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The Body Beyond Knowing: Zen Mind Yoga Body, GGF 5/24 - 5/27/13
Friday, May 24 - Monday, May 27, 2013 (Memorial Day Weekend)
with Samantha Ostergaard and Do-An Robert Thomas

Discover a boundless place of stillness, peace, and freedom within your body and mind through
Yoga and Zen.


Nourish yourself and celebrate the Memorial Day weekend by joining Samantha and Robert as we practice becoming intimate with the fundamental experience of our body as a way to realize our interconnectedness with everything around us.
Friday, May 24 - Monday, May 27, 2013 (Memorial Day Weekend)
with Samantha Ostergaard and Do-An Robert Thomas

Discover a boundless place of stillness, peace, and freedom within your body and mind through
Yoga and Zen.


Nourish yourself and celebrate the Memorial Day weekend by joining Samantha and Robert


Gentle Creativity with the Brush, GGF 6/21 - 6/23/13
Friday, June 21, - Sunday, June 23, 2013
with Kazuaki Tanahashi
In the Wheelwright Center

Explore the creative process through the ancient art of brushwork.. Anyone can take up a brush, follow stroke order, draw lines, and form characters. By copying ancient masters’ samples, even a beginner can create a fairly good piece of calligraphy.



Spinning as Spiritual Practice, GGF 6/30/13
Sunday, June 30, 2013,  9am - 5pm
with Reirin Gumbel and Randy Chelsey

Spinning thread from animal or plant fiber is an ancient art that has been practiced by peoples all over the world. What used to be a chore for slaves and woman has now become a recreational labor of love for people who prefer their own handmade creations to store-bought varieties. At the same time as one concentrates on drafting the fiber, the turning of the wheel or spindle has a calming effect, and many spinners liken their craft to meditation practice.



Lavender: Cultivation, Crafts, and Cooking, GGF 6/30/13
Sunday, June 30, 2013
1:30 - 4 pm
led by Lauren Bouyea

In the garden

Immerse yourself in the relaxing, restoring scent of lavender for an afternoon. We will discuss how to grow lavender successfully, including propagation techniques and pruning. We will look at several different varieties of lavender and discuss its many uses and healing properties. We will demonstrate how to make lavender wreaths, and make lavender wands and lavender oil for you to take home. We will also share our favorite lavender recipes and sample some lavender treats and lavender lemonade.



Form to Emptiness and Back Again: A Yoga and Zen Weekend Retreat, GGF 7/5 -7/7/13
Friday, July 5, 5pm - Sunday, July 7, 2013, noon
with Lisa Jansen and Shinchi Linda Galijan

This weekend retreat will emphasize the combination of Hatha Yoga and Zen Meditations to bridge the gap between internal and external experience.



Zen and Aikido at Green Gulch, GGF 7/21/13
Sunday, July 21, 2013
with Ron Wada and Connie Cummings

Discover how Zazen and Aikido work together to enhance our ability to find our center, overcome internal barriers, and creatively engage with life as it is.



Finding Balance: A Somatic Approach to Meeting Trauma and Settling into Flow and Ease, GGF 7/27/13-7/28/13
Saturday, July 27, 2013 - Sunday, July 28, 2013
10am - 5pm
with Rev. Jiko Jane Lazar, SEP

(CEUs available - see note* below.)


Many of us can benefit from new ways of finding calm and balance. We invite you to join us 27-for two days in the beautiful Green Gulch valley to discover internal resources that will support efficient relaxation and restoration of your body, mind, and emotions.



The Art of Pilgrimage: Walking the Wild Path, GGF 9/21/13
Saturday, September 21, 2013
9:30 am - 5:30 pm
with Steven Harper and Jeremy Levie

This retreat will be a contemporary pilgrimage, exploring the ancient art of walking. While pilgrimage is often from one place to another, we will end at the very place we begin, celebrating the sacred aspect of the journey itself.



Zen and Yoga for the Divine Abidings, GGF 9/22/13
Saturday, September 22, 2013
10 am - 4 pm
with Shosan Victoria Austin

Wheelwright Center at Green Gulch


This day-long retreat will include integrative instruction in both Zen and Yoga. Our focus will be on how to illuminate the physical, physiological, and spiritual practice of the Four Divine Abidings, an ancient buddhist teaching on how to live in one's own body and mind as a temple. We will explore how each of the four (friendliness, compassion, sympathetic joy and equanimity) can be cultivated and nourished through the body; and how the four abidings respond by turning body and mind into a field of blessings.



Fall Zen and Yoga Retreat: Stepping Back and In, GGF 10/10-10/13
October 10-13
A three-night retreat
with Patricia Sullivan and Eijun Linda Cutts

Wheelwright Center and Zendo at Green Gulch Farm

Stepping back and in: finding nourishment and inspiration through foundational practices of yoga and Zen. This retreat combines yoga sessions with sitting meditation, dharma talks, and discussion.


A Circle of Recovery for Women, GGF 10/27
Saturday, March 9
Sunday, October 27
10 am - 5 pm
In the Yurt

led by Laura Burges

Women all over the world and throughout time have gathered to encourage and empower one another.

Intimacy and Anger: A Path to Healing, GGF 11/17
Sunday, November 17
1 - 5 pm
with Ze Sho Susan O'Connell and Dr. David Bullard

In the Wheelwright Center at Green Gulch Farm

This workshop will provide roadmaps for having healing conversations after the breakdowns created by disappointment or anger in intimacy. Together we will study how to better engage and embody relevant Zen practices, paired with practical teachings learned from many years of offering “couples therapy.” CEUs are available.


New Year's Retreat, 2013-2014, GGF 12/27-1/1
Friday, December 27, 2013, 4pm - Wednesday, January 1, 2014
led by Jeremy Levie

This retreat held in the last days of the year offers a time of quiet and community, with a gentle schedule allowing for rest, reading, and walking to nearby Muir Beach and in the hills surrounding Green Gulch Farm.



Company Time: A Buddhist Retreat for People Working in the Business World
2013
March 23, June 29, September 28, December 14

Saturdays, 10 am - 5 pm
with Marc Lesser and Norman Fischer or
with Marc Lesser and ARobin Orden

Company Time, begun in 1996, is a gathering of people from diverse professions and occupations, and all realms of private, corporate, government, for-profit and nonprofit organizations.