The Liberation of the Heart that Leads to Wise Action: A Meditation Retreat for People Who Identify as Men
With Brian Lesage and Devin Berry
May 19 - 24, 2019
The Buddha taught a path of freedom. This freedom is a heart liberated from greed, hatred, and delusion. On this retreat, we will be exploring masculinity as a way of moving the heart towards such a liberation. This will include investigating how we perform masculinities in both skillful and unskillful ways in a space of coming together as men in healing and transformative ways.
We will be looking at how to move in the world from a place of embodiment, balance, and harmony rather than a place of toxic masculinity. This exploration can allow us to bring the liberation of the heart into wise action.
The retreat will consist of silent periods of sitting and walking meditation, meditative small group inquiry, group discussion and dharma talks.
Requirement: Listen to Scene on Radio Series entitled – MEN
Teachers
Brian has practiced Buddhist meditation since 1988 and has taught since 2000. He has studied in the Zen, Theravada, and Tibetan schools and was ordained in the Rinzai Zen tradition in 1996. His training in Vipassana Meditation includes doing extended meditation retreats in Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, and India as well as numerous retreats in the U.S. He leads retreats and teaches meditation courses nationwide. Brian also has a private practice in Somatic Experiencing, which is a naturalistic approach to healing trauma.
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Devin has been practicing Buddhist meditation and mindfulness since 1999. His practice is primarily informed by the metta and vipassana teachings of the Insight Meditation tradition. This also includes close to four years of combined time in silent, intensive retreat. Devin is committed to the personal and collective liberation of marginalized communities knowing that through the integration of reflection and insight, clarity and wisdom give rise to wise action. Devin regularly teaches at Spirit Rock and Insight Meditation Society (IMS) where he serves as a guiding teacher. He also teaches for Sounds True and at various sanghas and centers nationally.
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