Wisdom Rising: Divine and Diverse - Awaken the Empowered Feminine Within

With Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton, Lopön Karla Jackson-Brewer, M.S., Alejandra Siroka, M.A. and Ranjini George, MA, MFA, PhD

May 24 - 28, 2018

Date and Time Details: This retreat begins with a mandatory registration period from 2pm to 4pm on the first day and ends after lunch on the last day.

Location: Tara Mandala Retreat Center

  • Camping – $402.00
  • Commuting – $402.00
  • Dorm Yurt, Women's – $489.00
  • Dorm Yurt, Men's – $489.00
  • Prajna Double – $775.00
  • Prajna Queen Double – $1,025.00
  • Prajna Queen Single – $1,300.00

A Women’s Retreat

You have engaged in meditation, yoga or mindfulness practices and enjoyed a deep level of self-connection, relaxation and ease. Yet, you find it challenging to integrate your inner experiences on the cushion or mat into the current daily expressions of divisiveness, bigotry and violence in our world. You may feel unsure about what to do and may even feel powerless.

There is an inner knowing that tells you, you are needed at this time in history. It is true, you are needed in your divine feminine form as an agent of compassion, power and clarity. You are needed as an awake being who can integrate your spiritual practices into the important conversations we need to have around issues of race, privilege and oppression.

Through guided meditations, dharma talks, yoga, dance, generative writing, and conscious communication inquiry you will awaken the enlightened feminine within you at the three aspects of your being: body, speech and heart/mind.

Come to this women’s retreat to

  • Embody the wisdom of the Mandala of the Enlightened Feminine, a practice developed by Lama Tsultrim Allione. This is a core practice in the Wisdom Rising movement that Lama Tsultrim founded.
  • Find your authentic voice and expression to raise awareness and mindfulness to engage in healing conversations about shared power and acceptance.
  • Compassionately uncover your own unseen issues around race, privilege, oppression, and authority
  • Transform obstacles into the path through Feeding Your Demons®
  • Know yourself through the powerful practice of journaling and generative writing. As you come closer to your authentic self, you will unlock your creativity and learn ways of telling your story.   
  • Develop strategies and an action plan to take this work into your life and the world

 

Together, we can walk the world embodying our feminine power and stand up for equality, compassion and understanding!

The Tibetan Healing practice of Chöd will be offered as a healing ceremony. Those who know the Namkhai Norbu Chöd, please bring your practice materials.

Please bring comfortable clothes for movement practices and meditation.

This retreat is open to all who identify as women.

Suggested Dana: $150-$200

About the Teachers

Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton

Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton is a Dharma teacher, author, and translator of Tibetan Buddhist texts. She serves on Tara Mandala’s Prajna (Teacher) Council, Executive Committee, and Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Council. She develops programs and curricula for Tara Mandala, as well as teaches nationally and internationally.  She is the author of Embodying Tara: Twenty-One Manifestations […]

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Lopön Karla Jackson-Brewer, M.S.

Lopön Karla Jackson-Brewer, M.S. has been practicing Chöd for over three decades and has assisted Lama Tsultrim on many Chöd retreats. She has co-taught Chöd since 2013 with Lama Tsultrim and Löpon Chandra Easton. She continues to teach and lead Chöd Practices for the NYC Tara Mandala Sangha which she leads. In October 2012, she […]

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Alejandra Siroka, M.A.

Alejandra Siroka is a truth seeker who has devoted her life to the study of language and communication. She believes that developing conscious skills with our language and communication is an essential spiritual practice in the path of awakening. Alejandra founded Language Alchemy™, a transformative process that allows individuals, couples and groups speak their truth […]

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Ranjini George, MA, MFA, PhD

Ranjini George, MA, MFA, PhD Ranjini George holds a PhD in English (Northern Illinois University, USA), an MA in English (St. Stephen’s College, New Delhi, India) and an MFA in Creative Writing (University of British Columbia, Canada). She was a Georges and Anne Bochardt Fiction Scholar (Sewannee Writers’ Conference) and received the Arnold B. Fox […]

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