This Month at Samsara
House 2023
and East Meets
West Yoga - October 2016
Summary:
(Oct 2, 9, 16, 23, 30) Mindfulness for Daily Living Series
Weekly Meditation Class, (Oct 7-8) Developing Spiritual
Confidence Workhop with Dustin
DiPerna * (Oct
15) Open "Fireside" Chat Awakening Meditation Circle *
(Oct 16) Pop-up Meditation at Bloomingdale Farmer's Market *
(Oct 21-23) Human Sun Weekend Retreat with Saniel
& Linda Groves-Bonder * (Oct
29) Releasing Old Patterns and Embracing New Possibilities -
"Shadow" Workshop
Save
the dates and preregister to secure your seat - See below!
October 2016
EVERY
SUNDAY EVENING at East Meets West Yoga Center
Mindfulness
For Daily Living - Weekly Meditation Class
with
Bennett Crawford and Cullen Kowalski
Mindfulness
for Daily Living Series: Discover a deeper trust and wisdom within
you
Many
of us already know that the practice of meditation has many benefits to
our overall health and well-being but as we know it is not easy to engage
and maintain a daily practice. There are many reasons on why we might not
engage in a regular practice such as- “it is too hard to meditate because
my mind is too distracting”, “I have a family with kids”, “I have a busy
work schedule”, “I am too restless to meditate” or “I just do not have
the time”. When it comes to the hustle and bustle of daily life, it can
be very difficult for us to slow down and come back to BEING and make
time to meditate.
This
is why the mindfulness for daily life series will provide you the time,
opportunity and space to meditate. With this opportunity to practice
mindfulness and meditation, you will learn and explore essential
mindfulness skills and practices that are very practical and useful in
your life. You will learn various insights, tools and practices to become
more present and alive with more presence and aliveness, and discover the
true value of mindfulness and how it can transform your life. You
will discover as you continue to practice that you will have access to a
deeper place of trust, inner strength, wisdom, and compassion, which will
not only make a difference in your life but also make a difference in
lives of others.
In
this mindfulness for daily life series, you will learn:
- How to
stay grounded and present in mindful, effortless awareness.
- How to
develop a deeper trust in your deepest Self and discover and live
from your inherent goodness.
- How to
cultivate and embody an attitude of openness, trust and curiosity
with experience in meditation both on the cushion and off the
cushion.
- How to
tame the mind with love and compassion.
- How to
learn the value of inquiry and interpersonal mindful
meditation-mindful mutuality and the possibilities this creates for
how we can BE in the world.
Please
join Bennett and Cullen in discovering the power of mindful awareness in
mutual openness, curiosity, trust, and compassion, and see what is
possible on how we can bring this level of presence to our daily lives
together.
6:00PM
- 7:15PM
Requested Donation - $15 - $10
Venue: East
meets West Yoga Center in Vienna, VA
Read
more and preregister : http://eastmeetswestcenter.com/
First
time in the D.C. area from the West Coast, Dustin DiPerna
7-8 OCT - FRIDAY
EVENING & SATURDAY ALL DAY
Developing
Spiritual Confidence - Workshop
with Dustin
DiPerna and Bennett Crawford
For
anyone serious about spreading intersubjective "we-space" practice
in the D.C. area, putting integral theory in practice, or about studying the very leading-edge
of spirituality, this is for you..
..
and for anyone curious : "we-space" practice is a
significant "how" of what is needed for "us" to get
together and love one another--flowing, relaxed, peaceful.. in
a way which
transcends and includes everything we are already doing, everything
being taught by our great teachers, and all of the life coaching and
self-help methods in the marketplace, such that
*everyone* in the room from whatever path or belief is part of that
getting togetherness. You won't believe how you feel during and
after one of these experiences. One thing seems sure, the future of spirituality is
experiential..
Dustin
DiPerna is an upcoming spiritual teacher from the West Coast who will be
visiting us for the first time this coming
Friday and Saturday and you are invited to join. You really don't want to miss
this opportunity! Together with Awakening New
Possibilities founder and Samsara House 2023 partner Bennett Crawford, he
will be offering an introductory evening which will be part-didactic and
part-experiential. Saturday will be a day long deep dive
of experience that for the price
Dustin is a visionary leader, entrepreneur, and recognized
expert in world religions. American philosopher Ken Wilber has publicly
declared that Dustin’s work “fundamentally alters the way in which
religion or spirituality can (and should) be taught and practiced.”
Here's an except from the flyer:
Spiritual
confidence emerges as a result of knowing who we truly are. Through
meditation we gain access to a level of stable presence that is alert,
calm, and able to hold any experience. Many of us have only experienced
meditation as an isolated individual practice, but what happens when we
bring meditative awareness into our friendships and romantic
relationships? There is an art of relating that all of us can learn
through deepening our connection to our own spiritual presence. Come
explore the power of relational spiritual practice with Dustin and
Bennett.
Friday, October 7th - Introductory Evening
7:00 - 9:00 pm
Cost: $10 - $15 dollars donation
Read
more and preregister - Introductory Evening Only (Eventbrite Tickets)
During
this evening introduction, you will be guided through a series of
exercises designed to help you discover your spiritual confidence in our
world of rapid modern change. The evening will consist of both individual
and collective meditative practice. At the end of the event, you will
have the opportunity to learn more about the daylong workshop to be held
the following day on Saturday October 8th.
Reserve
your seat now: https://developingspiritualconfidence.eventbrite.com/
Download/Share
flyer: http://bit.ly/DevelopingSpiritualConfidence
Saturday,
October 8th - One Day Workshop
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Cost: $90.00 preregistered; $100.00 at the door
Read
more and preregister - One Day Workshop Only (East meets West Website)
Venue: East
meets West Yoga Center in Vienna, VA
Our
Monthly Gathering
15 OCT - SATURDAY
NIGHT
Open
"Fireside" Chat Awakening Meditation Circle
with Bennett
Crawford and Cullen Kowalski
Cullen
Kowalski and Bennett Crawford are pleased to invite you to our monthly
Open “Fireside” Chat Awakening Circle. We would like to share with
you our direct experiences with meditation in the context of awakening,
open heart mutuality, deep healing and shadow work--ingredients which
appear to be essential for igniting a whole new way of life of ultimate
liberation, freedom and explosive radical love. This open style
peer mutuality circle is about learning from each other how meditation
can create the space for not only accelerating the discovery of our
deepest Self, but also sharing with each other how meditation can open us
to new possibilities. The results of this way of meditation are
extraordinary. We are in the process of developing leading-edge programs
for individuals and organizations to share a variety of meditations which
are "full spectrum" in nature so that meditation can be
directly applied at all places throughout our day. Developing and
practicing "full spectrum" mindfulness is not just for personal
benefit--it's a way of being so that your true gifts can be shared with
the world right now and in every moment when it is most needed.
Come
join us, we have a seat waiting for you! We look
forward to meeting you, learning about your unique experience with
meditation and share with you a vision of what’s possible.
Please
RSVP to let us know you are coming.
7:30PM
- 9:30PM
Cost
$5 - Tea and Conscious Snacks Served
Venue:
Around the Fire Pit @ Samsara House 2023 in Washington, D.C. 20001
Read More
and RSVP: https://bit.ly/OpenFireside
Come
try meditation!
16 OCT
- SUNDAY MORNING
FREE
Pop-up Meditation at Bloomingdale Farmer's Market
Back
by popular demand!
For
anyone wondering what meditation is all about, but doesn’t know where to
start. For anyone who seeks to create an effective daily meditation
practice--novices and experienced meditators alike. For anyone interested
in learning a whole new way of being that can rapidly transform
themselves, their communities, their schools and their organizations. For
those who want to make real or “Real-ize” their whole being, become awake
and fully integrated. For those who are ready to transform themselves and
the world. This powerful introduction to meditation class could be for
you.
Sign-up on the spot for one or more fifteen minute
experiences of guided meditation to see what it's all about!
Sign-up
on the spot, one or more 15 Minute Experiences of Guided
Meditation
9AM
- 1PM
FREE
Venue:
Outside Big Bear Cafe, Bloomingdale, D.C. 20001
Come
see what it means to Wake Down in Mutuality, Do not miss this!
21-23
OCT - FRIDAY EVENING & WEEKEND RETREAT
Human
Sun Weekend Retreat with Saniel & Linda-Groves Bonder
Realize
the Heart and Heal Your Spirit/Matter Split
Embodied
awakening has become a central pursuit for many people today who are no
longer willing to have their spirituality separate from their everyday
lives, relationships, obligations, responsibilities -- and very crowded
to-do lists! This
is not meant to replace your existing spiritual path,
however engaged it might be. This is not full of intellectual
concepts, thoughts or rejections of ideas either.
The
revelation of Waking Down in Mutuality stands among the leading-edge of
spiritual paths which can turn all our actions into the ultimate
recognition and expression of the divinely human Heart of our total
existence. In essence, Waking Down in Mutuality is an experiential
evolutionary spiritual practice that helps us awaken, heal and connect
with and through others, as well as in ourselves. Waking Down in Mutuality offers
humanity the potential to land in a stage of unshakable awakening bodily
as consciousness itself, a second birth, a new way of life.
If you have any interest whatsoever in accelerating your own awakening
and streamlining your further healing, growth, and full expression of
your life-purpose, please don't miss this extraordinary weekend with
Saniel and Linda as well as other local awakened and awakening Waking
Down practitioners. Each day will include gazing and meditation, music
and movement (bring your instruments and playlists!), poetry and creative
expression, as well as teaching presentations and Q&A. Come join us for
a heart-full, juicy weekend! They both are eager to join us here in
the D.C. Metro area for this potent two-day retreat. Everyone
welcome. Invite your friends.
Friday,
October 21st - Introductory Public Gathering
7:30 - 9:30 pm
Cost: $20
preregistered - $30 at the door
Read
More and Preregister - The Introductory Gathering Only (Eventbrite Tickets)
Venue: East meets West Yoga Center in Vienna, VA
Saturday & Sunday, Oct 22-23 - Human Sun Weekend Retreat
10:00 am - 6:00 pm Sat | 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Sun
Cost: $325.00 through Sept 22; $395.00 through Oct 21
Read
More and Register - The Weekend Retreat Only (Saniel & Linda Website)
Venue: Private location in Arlington, VA e-mailed to participants
New "Shadow"
Workshop!
29 OCT
- SATURDAY AFTERNOON
Releasing Old
Patterns and Embracing New Possibilities - Workshop
with Bennett
Crawford and Cullen Kowalski
How
many of you have ever felt stuck in a pattern or a habit that does not
serve you? How many of you felt sabotaged by your own conflicting
needs, desires and values that keep you from living the life you want to
live? From time to time, many of us experience conflicting needs, drives
or motives about the changes we want to make thus keeping us stuck
despite our greatest intentions and efforts. The question becomes
-- how do we begin to recognize and transform these unconscious habits
and patterns and be free from them so that we have the space to live from
our deepest values?
In
this workshop, Releasing Old Patterns and Embracing New Possibilities
will provide you with the opportunity to look within and see your own
habits and patterns from a place of compassion, openness, and
curiosity. In this workshop, you will not only discover more
freedom but also discover more possibilities within yourself as well.
From this place of compassionate, open awareness, new possibilities can
emerge thus providing you the space and guidance you need in order to
make the positive changes in the world. [or that you need to make
positive changes in the world.]
By
completion of this class, you will learn:
- How to
connect more deeply with yourself and others in a space of inherent
goodness, trust, compassion, openness and curiosity
- Learn
tools on how to recognize habits and patterns that do not serve you
from a place of wisdom and compassion
- Discover
how to connect more with your True Self and be able to discern more
clearly between your True Self and False self
- To open to
new possibilities within yourself and be able to bring them more
into your life
We
invite you to come to this transformative workshop and together we will
discover our inherent goodness and the possibilities that can emerge when
we can face and let go of our habits and patterns that do not serve us.
Let us come together and confront the hidden parts of ourselves because
as we do, we not only make a difference within ourselves, but also make a
difference in the world as well!
2:00PM
- 5:30PM
Cost $45-$40 - Tea and Conscious Snacks Served
* signup by Oct 16th for $5 off the workshop price
Venue:
Samsara House 2023 in Washington, D.C. 20001
Download Flyer/Register: http://bit.ly/ReleasingOldPatterns
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PROMOTION
WEDNESDAY
MORNINGS
Sunrise
Kundalini with Haridev Kaur and friends
6:30AM
- 8:00 AM @ Dupont Circle, D.C.
Come
greet the sun with me and the Yoga House Collective this Wednesday, from
6:30-8am at Church
of The Holy City - National Swedenborgian Church. With the beautiful morning light that comes with the
summer solstice happening soon, we will appreciate the sun, warm our
hearts and foster our compassion. What a great way to start the day!
1611
16th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20009
Open
Drop In
Cost
$10/by donation
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About Samsara
House 2023, (est. 2013)
What we do
Offering extraordinary
experiences from the leading-edge of healing, connection and
awakening. Beginner to advanced workshops and integrated programs
for individuals, communities, schools and corporations. [ ...
]
● creating space for healing,
connection and awakening
● developing the ability to tap into the full potential of human life
● activating the next evolutionary level of consciousness
Guiding Principles
SUPPORT, TRUST, DIGNITY, RESPECT,
APPRECIATION, GENEROSITY, ELEGANCE
You never change things by fighting the
existing reality. To change something, build a new model
that makes the existing model obsolete. ~ Buckminster Fuller
Be the change you wish to see in the world.
~ Gandhi
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