With Celeste and special guests: Artists Kathryn Garcia and Elaine Su-Hui
“In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few."
-Shunryu Suzuki Roshi
When we learn to pay attention with mindfulness to our moment to moment experience as it really is, we see things with new eyes, we experience what Suzuki Roshi refers to as beginners mind. In this weekend immersion, we will explore Insight Meditation and the new possibilities it can open in relationship to awakening creativity.
Creativity can show up in countless ways: the mind’s flexibility to envision and imagine new ways of being, living, and working, in our relationships, or in how we express our deeper values in life. Creativity may be expressed for you through an art practice and a chosen medium or multiple mediums, or it may be that you’re not clear where the creative impulse longs for expression in your life and you want to take some time in contemplation and community to reflect on your own relationship to creativity and mindfulness. All forms of creativity are welcome and the format of this immersion will be more open than a traditional silent retreat.
Time will be spent in sitting and walking meditation in silence and with instruction, as well as with journaling prompts, mindful inquiry and short Dharma talks exploring the theme with Q and A and discussion.
On Saturday we will have a special guest teacher, Elaine Su-Hui. Elaine is an artist, Dharma practitioner, meditator and the founder of Inner Fields in NYC. She will be offering a talk on the relationship between Dharma and creativity. More information on Elaine’s work: elainesuhui (IG).
Sunday we will have a special guest teacher, Kathryn Garcia. Kathryn is an artist, Dharma practitioner, and meditator. She will be offering a talk on how her meditation practice informs her artistic work and how her work informs her practice. More information on Kathryn’s work: BBYDBL (IG).
Schedule (PT):
Schedule: Day one June 5, 2021
10:00 –11:00 Welcome, opening meditation, weekend immersion orientation
11:00 – 11:30 Walking meditation
11:30 – 12:00 Sitting meditation
12:00 – 12:30 Walking meditation
12:30 – 1:00 Dharma talk
1:00 – 1:15 Q and A + mindful eating instructions
1:15 – 2:30 lunch
2:30 – 3:00 sitting meditation
3:00 – 4:00 Creativity + Insight talk- special guest speaker Elaine Su-Hui
4:00 – 4:15 Walking meditation / stretch break
4:15 – 4:30 Journaling exercise
4:30 – 5:00pm last sitting meditation and closing of day one
Day two Sunday June 6, 2021
10:00 – 10:30 Opening meditation
10:30 – 11:00 Walking Meditation
11:00– 12:00 Creativity + Insight Talk- special guest speaker Kathryn Garcia
12:00 – 12:30 Walking meditation – “walking the question” reflection
12:30 – 1:00 small group mindful inquiry practice + community sharing
1:00 – 2:15 lunch
2:15 – 2:45 Sitting meditation
2:45 – 3:15 Walking meditation
3:15 – 3:30 sitting meditation
3:30 – 4:00pm Closing of immersion
*schedule subject to slight changes
ELAINE SU-HUI
KATHRYN GARCIA