Community

In this meditation and writing retreat we will ceremonially release 2019 by writing "letters never to be sent" asking for forgiveness of actions and inactions of ourselves and those of others. We will tangibly embrace 2020 by asking the universe to manifest our specific hopes, desires and dreams. A local field trip and a fun New Year's Eve dinner celebration is also included.

We invite you to become global change agents by participating in real-time district-scaled sustainable community planning and innovative design implementing global sustainability initiatives including Mexico’s own sustainable development policies and incentives. In this retreat we will immerse ourselves in local culture, movement and meditation, interactive placemaking, visualization, local cuisine and field trips. Carry away leadership skills in the empowerment of actualizing sustainable communities where you live.

In this program we will explore the links between ecology and dharma through a variety of readings, meditation, and contemplation exercises. We will also learn about our climate crisis, evaluate our personal carbon emissions and create our own compassionate climate action plans.

Our human emotions can be a spiral of confusion or a vehicle of awakening. This retreat engages practices drawn from Buddhist meditation which reveal the wisdom inherent within the direct experience of emotional energy. Meditation, contemplative movement, inquiry, and exploration of sense perceptions form the basis of this retreat.