A Week-Long Intensive to Bring Embodied Awareness into Every Aspect of Our Life
Join Tami Simon for this week-long retreat designed for people who have experience with Dharma Ocean's somatic practices. When we gather together as practitioners who already have a level of familiarity with somatic meditation, there is an immediate invitation for us to drop into a deeper space of embodied awareness, supported by each other and the practices.
In this week-long retreat, we will focus on being in the body while on the cushion and also while in motion – while walking, at meal times, during rota periods, and when in dialogue with each other. Tami will also introduce us to a series of standing meditations from the qigong tradition that allow us to work with opening the central channel while standing (in addition to exploring the openness of the central channel in the seated posture). The goal is to train ourselves to be connected to our embodied awareness in every moment of our life.
We will also explore how to bring the Meditating with the Body techniques and insights into the sitting practice of "Pure Awareness", refining our "posture as practice" such that we discover stability, relaxation, and openness on the cushion. We will work in-depth with the practices of whole-body breathing, yin breathing, and earth breathing in the seated position, as well as several different techniques to open and expand the central channel, enabling us to explore sitting meditation as an invitation to rest in the natural state.
Location
Blazing Mountain Retreat Center
Crestone, CO
About the teacher
Tami Simon is the Founder and Publisher of Sounds True, an independent multi-media company dedicated to disseminating spiritual wisdom. Tami began studying with Reggie Ray in 2001 and began teaching "Meditating with the Body" introductory workshops in 2007. Her areas of special interest include authentic leadership and applying spiritual principles to organizational life. Tami lives in Boulder, Colorado with her partner Julie Kramer.
Video: Three Aspects of Posture with Tami Simon
This video was recorded on April 18, 2015 at Taking Your Seat, a weekend program in Boulder, CO. In the talk, Tami discusses describes the outer, inner and inner-most aspects of meditation posture.
Registration
Registration for this program is now closed. To learn more about other upcoming Dharma Ocean programs, visit our program calendar.
Scholarship and Work-Study
There will be scholarship and work-study available for this program. If you are interested in this option please register for the program and fill out an application by May 24th, 2015. Click here for more information, and to find the online financial aid application. You are welcome to apply at any time. Applications will be reviewed shortly after the scholarship deadline.
Transportation
Dharma Ocean will offer a private shuttle service directly from Denver International Airport to Blazing Mountain Retreat Center for this program. There are limited seats available for this service, therefore we suggest that you choose this option at registration if you need this service and would like to guarantee a seat. We have endeavored to keep the fee associated with this chartered shuttle as low as possible and competitive with other public transportation options. The cost of the shuttle is $140 round trip.
If you do plan to use the shuttle service make sure your inbound flight allows for enough time to board the charter bus by 12:45 pm. We recommend that your flight arrives before 11:30 am.
For the return trip, the charter bus will leave BMRC at 11:45 am and arrive at the Denver airport at 4:15 pm. Please plan your outbound flight accordingly. We recommend a flight that departs after 6:30 pm if you fly out that same day.
*Note: We will not be offering a local shuttle between Moffat and Blazing Mountain Retreat Center.
Retreat Details
Please plan to arrive between 3:00 and 6:00 p.m. on Sunday July 5th. The program will end by 11:00AM on Saturday July 11th.
If you are staff or work-study for this program, you may need to arrive a day early and depart a day late. Please contact Scott Exline (registrar@dharmaocean.org) if you have questions.
Please visit our Program FAQ page for other important information about being on retreat at Blazing Mountain. For any further questions please email us at amwtb15@dharmaocean.org.
Program Staffing Opportunities
If you feel inspired and called to deepen your training by serving in a staff role, please visit Service and Volunteering Opportunities and fill out the staff request form. Preference will be given to people who submit their offer by April 5th. We will respond to offers made by this date within a month’s time. If this date has passed and you are interested in a staffing role at this program, please fill out the request form and we will respond to these offers in an ongoing way as space permits.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL US AT 303-955-2574 or 1-877-DHARMA9