Experiential Workshop: "Healing and Pain" August 13, 2010

No matter who we are or what we do, we experience physical and mental pain. This workshop offers four introspective exercises that provide important tools for alleviating pain. The first exercise uses creative imagination to shift our relationship to pain. The second helps us bypass the entangling stories that tie inner sensations to suffering. The final two exercises help us connect with the vitality that underlies pain.

Instructors: Sylvia Gretchen and Jack van der Meulen.

Scheduel: Friday, 7—9 PM; Saturday, 10 AM—4:45 PM. Based on Dynamics of Time and Space.

Delicious vegetarian lunch is included.

*Weekend workshops at the Tibetan Nyingma Institute offer fresh insights in a gentle, meditative atmosphere. Workshop participants may arrange to stay overnight at the Institute.

*The Tibetan Nyingma Institute, founded and established in 1973 by Tibetan Lama Tarthang Tulku, overlooks the San Francisco Bay from a hillside just north of the University of California campus. Painted a vivid yellow, the three-story buildings have been said to resemble a Tibetan monastery. Climbing the staircase, you enter brightly colored rooms where you can sip a cup of tea, explore the many treasures of a small bookstore, or simply relax and enjoy the beauty of the sweeping views.

Official Website: http://www.NyingmaInstitute.com