Awareness in Sitting Meditation, Movement, and Yoga
with Jeff Collins and Gisela Konrad
September 12 - 16, 2018
This silent retreat will flow from periods of sitting meditation (on cushions or chairs) to walking meditation to several periods of yoga practice each day. The yoga is grounded in the tradition of viniyoga, a style that is in turn grounded in awareness of breath and the physical movement that flows out of that breath awareness. The awareness work moves seamlessly from meditation in seated stillness to meditation in movement. Beginners to yoga and meditation are very welcome.
Leaders
Jeff Collins
Jeff Collins is a retired hospice social worker in Ithaca NY and has been leading silent retreats for 25 years, including at Southern Dharma in North Carolina and at Light on the Hill, near Ithaca. He has been practicing meditation in the Zen and Theravadin traditions for over 30 years and has done 3 three-month silent retreats at IMS. Jeff has also been engaged in Diamond Heart work for over 20 years.
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Jeff Collins is a retired hospice social worker in Ithaca NY and has been leading silent retreats for 25 years, including at Southern Dharma in North Carolina and at Light on the Hill, near Ithaca. He has been practicing meditation in the Zen and Theravadin traditions for over 30 years and has done 3 three-month silent retreats at IMS. Jeff has also been engaged in Diamond Heart work for over 20 years.
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Gisela Konrad
Gisela Konrad has also been leading silent retreats for twenty years. She has been a certified yoga teacher for 30 years, studying under Gary Kraftzow, Richard Miller, and the late Joan Ruvinsky. She has completed two of the three-month retreats at IMS and has been engaged in Diamond Heart work for three years.
Learn more about Gisela Konrad
Gisela Konrad has also been leading silent retreats for twenty years. She has been a certified yoga teacher for 30 years, studying under Gary Kraftzow, Richard Miller, and the late Joan Ruvinsky. She has completed two of the three-month retreats at IMS and has been engaged in Diamond Heart work for three years.
Learn more about Gisela Konrad