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SUMMARY:Wisdom for Meeting the Storm Together: A Retreat for BIPOC
DESCRIPTION:Wisdom for Meeting the Storm Together:\nHolding and Transforming Our Fear with Compassion and Collective Care\nWith Dharma Teachers: Dr. Marisela Gomez\, Kaira Jewel Lingo and Joe Reilly\nAssistant Teacher: Judy Yushin Nakatomi\n  \nIn a time of intensifying uncertainty\, grief\, and pressure on our communities\, it is essential for Black\, Indigenous\, and People of Color to have spaces of refuge\, truth-telling\, and collective care. This retreat offers a place to pause\, breathe\, and remember that we are not meant to meet these storms alone. \nTogether\, through mindfulness and embodied practice\, we explore how fear lives in our bodies\, histories\, and communities\, and how it can be met without turning away or becoming overwhelmed. We strengthen our capacity to stay present\, to draw on ancestral and communal wisdom\, and to support one another in meeting this moment with integrity and love. Inner transformation becomes the ground from which collective healing and wise action can emerge. \nMindfulness will be at the heart of all we do. The retreat will include daily dharma teachings\, sitting and stationary meditation\, mindful walking or movement\, mindful eating\, singing\, dharma writing\, and small-group sharing. We will practice for one full day and a half in silence and engage in optional somatic movement and nature practices that invite us into deeper presence with the land. Rooted in compassion and collective care\, this retreat supports us in meeting the storm together and remembering our capacity to rest\, heal\, resist harm\, and build Beloved Community. \n  \nSCHOLARSHIPS\n  \nThere are a limited number of partial Garrison Institute Many Voices scholarships available for this retreat. Please do not sign up for the retreat if you have submitted an application. Please wait to hear from us. For questions\, please contact us at: scholarships@garrisoninstitute.org. Please visit us here for more information\, and to apply. \nWe also acknowledge with gratitude the Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation and its generous donors for supporting this retreat. We encourage those who are able\, to donate to their grant program – so that future endeavors may also be supported at thichnhathanhfoundation.org. \n  \nTEACHERS\n  \nDr. Marisela Gomez is a mindfulness practitioner in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh’s Order of Interbeing\, public health scholar activist\, preventive/alternative medicine physician. Of Afro-Latina ancestry\, she lives in Baltimore involved in social justice activism and community building/research and co-facilitates mindfulness gatherings with Baltimore and Beyond Mindfulness Community for BIPOC and Social Activists. She is the author of Race\, Class\, Power and Organizing in East Baltimore\, and numerous book chapters in popular and scholarly publications. Marisela is co-author of Healing our Way Home: Black Buddhist Teachings on Ancestors\, Joy\, and Liberation and the upcoming book Love is Liberation: Five Contemplations for Daily Ethical Living. She has blogged at Huff Post and mariselgomez.com on the intersection of wisdom justice and mindfulness. \n  \n  \n \nKaira Jewel Lingo is a Dharma teacher with a lifelong interest in spirituality and social justice. Her work continues the Engaged Buddhism developed by Thich Nhat Hanh\, and she draws inspiration from her parents’ lives of service and her dad’s work with Martin Luther King\, Jr. After living as an ordained nun for 15 years in Thich Nhat Hanh’s monastic community\, Kaira Jewel now teaches internationally in the Zen lineage and the Vipassana tradition\, as well as in secular mindfulness\, at the intersection of racial\, climate and social justice with a focus on activists\, Black\, Indigenous\, and People of Color\, artists\, educators\, families\, and youth. Based in New York\, she offers spiritual mentoring to groups and is author of We Were Made for These Times: Ten Lessons in Moving through Change\, Loss and Disruptionfrom Parallax Press. She is co-author of co author of Healing our Way Home: Black Buddhist Teachings on Ancestors\, Joy\, and Liberation. Her teachings and writings can be found at www.kairajewel.com.\n \n  \nJoe Reilly (he\, him) is a singer\, songwriter\, social worker\, and ordained Dharma Teacher in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. Joe was raised Catholic and currently studies and practices progressive Catholicism\, Native American spirituality\, and engaged Buddhism. Joe has been a student of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh since 2004 and is often found singing and writing songs on spiritual retreats. He currently lives in Waawiyatanong/Detroit\, where he co-leads the Building Beloved Community Sangha. He is of Cherokee\, Choctaw\, Italian\, and Irish descent and identifies as Native American. Joe has released 9 albums of original songs\, including 4 children’s albums. Find his music on your favorite streaming platform or on his website: www.joereilly.org. \n  \n  \n  \nASSISTANT TEACHER \n  \nJudy Yushin Nakatomi \nMother\, writer\, life partner\, dharma teacher in the Plum Village Tradition of Venerable Thích Nhất Hạnh\, end-of-life caregiver and somatic embodiment practitioner.  Judy serves as ministerial assistant at Vista Buddhist Temple\, grounded in her ancestral Jodo Shinshu tradition while nurturing BIPOC and emerging Sangha spaces in the Plum Village lineage. She is drawn to listen to the dharma of forests\, mountains and vast horizons\, while staying attuned to dreamtime. In another chapter\, she worked in public service as a congressional field representative and co-founded a specialty tea company. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\n__________________________________________________________________________________________ \n\nACCOMMODATIONS\nThere are Single\, Double and Dorm rooms available. Please note\, there is no available guest elevator and all rooms are accessible by stairs—except for those reserved for the mobility-impaired on the first floor. There are two communal bathrooms on each residential floor as well as a comfortable lounge with sofas and easy chairs\, where tea and instant coffee are available. The lounges also are equipped with wireless\, high-speed internet connection. \n  \n\n \nCOVID-19 \nThe health and safety of our guests and staff is a top priority for the Garrison Institute. To attend a retreat or event all guests\, teachers\, and staff are strongly encouraged to self-test (at home antigen test is acceptable) within the 48-hour window prior to arriving for a retreat on site\, and to bring a 2nd self-test kit when coming on site. We encourage everyone to self-monitor for symptoms of COVID-19 and other illnesses before your visit. If you experience symptoms or have a positive diagnosis\, please notify us immediately at events@garrisoninstitute.org We will continue to follow any COVID-19 guidelines set forth by our local officials\, New York State and the CDC.
URL:https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/event/wisdom-for-meeting-the-storm-together-a-retreat-for-bipoc/
LOCATION:In-Person\, 14 Mary’s Way Route 9D\, Garrison\, NY\, 10524\, United States
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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SUMMARY:Beyond Calm: The Intelligence of Presence
DESCRIPTION:Awakening Body–Mind Wisdom \nthrough Buddhist Meditation and Somatic Awareness\n\n  \nThis weekend retreat explores the intersection of Buddhist Insight Meditation practices and Somatic Experiencing. \n  \nDrawing on both traditions\, we’ll explore well-being not as a static state but an ongoing collaboration between the body and mind. Rather than striving to become calm or free from discomfort\, we’ll learn to trust our nervous system’s ability to move\, settle\, mobilize\, and restore in response to changing conditions. \n  \nTogether we’ll look at how stress and our emotional histories shape perception\, emotion\, and thought\, fueling rumination and vigilance\, causing us to struggle or abandon practice. Through somatic practices\, gentle awareness exercises\, and periods of guided meditation\, we’ll learn to: \n\nsense and track subtle shifts in the body\nrecognize patterns of activation and settling\nand meet experience with greater steadiness and curiosity\n\nThroughout the weekend\, the emphasis is on direct experience: feeling the movement of our own system\, discovering pathways into presence and cultivating ways to make meditation accessible and sustainable. We’ll challenge the habit of striving towards inner peace and instead explore a compassionate and liberating view: that freedom emerges through community\, mindfulness and trusting the unfolding intelligence of body\, heart\, and mind. \nParticipants will leave the retreat with a deeper understanding of how meditation and nervous system wisdom support one another; practical tools for working skillfully with stress; an embodied sense of trust in the body–mind’s natural intelligence\, supporting flexibility\, presence\, and sustainable practice in daily life. \n  \nThis is an in-person retreat appropriate for both new and experienced practitioners. \n  \nTEACHER\n  \n \n  \nKathy Cherry is a Somatic Experiencing® practitioner\, Mindfulness & Meditation instructor and coach with over two decades of dedicated mindfulness practice in the Insight Meditation tradition. She combines Somatic Experiencing® with Mindfulness and Buddhist teachings to create an integrative approach that helps connect the intellect\, body\, and senses to facilitate health and regulation. Her style emphasizes embodiment\, compassion\, and practical wisdom both in meditation practice and in everyday life. Learn more at http://www.kathycherry.com/. \n  \n  \nACCOMMODATIONS \nThere are Single\, and Double rooms available. Please note\, there is no available guest elevator and all rooms are accessible by stairs—except for those reserved for the mobility-impaired on the first floor. There are two communal bathrooms on each residential floor as well as a comfortable lounge with sofas and easy chairs\, where tea and instant coffee are available. The lounges also are equipped with wireless\, high-speed internet connection. There are several local hotels within driving distance from the Institute\, for those who wish to stay off-site\, as commuters. Onsite meals are included with commuter registrations.\n\n \nCOVID-19 \nThe health and safety of our guests and staff is a top priority for the Garrison Institute. To attend a retreat or event all guests\, teachers\, and staff are strongly encouraged to self-test (at home antigen test is acceptable) within the 48-hour window prior to arriving for a retreat on site\, and to bring a 2nd self-test kit when coming on site. We encourage everyone to self-monitor for symptoms of COVID-19 and other illnesses before your visit. If you experience symptoms or have a positive diagnosis\, please notify us immediately at events@garrisoninstitute.org We will continue to follow any COVID-19 guidelines set forth by our local officials\, New York State and the CDC.
URL:https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/event/beyond-calm-intelligence-of-presence-2026/
LOCATION:In-Person\, 14 Mary’s Way Route 9D\, Garrison\, NY\, 10524\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person,Retreat
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SUMMARY:A WAY OF BELONGING
DESCRIPTION:Co-presented with Tricycle: The Buddhist Review\nUsing Haiku to Unite with the Natural World\n  \nThe haiku poet lives in a world where everything is alive. From birds and flowers to mountains and rivers\, all things share an imperishable essence that infuses them with emotion and meaning. The poet’s task is to “greet” these beings on an equal footing\, uniting with the “animate everything” that sustains all life on earth. The Path of Haiku preserves a lost way of radical belonging to this world. \nThis weekend\, Tricycle haiku columnist Clark Strand will guide us in writing small poems with big messages. We’ll explore the origins of haiku in ancestral ways of knowing that erase the boundary between the human and natural worlds. We’ll experiment with techniques pioneered by masters like Bashō and Chiyo-ni\, Shiki and Kyoshi—and learn from modern poets like Richard Wright and Tomas Tranströmer\, Sonia Sanchez and Victoria Chang. \nMost of all\, we will spend lots of time writing and sharing haiku together\, with an emphasis on gathering material for our poetry directly from life\, exploring the beauty of the Hudson River bioregion\, discovering its trees and flowers\, animals and insects\, while enjoying its beautiful summer weather. \n  \n\nTEACHER\n  \n \nClark Strand is a former senior editor of Tricycle: The Buddhist Review and the author of numerous works on poetry\, spirituality\, and ecology. His books include Seeds From a Birch Tree\, Waking Up to the Dark\, Waking the Buddha\, and The Way of the Rose (co-authored with his wife and fellow writer Perdita Finn). His work has appeared in The Washington Post\, The New York Times\, and Wall Street Journal. Strand has been writing haiku for fifty years and has mentored some of the finest poets currently working in the form. \n  \nTricycle is a non-profit Buddhist media organization dedicated to making Buddhist teachings and practices broadly available. Unaffiliated with any particular teacher\, sect or lineage\, Tricycle provides a unique and independent public forum for exploring Buddhism across traditions and within the broader culture.\n  \n  \nACCOMMODATIONS \nThere are Single\, and Double rooms available. Please note\, there is no available guest elevator and all rooms are accessible by stairs—except for those reserved for the mobility-impaired on the first floor. There are two communal bathrooms on each residential floor as well as a comfortable lounge with sofas and easy chairs\, where tea and instant coffee are available. The lounges also are equipped with wireless\, high-speed internet connection. There are several local hotels within driving distance from the Institute\, for those who wish to stay off-site\, as commuters. Onsite meals are included with commuter registrations.\n\n \nCOVID-19 \nThe health and safety of our guests and staff is a top priority for the Garrison Institute. To attend a retreat or event all guests\, teachers\, and staff are strongly encouraged to self-test (at home antigen test is acceptable) within the 48-hour window prior to arriving for a retreat on site\, and to bring a 2nd self-test kit when coming on site. We encourage everyone to self-monitor for symptoms of COVID-19 and other illnesses before your visit. If you experience symptoms or have a positive diagnosis\, please notify us immediately at events@garrisoninstitute.org We will continue to follow any COVID-19 guidelines set forth by our local officials\, New York State and the CDC.
URL:https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/event/a-way-of-belonging-2026/
LOCATION:In-Person\, 14 Mary’s Way Route 9D\, Garrison\, NY\, 10524\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person,Retreat
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SUMMARY:Starting Over: Stepping Out of Old Stories Into New Experiences
DESCRIPTION:A DharmaPunx NYC Labor Day Retreat\n  \nIn big ways and small we’ve all been replaying the same internal dramas for years—the roles we slip into\, the predictable plots\, the familiar tensions and endings. During this Labor Day weekend retreat we’ll interrupt the script and meet life before the commentary kicks in or old habits take over. We’ll rediscover how flexible\, curious\, and connected we can actually be. \nMeditation gives us a simple place to begin again. On the cushion and off\, we start over—again and again—returning from the stories to the breath and body. In that reset\, we can feel the vitality and freshness already present in the moment\, something we can meet with curiosity and friendliness. \nThroughout the weekend we’ll blend quiet reflection with full-bodied movement. We’ll step outdoors\, wander wooded trails\, let the Hudson air sweep through us\, listen to the Dharma\, and turn our attention toward our own experience with fresh eyes. When we stop gripping the old patterns so tightly\, new responses have room to appear—natural\, unforced\, and often surprising. \nGetting there’s a breeze: a quick ride on the Metro-North Railroad\, a short stroll\, and we’re in it. No heavy jargon\, just real life—vivid\, embodied\, and alive. A chance to reset\, step out of the old storyline\, and remember how fresh things can be \nThis is an in-person retreat appropriate for both new and experienced practitioners.\n  \n\nTEACHERS\n  \n\n  \nJosh Korda has been the guiding teacher of DharmaPunx NYC since 2005\, and is a regular visiting teacher at Zen Care. He has a large Buddhist mentoring private practice and regularly authors pieces for Lion’s Roar\, Tricycle and Buddhadharma. More information and links to his podcast at dharmapunxnyc.com. \n  \n  \n \nKathy Cherry is a Somatic Experiencing® practitioner\, Mindfulness & Meditation instructor and coach with over two decades of dedicated mindfulness practice in the Insight Meditation tradition. She combines Somatic Experiencing® with Mindfulness and Buddhist teachings to create an integrative approach that helps connect the intellect\, body\, and senses to facilitate health and regulation. Her style emphasizes embodiment\, compassion\, and practical wisdom both in meditation practice and in everyday life. Learn more at kathycherry.com. \n  \n\n\nSCHOLARSHIPS\n  \nThere are a limited number of partial scholarships available for this retreat. Please visit us here for more information\, and to apply. Please do not sign up for the retreat if you have submitted an application. Please wait to hear from us. For questions\, please contact us at: scholarships@garrisoninstitute.org. \n  \n  \n  \nACCOMMODATIONS \nThere are Single\, Double and Dorm rooms available. Please note\, there is no available guest elevator and all rooms are accessible by stairs—except for those reserved for the mobility-impaired on the first floor. There are two communal bathrooms on each residential floor as well as a comfortable lounge with sofas and easy chairs\, where tea and instant coffee are available. The lounges also are equipped with wireless\, high-speed internet connection. There are several local hotels within driving distance from the Institute\, for those who wish to stay off-site\, as commuters. Onsite meals are included with commuter registrations.\n\n\n \nCOVID-19 \nThe health and safety of our guests and staff is a top priority for the Garrison Institute. To attend a retreat or event all guests\, teachers\, and staff are strongly encouraged to self-test (at home antigen test is acceptable) within the 48-hour window prior to arriving for a retreat on site\, and to bring a 2nd self-test kit when coming on site. We encourage everyone to self-monitor for symptoms of COVID-19 and other illnesses before your visit. If you experience symptoms or have a positive diagnosis\, please notify us immediately at events@garrisoninstitute.org We will continue to follow any COVID-19 guidelines set forth by our local officials\, New York State and the CDC.
URL:https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/event/starting-over-stepping-out-of-old-stories/
LOCATION:In-Person\, 14 Mary’s Way Route 9D\, Garrison\, NY\, 10524\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person,Retreat
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