Awakened Heart: Shambhala Training Level 4 (Weekend Retreat)
with Marcy Henry-Fink
In Shambhala Training Level 4 we learn to awaken and open our hearts so we can communicate fully with the world. Rather than using our experiences as an occasion to re-generate habitual patterns, we can use them as reminders to further wake up. When we allow ourselves to meet the world without hope and fear we find resources of steadiness and energy.
In this weekend the boundaries between “us in here” and the “world out there” become more permeable. Our natural curiosity takes us deeper as our hearts open and we learn to communicate with our world, allowing ourselves to be touched without closing down in fear. We begin to discover freshness, spontaneity, and openness to discovery. This gives rise to confidence and steadiness in our practice, as well as love for the journey.
This Weekend Includes:
- Guided meditation practice
- Talks on meditation
- Group discussion
- Walking meditation
- The support of practicing with a community of like-minded people
- Light breakfasts on Saturday and Sunday. and lunch on Saturday
(Sunday lunch is BYO or out on your own)
About the Teacher:
Marcy Henry-Fink has been a student Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and the Shambhala/Buddhist teachings since 1977. She has taught meditation for over 30 years in city meditation centers and retreat centers. As a member of the Los Angeles Buddhist and Interfaith Councils she has worked with the diverse religious communities in the region. Trained in both the sciences and the arts, one of her favorite jobs has been working with a sangha start-up company that uses biofeedback and Shambhala principles as tools for dealing with stress.