Off the Cushion and Into Your Life! Photos from the 2016 East Coast Workshop

We gathered at the Garrison Institute, October 7 – 9, 2016  to explore Sensory Awareness and build community together.

“When I came more into my body, I felt a more intimate connection with others.
It’s like intimacy and connection with strangers is just a veil away.”

                                                                                   —Tom Roepke
                                                                                       Workshop participant

Judyth Weaver Leading.  Laurie Latner on left.                              Outside with Judyth Weaver.

Sticks and Stones.

Balance. Weight. Gravity. Support. Connection.

How much do we want to do it ‘right’? Is it okay when the stone falls?

A small stone, this floor, this air, this stick. What is it to really experience the world within and around us?

How is it that even the weight of a small stone can offer us something?

How is it that the discovery of balance with a crooked stick offers some wisdom to our bones?

Of resting, of being embodied, of contact, of soothing….and on and on.

With our eyes closed, can we sense the other person as we lift and carry something together. Can we find a way to work together? Give and receive?

 Eating with the Senses Wide Open

“I am enjoying tasting much more….and eating less.”

                                                                                                   Helen Saffran
                                                                                                   One week after the workshop

Thanks to all of the participants.  Thanks to all of the Leaders.