The Buddha taught that the entirety of the teachings can be discovered through our bodies. We’ve all experienced a moment when the chattering of our mind has stopped and we’ve felt more deeply connected to ourselves and the moment. It’s a true exhale. We see, hear, taste, touch and feel the world with greater richness and clarity. Life becomes saturated with aliveness. We’re nourished in our reception. Our relationship to wonder, connection, food, sex and simply ‘being’ all benefit.
We can access more of this embodied presence more of the time with practice.
On Saturday, May 20th, join Senior Teacher Justine Dawson and the InsightLA sangha for a day of awakening the senses. Spend the day, inside and outside on the beautiful Benedict Canyon land, moving through varied forms of meditation to explore mindfulness of touch, sound, sight, taste and smell. Tap into the direct experience of your body, and awaken your innate vitality, awareness and insight.
An Embodied Experience
Expect to move through varied forms of individual and partnered meditations, including silent meditation practice, mindful movement, mindfulness of eating and mindfulness of sound. We will use the direct experience of our bodies to awaken awareness, embodiment and insight.
Who is this day long retreat for?
Everyone is welcome, including beginners. Mindfulness, meditation and inquiry practices are suitable for all levels.
This day-long retreat is for anyone who is ready to soften their attachment to story, expand their mindfulness and learn to be more present with this world, just as it is.
Everyone is welcome, including beginners. Mindfulness, meditation and inquiry practices are suitable for all levels.
Where is this retreat located?
This event will take place in-person at the Benedict Canyon Retreat House and live online (the program will not be recorded). Find directions, information on what to bring and more on this link.
About Justine Dawson
Justine Dawson is a teacher and guide of mindfulness, intimacy and awakening. A 25-year practitioner of Insight Meditation, she completed training as a mindfulness teacher under Jack Kornfield in 2012.
Both practical and provocative, Justine is a translator between worlds, bridging the rational and instinctual, theoretical and visceral, spiritual and mundane. Learn more about Justine here.
“Justine has a very gentle, attentive manner; it comes from a clear space, from someone who knows and understands, someone who is doing the work, who walks the walk and talks the talk daily.”
-Cecile, Artist, U.K.
“Justine is a loving, compassionate, clear, insightful and generous guide who holds a joyful, allowing, easygoing, loving, and fun space for growth. I highly recommend her.”
E. Erdem, U.K.
“I’ve appreciated her invitation to slow down, make space for what is present, and open to where life is dying to lead me – into vitality and wonderment.”
Erica Gibbert, Artist, USA
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Total Price: $85
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