Video: Qi-gong — Mindful Movement Practices
A series of movement and breathing practices (57 minutes) drawing on principles found in Qi-gong, Yi-Jin-Jing and Hatha Yoga. The emphasis here is not on …
3-Day Retreat: Sacred Ecology, Yuraygir National Park
June 13, 2024 — Yuraygir National Park, Mid North Coast NSW (Red Cliff Campground base camp)A four-day pilot retreat (13–16 June), with around 30 participants, exploring the connections between Buddhist teachings and deep ecology, camped at Red Cliff on the Yuraygir coast and facilitated by Br. Tenzin, in collaboration with yatra.org.au.
Follow-up
Welcomed onto Yaegl Country by elder Aunty Glenda Kyle, the retreat drew on the practices of “stopping” and looking deeply (śamatha and vipassanā) from the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta, alongside Arne Naess’s Deep Ecology framework and Joanna Macy’s Work That Reconnects. Days combined mindful movement and breath awareness, silent and guided sitting meditation, dharma talks and discussion, with periods of silent walking through beaches, headlands and littoral forest. A closing meditation traced the evolution of life on Earth from the Big Bang, accompanied by an embodied soundscape.
The full write-up, with photos, is on Gaia Forest, which hosted and organised the retreat. A separate photo archive is also available via yatra.org.au.
Further resources
Video: The Ecological Self
“I am part of the rainforest protecting myself. I am that part of the rainforest recently emerged into thinking.” — John Seed Underlying all the …
Audio: Embodied Practice — Body Scan and Total Relaxation
A guided body scan and total relaxation (32 minutes), building on earlier embodied-awareness and breath meditations to cultivate sensitivity to subtler …
Audio: Embodied Practice — Finding the Full Body Breath
A guided introduction (35 minutes) to rediscovering the full volume of the body’s natural, diaphragmatic breath — simple, safe preliminary practices …
Audio: Embodied Practice — Basic Breath Awareness
This practice expands on basic postural awareness, bringing in mindfulness of breathing, drawing on the Ānāpānasati Sutta (MN 118). Suitable for any level of …
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