Workshops, Retreats and Seminars 2012-2013
Mindset, Mindfulness, and the Creative Advantage Caitriona Reed, Class Series Click for Details |
May 15 – June 5, 2012 Santa Monica |
Warrior Heart Path Aikido and Iaido with Sensei Michele Benzamin-Miki Click for Details |
June 1-3 at Manzanita Village |
NLP Certification Training at Manzanita Village Michele Benzamin-Miki, Caitriona Reed Click for Details |
Spring 2013 dates TBA Manzanita Village |
Advance registration is required for all Retreats and Workshops
Questions? Please call +1-760-782-9223 or email manzanita@ordinarydharma.org
I am grateful beyond words for the remarkable work of Caitríona and Michele.
No spiritual teachers I know bring a broader, more relevant range of knowledge, experience, and well-honed skills for awakening us to fullness of being.
While thoroughly schooled in ancient traditions, their work is fresh and bold, igniting both courage and joy for meeting the challenges of today’s world.
For over a decade my own life and teaching has been enriched by their adventurous creativity and passionate respect for life.
Joanna Macy. Activist, Teacher, and Author of “World as Lover, World as Self” and “Coming Back to Life”, and Co-founder of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship
Silent Meditation Retreat:
Forgiveness and Gratitude,
Loving-kindness and Compassion
February 17-20 at Manzanita Village
Begins Friday evening at 6 PM
Includes instruction and teachings. Beginners Welcome.
Michele Benzamin-Miki, Caitriona Reed
Did you ever lie awake at night because of something you wish you hadn’t done, or because of the way someone has hurt you?
Did it leave a scar that never completely healed?
or perhaps you hope it’s not really affecting you anymore
and try to put it out of your mind?
Forgiveness begins with forgiving yourself
and it’s never really done until all the forgiving is over and finished
and the only thing that remains is Gratitude.
.. Gratitude for the lessons learned,
.. Gratitude for the opportunity to move
beyond the separation that caused hurt and regret in the first place
.. Gratitude to know that you really can be free
of resentment, regrets, resignation, and fear.
As long as you are still saying “I forgive,” then judgment is still there.
With gratitude you release yourself from the tyranny of an imagined past, and open the door to completely transforming your life here and now, and move towards authentic Compassion, Loving kindness, Creativity, Achievement, and the Celebration of life.
We have been on sabbatical of several months and we are really looking forward to this retreat. Please join us.
This will be a silent Mindfulness/Vipassana retreat
We will be introducing you to some very powerful skills to anchor Gratitude, Expanded Awareness, and Loving-kindness in ways you can bring into your daily life as part of a dynamic ongoing practice.
Three days at Manzanita Village, including meals and accommodation.
$195 (+$200 accommodation and meals)
To register by mail send a check to:
Ordinary Dharma PO Box 67, Warner Springs, CA 92086
To register by phone call:
1.310-339-1660
WARRIOR HEART PATH
June 1-3, 2012
Manzanita Village
The Heart of Non-violence
Michele Benzamin-Miki Sensei
The Japanese sword has been used for war for too many centuries. The time has come to find ways to use it to make peace, to transform it; and by transforming its violent legacy, to transform ourselves. Nishio Sensei
Please join us for Warrior Heart Path!
This is a great way to try out a martial art path and to set a warrior heart intention for the springtime. You will be training at your level and capacity, so all levels are welcome. Learn physical and mental skills that empower you, in a supportive and fun way.
Vegetarian food & lodging for two nights included
$250 (Friday 6:00 pm – Sunday 11am)
$175 (Saturday only 10:30 am - 9:00 pm)
Beginners welcomed – training for all levels
Register for Retreats by Paypal or Credit Card
Registration includes food and lodging and tuition.
Select options (e.g. if you require a private room
from the drop down menu on the next page.
To register by mail send a check to:
Ordinary Dharma PO Box 67, Warner Springs, CA 92086
To register by phone call:
1.310-339-3531
NLP Certification Training at Manzanita Village
Spring 2013 dates TBA
Michele Benzamin-Miki, Caitriona Reed Click for Details
Reflect for a moment on the difference between driving your car knowing that the owner’s manual is probably in the glove compartment, should you ever need it and driving your car knowing that you have …
- The expertise of a factory trained engineer
- The skill of a formula one driver
- A road map that shows every highway, shortcut and landmark you are ever likely to need.
Are you a coach, therapist, educator, activist, business owner, trainer, consultant, public-speaker, sales person, performer, artist?
Are you a player or just a spectator? Are you passionate about learning, and developing new skills to deepen your essential understanding of the world?
Learn creative problem-solving, and communication skills that will give you the leading edge in any and every situation.
This course is a high-energy, content-rich, immersion in specific practical skills, valuable in themselves, and more than that, priceless as the means for you to engage in the creativity that allows for unlimited scope in how you can apply and create brand new skills and applications; in your own life, and for the benefit of your clients, students, and team members.
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. Marcel Proust
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