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Meditation, Improvisation and the Creative Process
~ Explorations in Presence, Movement and Sound

With Vicki Tansey

June 6-9, 2008

$375 Program fees include 3 meals per day served by the Karme Choling kitchen.

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Presence - a state of being in the moment in both body and mind - is central not only to the practices of meditation and improvisation, but to creative process itself. From the body come breath, sound, gesture, and movement - the vocabulary, reflections, and expressive qualities of each individual that are so rich and vast. Participants will find expression for and expansion from that basic state of being, in an atmosphere of joy and fearlessness.

In this retreat, participants will attend daily sessions of meditation instruction and practice and workshops in body movement and vocalization. Through an evolving series of guided movement and voice exercises and improvisations, they will learn how to:

*    Listen to, recognize and develop their potential for expressive
     movement and voice,
*   By-pass mental / conceptual judgment and constraints,
*   Utilize relaxation techniques and meditative exercises to facilitate the      integration of body and mind,
*   Sharpen and deepen the intuitive, and
*   Re-discover spontaneity and the ability to free-play.

This program is being held at Karmê Chöling Shambhala Meditation Center in Barnet, Vermont.  To register please email registration@tailofthetiger.org with your name, address, phone number, email address, name of the program and choice of accommodations. You will be contacted for deposit information and confirmation of registration.

In an effort to make our programs accessible to all, we offer an interest free payment plan. This plan allows you to pay 50% of the total prior to or at the time of registration and give post-dated check or credit card authorization for the remainder of the balance for up to six month post program. If you are interested in this payment option, please let the registration department know when you confirm your registration.