Online: Earthworm Practice – Do the Reconnective Work!
with Ayya Santacitta
Saturday, November 2nd, 2024 | 10:00am – 4:00pm ET
While old narratives and expectations are crumbling within and around us, we are called to navigate the world differently. The timeless and liberating core-teachings of the Buddha, combined with Earth-based practices, are capable of providing the precious medicine needed to meet the challenges of our time.
Let’s wake up together to a citizenship with the more-than-human world, instead of getting lost in the repetitive dramas of the human public sphere. Diving deeper and sensing our deep embeddedness in the biosphere, we can learn to engage a regenerative intelligence beyond the intellect. By working with ancient and new ways of experiencing embodied existence, we are consciously re-rooting in the web of life, bringing about an expanded perception of who we are and opening into our next steps on the path.
Coming home to where we are is the starting point for this journey of maturation, towards a more comprehensive understanding of what it means to be human: with other people, with the more-than-human world and within the web of life – locally and on one planet.
During this daylong we will explore our fundamental interrelation with the more-than-human world through reflections, guided meditations, chanting and Q&A. There will be an opportunity for inquiry in small break-out groups or by silent journaling on your own. If you are sitting inside, please bring a potted plant ally or sit at an open window with a tree or other plant relative in view.
Registration:
Please register below. If you are able, registering at the “Supporter” level enables others to attend at the “Subsidized” level. Thank you for your generosity! (Please note that the registration price includes a base level of teacher support, and you will have the opportunity to donate more after the program.)
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Volunteering
All of our programs rely on volunteers to support our teachers and staff with various tasks and responsibilities. Volunteering allows you to participate in our programs at no cost. To inquire about volunteering opportunities, please fill out our inquiry form, and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
Teacher(s)
Ayya Santacitta
Ayya Santacitta was born in Austria and did her graduate studies in Cultural Anthropology, focusing on dance, theatre and ritual. She also worked in avant-garde dance theatre as a performer and costume designer. In 1988 she met Ajahn Buddhadasa in southern Thailand, who sparked her interest in Buddhist monastic life. She trained as a nun in England and Asia from 1993 until 2009, primarily in the lineage of Ajahn Chah. Since 2002, she has also received teachings in the lineage of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. Ayya Santacitta co-founded Aloka Vihara in 2009 and received Bhikkhuni Ordination in 2011. She is committed to Gaia as a living being and resides at Aloka Earth Room, currently located in San Rafael, CA.