Annual Natural Dharma Fellowship Teacher's Retreat: Spontaneity, Vulnerability and Confidence
With Lama Willa Blythe Baker, Lama Liz Monson and with Chelsea MacMillan
May 24 - 27, 2018
Registration is open until May 17th. Please don’t delay!
The Natural Dharma Fellowship Teacher’s Retreat is an annual gathering of leaders, teachers and mentors connected to Natural Dharma Fellowship. In addition to discussing topics pertinent to sharing the dharma, we gather to nurture a culture of healthy leadership in community. In addition, each retreat is designed to expand our knowledge and skills as we grow into the role of paying forward the dharma for the benefit of others.
The 2018 Teacher’s Retreat will explore the themes of spontaneity, vulnerability and confidence through practice, teaching and other interactive work. One new medium we will explore during the 2018 retreat is the practice of Improv. Improv is a technique of solitary or group performance in which the plot, scene, characters and dialogue are made up in the moment. This art requires playfulness, creativity and a willingness of be vulnerable. Improv hones the skill of being “on the spot”, a place we often find ourselves when paying forward the dharma.
This year we are joined by Chelsea MacMillan, founder of the Brooklyn Center for Sacred Activism, who will offer basic training in the art of Improv, as a support for leadership and teaching.
This is a retreat for Natural Dharma Fellowship core and visiting teachers and mentors only. If you have any questions about the retreat, please contact elizabeth@naturaldharma.org.
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About the Teachers
Lama Willa Blythe Baker
Lama Willa Blythe Baker, Ph.D. is the Founder of Natural Dharma Fellowship in Boston, MA and its retreat center Wonderwell Mountain Refuge in Springfield, NH. She was authorized as a dharma teacher and lineage holder in the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism after twelve years of monastic training and two consecutive three-year retreats. She also […]
Learn more about Lama Willa Blythe BakerLama Liz Monson
Lama, Managing Teacher, Spiritual Co-Director Elizabeth Monson, PhD, is the Spiritual Co-Director of Natural Dharma Fellowship and the Managing Teacher at Wonderwell Mountain Refuge in Springfield, NH. Liz was authorized as a dharma teacher and lineage holder in the Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism after over 30 years of studying, practicing, and teaching Tibetan Buddhism […]
Learn more about Lama Liz Monsonwith Chelsea MacMillan
Chelsea MacMillan is an activist, spiritual director, writer, and co-founder of the Brooklyn Center for Sacred Activism. As a Minister for the Spiritual-But-Not-Religious, Chelsea offers spiritual direction and guidance to those who desire to make a difference in shifting the consciousness of humanity. With her training in interfaith education (ordained in 2015 by One Spirit […]
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