A Marriage of Meditation and Yoga

A Silent Meditation Retreat

Led by Jeff Collins and Gisela Konrad

Wednesday, July 10 at 6:30 pm – Sunday, July 14 at 1:00 pm

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 awareness of breath and the physical movement that flows out of that breath awareness. It will also include the deep meditative “rest” of yoga nidra practice. Through each day, the awareness work moves seamlessly from meditation in seated stillness to meditation in movement. Beginners to yoga and meditation are very welcome.

There will be meditation and yoga practice instruction each day, and a dharma talk each evening. And while the retreat is silent, we will offer group meeting times and opportunities for one-on-one meetings with the teachers.

The core work of all our retreats is the practice of intimacy with each living moment of experience of our bodies, hearts, and minds. It’s the moment-to-moment “gathering of the gaze of attention” on our actual experience. In this way, we work to come home to our own living presence and the presence of our community and our environment. In this “coming home,” we may increasingly see and feel the truth and beauty of our lives and of this whole world we live in, without regard to the fiery circumstances unfolding in that world nowadays. As the Korean Buddhist poet Ko Un so beautifully put it:

You are cordially invited

to celebrate the bigness of being

the mystery of the holy ordinary

the flowers of a moment

About Your Retreat Leaders:

Meals: All meals are included and are vegetarian (with gluten-free, vegan, and non-dairy options). We start with dinner on Wednesday at 6:30, and end with lunch on Sunday at 12:30.

Cost: The retreat is offered on a Dana basis. We charge $675 to cover break-even costs (room and board, plus a few other expenses). In Sanskrit, Dana means “generosity” or “giving”. We will put out a bowl at the end of the retreat for you to make any offerings to the teachers that you feel appropriate.

To Register: Please send a deposit of $200 (along with your name, phone number and email) to Jeff Collins, 312 First Street, Ithaca, NY 14850, or you can send the deposit via PayPal (at tsultrim312@gmail.com) or Venmo (@Jeff-Collins-172), but be sure we know your name, phone number and email address.

We will not be able to refund your deposit for any cancellations made less than four weeks before the beginning of the retreat.

For More Information: tsultrim312@gmail.com