Fieldtrip into the Four Fields

You are invited to join the Macy family in a celebration of Joanna’s life. This event will be an evening of music, poetry and teachings. We will move through the four phases of the Spiral of the Work That Reconnects: Coming From Gratitude, Honoring Our Pain for the World, Seeing With New Eyes, and Going Forth as we honor Joanna’s legacy of activism and deep ecology. (hybrid event)

Grounded in the idea that Buddhist ethics calls on us to mitigate and adapt to climate change, the GALA program, freely offered on a dāna basis, will share practices, conceptual frameworks, and workshops to support participants in mindful and skillful engagement in a world with a rapidly changing climate.

The Earth Awareness Teacher Training is for mindfulness and meditation teachers who are passionate about integrating mindfulness and meditation with a deep connection to the Earth and who aim to build capacity for spiritual and psychological resilience in the face of environmental and climate crises. This program is fully funded through the generosity of the BESS Family Foundation, and is offered free of charge to participants. APPLICATION opens July 1st. Early application deadline is August 15th.