Inperson: Sacred Earth Sangha in Greenwood Cemetery (Brooklyn)
with Lin Wang Gordon and Jon Aaron
Saturday, September 11th, 2021 | 2:00pm–5:00pm
Since its beginning, every session of SES has begun with three honorings: honoring native land, honoring Asian lineages, and honoring ancestors. For the past few months, we have been exploring these three honorings as foundations for sacred earth awakening. In April, we explored honoring the Asian lineages of our practice. In May, we gathered in Central Park to explore honoring Native Land.
What does it mean to honor ancestors? Join us in September as we cultivate relationships with our personal genealogical ancestors as well as practice reflections and meditations that touch the truth of the whole of nature as “all my relations.”
We look forward to exploring our inner and outer world together with you in nature.
Location:
Greenwood Cemetery Main Entrance at Fifth Avenue and 25th Street, Brooklyn
Meet: 1:45 pm in front of chapel to the right of the main entrance — we will leave the chapel promptly at 2pm
Subway: Take the R train to the 25th Street station in Brooklyn. Walk east/uphill one block to our Main Entrance.
Free parking is available within Green-Wood. Please park all vehicles on the right-hand side of the road. Parking on the grass is prohibited.
Additional info: https://www.green-wood.com/visit/
Participation Requirements:
• Vaccination is required! Please present proof of vaccination to the teacher on-site.
• Mask Wearing at all times.
• Social Distance at all times, at least 6’ of distance.
Maximum participants: 25 people
Cancellation: Since we tend to have a waitlist, if you don’t plan to attend the event, please cancel at least 72 hours in advance so others on the waitlist can have a chance to be notified and attend the event. It will also cost staff time to coordinate. We encourage you to be thoughtful of your intention to register and respect others’ opportunities to practice together.
Registration
Teacher(s)
Lin Wang Gordon
Lin has dedicated over a decade to studying insight meditation (Vipassana) and has recently deepened her practice through the Tibetan Dzogchen traditions. Through her meditation journey, she discovers the transformative power of Buddhist philosophy and practices to help live a life of flow, joy, wonder, and resilience.
She graduated from Mark Coleman’s Awake in the Wild Nature Meditation Teacher Training in 2017 and is currently enrolled in the Community Dharma Leaders Program (CDL7) at the Spirit Rock Meditation Center. Lin has gained experience leading ecodharma retreats and co-founded the Sacred Earth Sangha of the New York Insight Meditation Center. In addition to sharing earth-based practices and ecodharma, she hopes to guide others in meditation to foster inner transformation and cultivate a deeper sense of purpose and belonging in everyday life.
Lin has served on the Board of the New York Insight Meditation Center and the Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center. linwanggordon.com
Jon Aaron
Jon Aaron is a Dharma and mindfulness teacher based in New York and Chicago. Since 2006, he has taught at the New York Insight Meditation Center, offering Dharma and MBSR classes. He regularly leads retreats around the U.S. He is primarily grounded in the Theravāda tradition, alongside non-dual and Mahayana approaches. His teaching emphasizes integrating Dharma and mindfulness into daily life to foster clarity in addressing personal and social challenges. His teachers include Matthew Flickstein and, more recently, Kittisaro and Thanissara through their Dharmapala program. Jon also studied contemplative care at the Zen Center for Contemplative Care and completed the Integrated Study and Practice program at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. He is a certified MBSR teacher and teacher trainer and a Somatic Experience Practitioner®. In response to the pandemic, he and his partner, Upayadhi, launched the Space2Meditate community, offering daily meditation since March 2020. Additionally, he co-hosts the podcast Diggin’ the Dharma with scholar Doug Smith, now in its third season. JonAaron.net