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natural awareness

relaxed presence, unfabricated,
flowing, just as it is

Cost: sliding scale $100 to $200
Registration required - click here

"You might just as well say,"
added the Dormouse,
who seemed to be talking in his sleep,
"that I breathe when I sleep is the same thing as
I sleep when I breathe!"

Note: this is a residential retreat. There is also a separate Friday afternoon workshop.

Seeing is believing -- and believing is seeing.

How do we know what we know?

How does the way we sense the world change what we feel and think?

The deeper we look, the curiouser and curiouser things get.

Join us on rural Vashon Island for a weekend of Buddhist insight integrated with sensory exercises and bodywork.

This retreat will include instruction and practice in embodied sitting and moving. Sitting meditation will combine stability (shamatha) and insight (vipashyana).

Moving meditation will include Taoist qigong (energy cultivation), Feldenkrais, experiential anatomy, body mapping, and biodynamic craniosacral therapy.

The small group size will provide opportunities for questions, group discussion, and individual interviews.

These teachings and practices are suitable for beginning and experienced practitioners from any tradition.

Please register here to reserve your place.

For more information call 206-659-1954 or email

George Draffan
is a Seattle-based practitioner and teacher of Buddhist meditation and Taoist energy practices... more here

Mary Ganzon
is a Pilates Method Alliance (PMA) gold certified Pilates instructor, movement teacher and artist. She brings a diverse background of improvisational dance, bodywork, and energy modalities to help people discover and regain access to their own infinite movement. She has worked with populations from rehabilitation, fitness, performance enhancement and general wellness for over 12 years. ... more here

retreat poster here

workshop leaflet here