Hosen & Hunter's FIRST EVER Online Meditation Retreat!
Free with Your Enrollment: One year associate Membership at the Bodhi Manda Zen Center,
and a $100 tax deductible contribution in your name to the Bodhi 50 Year Vision Fund!
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August 10-14, 2020
For GBTQ Men Featuring Hosen and Hunter! 5 days / 17.5 hrs 10am -12 pm and 7-8:30 pm for only $300 |
2020 Healing Zen: An Online Meditation Retreat for Soulful Gay Men In this healing meditation retreat, we will access the deep wisdom of our bodies and discover a way of meditating that cultivates intimacy with our lives, opens our hearts, and makes us available to the goodness and love around us ... a five-day online meditation retreat with Hosen and Hunter that will change your practice forever! |
Please join us for Hosen and Hunter's FIRST EVER online meditation retreat!
Discover what Zen Master Dogen called, the Dharma Gate of Joyful Ease --
the practice of deeply embodied presence through meditation!
Zen is the discovery of a profound truth at the heart of your own being,
a wholeness that integrates and dissolves every aspect of your being in the simplest of practices --
relaxed, alert, supported sitting; conscious breathing;
quiet, easeful walking; and vibrating every cell of your being through chanting.
Zen unites everything inside you with everything outside you
in the most profound experience of sacred relationship
Zen is the ultimate manifestation of healing -- the union of the separate self with all that is.
Discover what Zen Master Dogen called, the Dharma Gate of Joyful Ease --
the practice of deeply embodied presence through meditation!
Zen is the discovery of a profound truth at the heart of your own being,
a wholeness that integrates and dissolves every aspect of your being in the simplest of practices --
relaxed, alert, supported sitting; conscious breathing;
quiet, easeful walking; and vibrating every cell of your being through chanting.
Zen unites everything inside you with everything outside you
in the most profound experience of sacred relationship
Zen is the ultimate manifestation of healing -- the union of the separate self with all that is.
For five days, we invite you to catch your breath, and remember what it feels like to relax, play, and enjoy the company of other soulful gay men. In this online, virtual healing meditation retreat, we will discover a way of meditating that cultivates true presence and intimacy with our lives, opens our hearts, and makes us available to the goodness and love around us. We will learn how to relax our hearts, minds, and bodies into joyful, loving presence. You will never think of love, your breath, your meditation, or your life, the same way again!
You will:
Discover a way of meditating that:
You will:
- unwind patters of stress and trauma in your body and mind
- cultivating loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity towards yourself and others
- cultivate true intimacy: a relaxed, responsive, and open heart
Discover a way of meditating that:
- works with your body instead of against it
- embraces your feelings and desires instead of shutting them down
- cultivates deep relaxation instead of rigidity
- helps you enjoy your life instead of escaping it
- deepens your relationships
- helps you surrender into the flow
Our playful and profound online meditation retreat will give you a foundation in chanting, sitting and walking meditation as practiced in the Zen Buddhist tradition, integrated with a wholehearted and embodied exploration of being fully human through powerful conscious breathing, movement practices, deep sensing exercises, and heartfelt sharing. Conscious breathing, the cornerstone of spiritual practices around the world, will show us how to relax habitual patterns in the mind and body, soften our rigid sense of self, perceive the subtle fields of living energy and interdependent relationship that we arise from, and touch the truth of our own awakened nature. We will also be drawing on some of the most beautiful Buddhist teachings from Dogen and other Buddhist practitioners throughout time in our exploration and practice of the four boundless attitudes in our everyday lives. Every day will consist of two hours of experiential learning and practice in the morning, one hour of practice and sharing, in the late afternoon, a rich packet of suggested readings, and viewing recommendations for movies, documentaries, and video programming.
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Our Daily Schedule!
This retreat is perfect for beginners and experienced meditators alike! No previous meditation experience necessary! |
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Hunter Flournoy is the owner and director of Spirit Journeys. A medicine worker, spiritual healer, heart-centered life coach, and trauma and addiction therapist, Hunter teaches skills for self-love, conscious breathing, and embodied spiritual practice to help people break free from shame, trauma, and addiction, and create joyful lives. He is the creator of Somatic Breath Coaching and a pioneer in the use of breathwork in trauma and addiction treatment, and his work integrates two decades as a licensed psychotherapist with twenty-five years of experience in the world's shamanic and mystical traditions, including the Buddhist, Sufi, Eastern Christian, Toltec, and Currandero traditions. Hunter offers individual sessions by phone and in person, retreats, ceremonies, and journeys around the world. To learn more about Hunter and his work, go to www.hunterflournoy.com.
Jiun Hosen Osho began her formal training with Zen Master Joshu Sasaki Roshi in 1979 and has been in residence at the Bodhi Manda Zen Center since 1980. She was ordained as a Zen nun in April, 1983. Hosen’s devotion to practice led her to become a Zen Priest or “Osho” formally recognized in a “Suijishiki” Ceremony at the Rinzai-ji Zen Center in Los Angeles, California on July 21, 1988. The following year Jiun Hosen was first appointed as Abbess to the Bodhi Manda Zen Center, and carried on her work as Abbess and Director. The Board of Trustees reaffirmed her position of Abbess and Director of the Bodhi on April 10th, 2015. With her warm, compassionate nature, child-like joy and impish sense of humor, Hosen has made lasting and vibrant relationships with the local communities of Jemez Springs and Jemez Pueblo. Jiun Hosen has established close relationship with Buddhist Centers locally and internationally, including Albuquerque, Santa Fe, California, New York, Canada, Puerto Rico, and Tunisia. Hosen is known for her gracious welcome to guests who come to the Bodhi from all over the world. Along with her primary focus of manifesting and teaching the practice of her own Buddhist tradition. She has opened the Bodhi to hosting retreats for sincere seekers, students and groups from many diverse paths, which has endeared her to the hearts of many. Her compassion, humanity, and dedication have been inspiring Spirit Journeyers for over twenty years. To learn more about the Bodhi Manda Zen Center, visit www.bmzc.org.
Our Webinar will meet from 10 am Eastern Time to 12 pm Eastern Time, and 7 pm to 8:30 pm Eastern Time, Monday August 10 through Friday August 14, 2020. We will be meeting by Zoom, a web-based teleconferencing app. Your zoom link will be sent in your registration confirmation email. Participants are strongly encouraged to join by video and audio, to create a sense of safety, support, and encouragement on the call, and joining by phone or watching recordings of the webinar are not available. Please be in a quiet environment with no background noise, and have good lighting. You will be muted when you enter the webinar, so you will need to unmute yourself when you wish to speak.Please feel free email us at info@spiritjourneys.com or call the Spirit Journeys voicemail box at (828) 475-258 if you have any further questions. We look forward to sharing this experience with you!