Meditation and Embodiment: Inherent Presence and Peace

Discover the presence and peace inherent in you, right now! Through kindness and ease, we will utilize a variety of meditative and movement activities to help the new meditator access the present moment, and enable the experienced meditator to shed patterns of complication and discomfort. We will use contemplative practices from Tai Chi, chi gung, yoga, and embodiment. Sitting meditation will include postural support, embodied meditation, and breath release techniques. We will transition from indoors to outdoors, as well as sitting, standing, and moving, each of us finding a flow unique to us and feeling more connected to ourselves and the world. We have found that the peace and beauty of Drala Mountain Center acts to restore us quickly to a depth of well-being and openness that is our birthright.

Who is this retreat for? New meditators and experienced meditators who want to integrate their bodies and minds and find more physical ease in their meditation practice

What will participants get out of this retreat? Beginning meditators will get a good foundation in meditation that is accessible and body-friending. Experienced meditators will have an opportunity to find an embodied approach to meditating that is more physically comfortable and ultimately more wakeful.

Larry Welsh and Susan Aposhyan are married. We have two children and 4 grandchildren. We have both been teachers of meditation since the 1980’s. Larry has been teaching tai chi at Naropa University since 1985. He is an acupuncturist working with herbs and nutrition. Susan was founding director of the somatic psychotherapy program at Naropa University until 1999. She is a Body-Mind Centering teacher and created Body-Mind Psychotherapy (BMP). She has trained helping professionals internationally in BMP. Susan has published 3 books: most recently Heart Open, Body Awake: 4 Steps to Embodied Spirituality (Shambhala Press).

Testimonials

“Susan and Larry work well together to create an atmosphere that is fun, relaxed, and life-changing, all at once.” Austin S.

“What you are offering is a transmission into being with ourselves kindly, and including our bodies in an intelligent way.” Alyssa M.

“This is some of the best education I have ever had, just what I was looking for.” John W.