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Mindfulness & Somatic Movement Workshop


Mindfulness & Somatic Movement Workshop

With Pamela Chōbun Nenzen Brown & Amanda Graham

** At Jikoji **

Friday, August 25th, 2023 – Sunday, August 27th, 2023

Opening the heart, opening the body

deeply listening

OUR PROGRAM

Here's our full schedule, subject to minor changes.

FRIDAY EVENING

Dinner at 6pm
7:00pm Zazen

7:30 Opening Circle

8:30 Sunset Ridge Walk

Refuges

SATURDAY

Breakfast at 8am

9:30am Zazen

11am Movement

Lunch at 12pm

1:30pm Zazen

2:10pm Dharma Talk

3:10pm Movement

4pm Zazen

Dinner at 6pm

8pm optional sunset ridge walk

SUNDAY

7:30 am Closing Circle

Breakfast at 8:30am

Sunday Program

10 am to 2pm

A weekend workshop to dive into meditation and somatic movement led by Soto Zen Priest Pamela Chōbun Nenzen Brown & Somatic Movement Practitioner Amanda Graham.

About the Teachers:

Pamela Chōbun Nenzen Brown was introduced to sitting meditation practice in 1976. Forty years later, as her father was declining with a neurodegenerative disease, she decided to stay seated. In 2017, Pamela met Sensei Gary Koan Janka and has been sitting with Santa Barbara Zen Center ever since. Koan Sensei introduced Pamela and SBZC to Jikoji; Pamela was ordained in Kobun Chino Ottogawa Roshi's lineage by Shoho Michael Newhall in 2020 and received dharma transmission from Jakko Eso Vanja Palmers at Felsentor, Switzerland in 2022.

Blending meditation and somatic practices, Amanda Graham has been a practitioner of zen and yoga for ten years. Certified Yoga Teacher through Prajna Yoga, she colorfully weaves traditional asanas with Feldenkrais and Hanna Somatics. Many of these practices are floor based to allow the body to sense and feel into its present moment experience. She is also the Retreat Manager at Jikoji Zen Center and appreciates simply living with sangha in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

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REGISTRATION & FEES

NOTE: Attendance will be limited to 15 participants to ensure the flow & intimacy of the workshop. Please only sign up to attend if you are able to participate from Friday-Sunday.

The Workshop is now full. Please sign up to be added to the waitlist. We will contact you if a space becomes available.

Overnight fees are $100 per night, camping is $60 per night, and day attendance is $40 per day.

Meals are provided.

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