Expanding Our Heart capacity through The Five Invitations
With Tracy Lease & Miyu Tamamura
Mountain Stream Meditation Center
710 Zion St. Nevada City, CA
January 14, 1-4 PM
*Pre-registration is required. Please register first before sending dana. Thank you!
20 person limit
No one turned away for lack of funds.
Suggested donation (dana): $75 – $115
(Dana is greatly appreciated and shared equally amongst MS, Tracy and Miyu).
By Check mail to:
Mountain Stream Meditation Center
Attn: R&A 1/14/24
PO Box 2510, Nevada City, CA 95959
When we bring our whole self forward, we include our brokenness. We make room for the blemishes as well as purity, strength as well as vulnerability, success as well as screwups. Judgment focuses on what’s wrong; it feeds an “either/or” mentality. Embracing wholeness is a loving act of reclamation, a “both/and” way of meeting life.” Frank Ostaseski
We invite you to bring your whole-self to this retreat and, in doing so, to expand your heart’s capacity. Together we will greet the New Year, drop into our hearts, align with our intentions, and invite the gifts of the New Year to emerge from the inside and out.
This retreat was inspired by Frank Ostaseski’s book, “The Five Invitations: Discovering what death can teach us about living fully.” The cofounder of the Zen Hospice Project in San Francisco, Frank has paused on the precipice of death with more than a thousand people. From these experiences he learned what many, in those vulnerable moments, valued most in life. From these experiences Frank offers us five Zen-influenced invitations to help us live fully.
We will practice these “Five Invitations” in community, through the flow of Qigong and breath, various meditations, contemplations, and restorative yoga. These hours will be deeply supported by the therapeutic vibrations of crystal singing bowls and moments of silence.
No prerequisite is necessary to attend this retreat. You are welcome to read the book to deepen your experience. Or, perhaps the retreat will inspire you to read the book later. Regardless, everyone and all levels are welcome!
