Native American Bearing Witness Retreat

While it may have been hiding under “rule of law” or “free market”, colonialism and supremacy function as the scaffolding of the industrial capitalist world. This series with Zeinab Benchakroun and Aparna Bakhle is an invitation to decolonize our mind, body, and heart. We will deepen our conscious and unconscious awareness of the systemic patterns of power.

Together through practices, workshops, and service meditations we will bear witness to the teachings that this wild land is offering us, which run in parallel with the teachings of Thay and the Buddha. We will take refuge in our natural world while we spend time exploring and experiencing the regenerative cultures and practices of the Happy Farm.

During this residency, practitioners will have ample opportunity to connect with the land and beings in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo mountains, practice with four Ecodharma and Zen teachers, build community with fellow practitioners, and explore how our Buddhist practice can meet this world in crisis.