt haben.
Meist muss erst ein, im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes, einschneidendes Erlebnis diese Rüstung zerteilen. Dann gilt es, Tag für Tag und Jahr für Jahr das Fühlen wieder zu erlernen. Schicht für Schicht den Schutzpanzer abzutragen.
Wir bewegen uns rückwarts in unserer Gefühlszeitrechnung. Lange Vergrabenes kommt zu Tage. Und an manchmal entsteht ein solches Chaos, dass man meinen könnte, wir wären in der zweiten Pubertät. Das Durcheinander mit all seinen Facetten zuzulassen, ist mit 40 nicht leichter als mit 14.
Aber vermutlich der einzige Weg zu innerem Frieden. Und äußerem Frieden.
Ich übe mich im Zulassen.
Übe du dich im Zulassen.
Damit kommende Generationen vielleicht irgendwann keine Rüstung mehr brauchen.
“Heart opening reveals wisdom. Wisdom is mercy. It’s impossible to be merciful to anyone else if your heart is closed to yourself.” Gangaji
Photo taken exactly one year ago by 📷 @amsaiz13 in our beloved Encinitas, CA... remembering the importance to remain fully open to life, even in times of turbulence; for it is in openness that there is forgiveness, acceptance, bliss...Sending love to all and wishes for a peaceful and blissful lifetime 💙💙💙 #heartwideopen
I had the opportunity to spend 4 days in silence last week, on a meditation retreat (thanks to Mal Huxter for his teachings and Monique @synergyyogapilates for hosting). We were really in the "middle of nowhere" in a very small town called Point Pass. In silence, you discover an appreciation for nature and history, and there was a lot of history in this little town of 26 houses. Originally settled by Germans with their "100 acre" allotments who brought their farming and wine making skills to the Clare Valley region.
Certainly a beautiful and peaceful place to contemplate life
Our final 'Silent Stillness Retreat' for the season here in the jungle has come to an end. But sweet silent stillness is always on offer at Khaama Kethna and the serenity of the jungle is the perfect place to escape the world and truly unwind. We are open all year and offer great deals for during monsoon. We will look forward to helping more people find their sweet silent stillness next season.
#silentretreat#stillness#retreat#jungle#serenity#peace#naturelovers#eco#monsoon#goa#india
I'll be leaving to Delaware to my first 10 Day vipassana, which is a silent retreat. No distractions, just 10 days of silent meditation. No expectation I say but we will see. Sounds pretty hardcore for me but after the last ungrounded weeks I have had, I actually am looking forward to it. I will be going black soon but when I reemerge I'd like to share about my experience. See you on the other side! Lmao! #photography#streetphotography#lookingup#streetfind#streetart#nyc#nycstreets#anotherspiritualadventure#vipassana#silentretreat
Thank you Sr. Edith Ontiveros, OSU - Retreat Director
#3DGuided#SilentRetreat#SacredHeartNovitiate
12-14 April 2018
Luke 18:41-42,
Jesus asked the blind man, "WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO FOR YOU?" And the blind man replied, "LORD, LET ME SEE AGAIN." 🙏🙏🙏 Swipe for more 📷
The early bird offer ends tomorrow😆 Earth Day🌏Silent Retreat with me on Sun 22 April 2018💜 Includes:
- morning yin/yang practice.
- home made gluten free/vegan lunch.
- mindful walking and beach clean to care for our planet
- afternoon restorative practice including yoga nidra.
Jump onto our website for full details & bookings🙏
