The Path of Meditation and Embodiment

May 20th - 24th

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Arrival: May 20th (2:00 – 5:00pm)
Departure: May 24th (12:30pm)

Tuition:
Scholarship: $375
Standard: $450
Supporter: $550
+ Lodging Costs
(food & drink included)
~Add extra nights at 50% discount~

Arrival: May 20th (2:00 – 5:00pm)
Departure: May 24th (12:30pm)

Tuition:
Scholarship: $375
Standard: $450
Supporter: $550
+ Lodging Costs
(food & drink included)
~Add extra nights at 50% discount~

Susan Sitting Zazen style

About this Retreat

Meditation and embodiment are each powerful practices on their own, but there is a synergy, one could even say magic, in combining the two. Meditation and embodiment both arise from the present moment. They both support us to awaken the presence inside. Combining the two gives us multiple avenues into the present moment, more ways to be kind to ourselves, work with our emotions, and heal both body and mind.

In this retreat, we will practice just being—being within our own bodyminds and opening up to each other and the space around us as we want, finding our own individual flow and how it can harmonize with the flow of the universe all around us. The beauty of Drala Mountain Center will support us to go deeper and broader and kinder and fuller.

We will support each other to listen, feel, and awaken the aliveness and presence inside, allow this presence to pulsate out and blend with the beauty of the natural world, the wisdom of the universe. This is a path of kindness and ease, helping each of us access the present moment and to shed patterns of complication and discomfort in our practice of being, each of us finding a flow unique to us. Being with our breath, bodies, emotions, minds,and each other through contemplative practices from Tai Chi, chi gung, yoga, Core Flow, and Embodiment Practice, our bodies will awaken more and more fully and deeply. Sitting meditation will include postural support, embodied meditation, and breath techniques. Transitioning from indoors to outdoors, as well as sitting, standing, lying, and walking, we will mix in periods of mindful inquiry and silence.

We have found that these practices blossom deeply at Drala Mountain Center act deeply and restore us quickly to a depth of well-being and openness that is our birthright.

What to Expect?

  • Embodiment Practice: Feel the sensations in your body and allow them to move, breathe, sound, rest.

  • Meditation Practice: breathing into our haras, hearts, and bellies.

  • Embodied Meditation Entering the Pulsatory world.

  • Tai Chi and Yoga.

Why Attend?

Discover, deepen, and broaden your connection to your own path, your own flow. Support others to do so and be supported by others through sitting, standing, walking, lying, silence, presence, inquiry, and Tai chi sensing hands.

Daily Schedule

Breakfast: 7:00am – 9:00am

Morning Teaching: 9:30am – 12:30pm

Lunch: 12:30 – 2:00pm

Afternoon teaching: 2:30 – 5:30pm

Dinner: 5:30 – 7:00pm

FAQ

“Is this retreat beginner friendly?”

— This is for beginners and dedicated meditators!

 “Will this retreat be in silence?”

— Silence will be incorporated when needed

 “If I’m going through a lot personally, should I still come up?”

— There is a lot of support for personal issues & inquiry when helpful.

Retreat Faculty

Susan Sitting Zazen style

Susan Aposhyan

Susan Aposhyan is the founder and director of Body-Mind Psychotherapy and internationally trains helping professionals in this approach. Susan was the founding director of the somatic psychotherapy program at Naropa University until 1999. She is a Body-Mind Centering teacher. Susan has published three books. Her most recent book, Heart Open, Body Awake: 4 Steps to Embodied Spirituality (Shambhala Press), describes her approach to embodied meditation, Core Flow, and Embodiment Practice. Larry Welsh has been teaching Tai Chi at Naropa University since 1985. He is an acupuncturist whose practice also incorporates herbs and nutrition. Susan and Larry are married and have two children and four grandchildren. Both have been teaching meditation since the 1980s.

Lodging

We have several accommodations to choose from during checkout. All options include meals and drinks.

Off Campus
 Participants who wish to commute from their own accommodations off-site.
Example: Own home, Air BnB, Camping nearby in Red Feather.

Car Camping
We have some primitive parking spots in our Rigden parking lot, for parking and sleeping.
Note: Your vehicle must be self contained, you cannot pitch a tent or set up other camping gear.

Single/Double Tents
(Late May – Early September)
Platform Tents located in Our Main Campus Area and in our more remote Maitri Village, each of which is near a bathhouse. Tents can be rented as a single or a double (with a roommate).
These 12′ x 14′ tents have twin beds, bookcases and a hanging clothes rack.*
Note: Bedding is NOT provided. Please bring your own twin sheets, blanket / sleeping bag, and pillow.

Dormitories
Two Rooms with beds for up to 7 people. Gender-segregated with men in their own dorm and women in another. Bathrooms just down the hall, which are also equipped with shower stalls.

Monk Rooms
A cost-effective option for participants looking for indoor, solitary lodging, but who don’t mind using a shared bathroom. In addition to a bed, bedding, a private room and closet, the monk rooms also have a large window and a desk and desk chair for added comfort.

Single and Double Rooms
The perfect choice for a retreat where you want both your own space and your own bathroom. Each room offers a little more space, a dresser and closet, and a 3/4s bathroom (toilet, sink, and shower, no bathtub) attached to each room.

Junior Suites
Our Lodge Junior Suites include a queen-size bed topped by a cozy comforter, a desk, dresser, closet and private bath with bathtub, plus a sitting area.

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