AWAKENING IN THE BODY — AN ACTIVE MEDITATION RETREAT
Ten days sustained practice of the Mind-Body Inner Exercises of GI Gurdjieff & JG Bennett.
In the Gurdjieff Tradition, work with the body is the doorway to real being and clear understanding. To use the body in the right way is to focus awareness, develop attention, separate and blend energies, let go of identification and to awaken to a timeless now, a genuine present moment in which transformation is possible.
Open to meditators and practitioners of all traditions, this ten-day retreat will focus on the active meditation work of GI Gurdjieff and his student, JG Bennett.
Periods of sitting meditation will be balanced with silent Gurdjieff Dance and walking in nature.
Each evening there will be group and individual Q&A to clarify details in the practice of active meditation.
At the end of every second day there will be intentional talking circles, non-conceptual sharing of experiences, and guided discussions of the potential of this work for health, education and cognitive development.
Except for the brief evening Q&A, the retreat will be silent until dinner on the last day.
James Tomarelli brings to this retreat over forty years intensive practice and research in the body-mind exercises of Gurdjieff and Bennett. He is a student of the Gurdjieff Work since 1967, a student of JG Bennett in 1974-75 at Bennett's Academy for Continuous Education, and a Vipassana meditation practitioner since 1977.
Dates:
TBA December 2010
— arrival in late afternoon, …
— departure after breakfast, …
Location:
Northern Italy
Housing & Food Cost: 200 Euro Payable in advance or on arrival in cash.
Teaching Cost: donation at end of retreat.
Registration & Payment Procedure:
E-m@il us a brief description of your background and experience with sitting meditation and/or the inner exercises from Gurdjieff or Bennett.
At least 100 Euros to be paid by bank wire as a deposit toward room & food, the remainder in cash on arrival.
We will promptly acknowledge your email, register you, indicate how to send the deposit and, if required, ask for more information.
Accommodations:
Shared Rooms
Food:
High protein vegetarian food will be served.
Climate:
Northern Italy
Enrollment:
… is limited to 18 participants
Environment:
Cell phone use is not available. A phone number, by which participants can be reached in case of emergency at home, will be given, upon receipt of your deposit, along with other practical environmental information and a list of practical items to bring.
Reading and practicing others spiritual practices is discouraged and not in the spirit of this work.
Continuous practice in sensing, threefold attention, listening, seeing, and feeling of the natural environment outside the meditation hall
(church) is and will be encourage by our practice and supported by the staff.
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