Thursday, September 29th, 2011
Has working full-time got you feeling like a zombie? Are you turning into your computer? Have you noticed that the year has turned once again, the trees are turning yellow and red, and the air is getting crisp and fresh?
Align with the season and come back to life with the ...
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Monday, July 18th, 2011
October 8, 2011 - Vancouver
Yoga is...
... union or communion. B.K.S. Iyengar
... a poise of the soul which enables one to look at life in all its aspects evenly. Mahadev Desai
... a way of remembering our true nature, which is essentially joyful and peaceful. Donna Farhi
... an act of kindness toward ...
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Sunday, January 23rd, 2011
July 16-17, 2011 - CANCELLED
$349 includes teaching fees and delicious organic vegetarian lunch, snacks, and tea
Location: Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve, North Vancouver
9:30 - 4:30, Saturday & Sunday
Guides: Angela and Karen are teaming up for the second year in a row. For a glimpse into the awesome time had by all ...
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Thursday, January 6th, 2011
Karen Rempel is the director of Monkey Valley Retreat Centre. She leads retreats at the centre, and also apprentices on vision fasts in Colorado and California. She teaches tools to help people find healing and guidance in nature, including the medicine walk, medicine wheel, four shields of (human) nature, other ...
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Thursday, February 19th, 2009
I taught walking meditation to my two classes at the youth correctional institute on Monday night. The first class consisted of three young men. A male guard was in the room, the library, for the first part of the class, working on the computer. So I introduced the meditation, and ...
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Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
As I have mentioned before, I am spending this winter in Vancouver. I wanted to stay at Monkey Valley, to enjoy the incredible stillness that comes when the entire landscape is blanketed in white. But it was not to be; the snow plow company was unable to commit to plowing ...
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Saturday, August 16th, 2008
Exploration of wildness
A lot has changed in my life since I started to explore what it means to be a wild woman. My work life usually involves cerebral pursuits, such as accounting and writing computer software manuals. The exploration of wildness brought my body, heart, and spirit into my work ...
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