I am about to head out the door to assist at an event at Awakened Heart Sanctuary, and wanted to take the opportunity to remind sangha members that the date for The Wisdom of the Herd The Unity of the Sangha: A Day of Mindfulness and Horses is fast approaching. Please contact me, Lauren Gillen, with any questions and in order to pre-register. I can be reached at this email, laurengillen76@gmail.com or at the Sunday night sits. Several sangha members are already looking forward to attending and we would love to have your presence there as well.
Date: Saturday, November 9, 2013 from 8:30a-4:30p
Description: Meditation and horses each provides a conduit to experience the moment as it is and to see ourselves and the world around us through the eyes of peace, loving kindness, and non-judgment. This unique and nourishing experience will include:
• standing, walking and seated insight meditation
• dharma talk
• quiet observation of the herd
• interactive individual and collaborative experientials with the horses
Why Horses?
Horses live very much in a heightened state of awareness, fully in the present moment. They are extraordinarily receptive and expressive animals. They communicate with one another in an extremely complex, but almost completely nonverbal manner. Structured equine-assisted activities use horses to facilitate the bringing to the surface one's awareness, memories and emotions-- all of those fundamental and important things that are often not being verbalized.
The activities that you will participate in are designed to encourage mindfulness, or being fully present in the moment. The structure of the retreat, the horses and participants co-create a unique experience based on the communication and emotional and energetic exchanges that occur in the moment. Many participants report a sense of being understood or acknowledged on a deep and profound level by the equine participants.
All of the horses and humans participate at will. There is no riding at this event! All activities take place on the ground.
This link will take you to the video of images from past retreats, which will show you what the retreat will be like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0YeaDjETZc
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