Programs
Open House: Music and Mindful Listening – with Awareness!
With Joanna Rotte
Joanna Rotté holds a conversation with world-class musician Steve Gorn about making music and listening to music: how we may learn to listen mindfully, more like a musician listens; how music-playing has meditative elements and how learning to listen can deepen our meditation practice; and how music as a contemplative art form may rise to […]
Qigong 1 & 2 - Peaceful Body, Peaceful Mind
With Una Chung
Qigong 1 and 2 - Peaceful Body, Peaceful Mind When body is relaxed and peaceful, energy will flow. When mind is still, it will embrace qi and strengthen the body. In the Chinese arts of health and longevity, qigong simultaneously cultivates a peaceful body and a peaceful mind. Physical health and mental well-being are closely aligned. Begin your […]
Mindfulness in Action (Winter Retreat-Full Week)
With Arawana Hayashi and Gaylon Ferguson
This hybrid retreat is offered in person at Sky Lake, with a Zoom option available. It is open to experienced and beginning meditators. You are warmly invited to join our annual holiday meditation intensive, an opportunity to fully immerse oneself in five days of mindfulness-awareness practice. Mindfulness is the heart of the path of awakening. Being present with […]
Mindfulness in Action (Weekend Registration)
With Arawana Hayashi and Gaylon Ferguson
This hybrid retreat is offered in person at Sky Lake, with a Zoom option available. It is open to experienced and beginning meditators. You are warmly invited to join our annual holiday meditation intensive, an opportunity to fully immerse oneself in five days of mindfulness-awareness practice. Mindfulness is the heart of the path of awakening. Being present with […]
Mindfulness in Action (Zoom Option)
With Arawana Hayashi and Gaylon Ferguson
This hybrid retreat is offered in person at Sky Lake, with a Zoom option available. It is open to experienced and beginning meditators. You are warmly invited to join our annual holiday meditation intensive, an opportunity to fully immerse oneself in five days of mindfulness-awareness practice. Mindfulness is the heart of the path of awakening. Being present with […]
Qigong 1 and 2 - Peaceful Body, Peaceful Mind
With Una Chung
Qigong 1 and 2 - Peaceful Body, Peaceful Mind When body is relaxed and peaceful, energy will flow. When mind is still, it will embrace qi and strengthen the body. In the Chinese arts of health and longevity, qigong simultaneously cultivates a peaceful body and a peaceful mind. Physical health and mental well-being are closely aligned. Begin your […]
Qigong 3 - The Gourd and Cauldron: Chinese Medicine and Qigong
With Suzann Duquette
Qigong 3 – The Gourd and Cauldron: Chinese Medicine and Qigong Requirement: Qigong 1 and 2 Chinese Medicine and Qigong enjoy a long history of relationship, mutually influencing each other in their approach to health and longevity. The Gourd is the symbol of Chinese medicine, and the cauldron is the symbol of the Taoist arts […]
Qigong 4 - Iron and Silk: Strengthening the Body, Cleansing the Internal Organs
With David Stone
Qigong 4 – Iron and Silk: Strengthening the Body, Cleansing the Internal Organs Requirement: Qigong 3 Iron has the quality of hardness, but tempered by fire, will become soft and flexible, ready to form limitless shapes. Silk has the quality of softness, but when the fibers are woven together, they form the strongest bonds. Qigong […]
Qigong 5 - Limitless Qi, Limitless Consciousness
With David Stone
Qigong 5 – Limitless Qi, Limitless Consciousness Requirement: Qigong 4 Qigong 5 is an important landmark in your journey into the Taoist arts of health and longevity. At the end of this level, you will have completed the 6 Basics forms of qigong, the Nine Self Massage Techniques, the Twelve Devas, Hua Tu Animals, the […]
Alchemist, Warrior, Meditator
With Dr. Eva Wong
Alchemist, Warrior, Meditator Alchemists seek the path of health and longevity. Martial artists walk the path of the warrior. Meditators live a life of stillness and clarity. All three paths embrace simplicity, virtue, and impeccability in thought and action. For centuries, internal alchemy, martial arts, and meditation have been practiced by Taoists to enhance health, build discipline, and cultivate […]
Enjoy Being Yourself with Taoist Meditation
With Dr. Eva Wong
Enjoy Being Yourself with Taoist Meditation Have you ever wondered what happens when you are alone with yourself? Thoughts arise. Being alone with yourself is the best time to experience the totality of your inner world of thoughts and be at one with consciousness. There’s no better time to enjoy being yourself during meditation. Consciousness never ceases […]