Clearing the Way: A Half-Day Mindfulness Retreat
with Lhasha Tizer MS & Maya Adams CNM
Saturday, September 26th from 1:00 to 5:00 pm
$85, Sol Member Discount Applicable
Mindfulness, attention, self-recollection are key qualities to the development of wisdom. They are direct means to understand our life situation, the bigger picture as well as the details that support or impede our well-being. By simply observing the mind/body moment by moment, with an attitude of non-judgmental direct observation, a naturalness returns to our lived experience and our knowing more fluidly aligns with our doing.
This half-day of mindfulness practice is an important opportunity to step away from the busyness and pressure of daily life, create a “clearing” for rest and insight, and strengthen your ability to show up in the world in the ways that are most attuned to your own special gifts.
Guided by Maya and Lhasha, the day will include a welcoming practice, periods of guided and silent meditation, supportive teachings, and a closing gratitude practice . Foundational experience with meditation is suggested.
Lhasha Tizer, MS, is a certified Community Dharma Leader trained in Insight Meditation through Spirit Rock Meditation Center. She is a long time practitioner and teacher of meditation and mindfulness, studying for 47 years, and has been teaching Buddhist Studies since 2010. Through Desert Insight Meditation, her teaching community, she offers classes, book groups, and retreats at Tucson Community Meditation Center and beyond. In her private practice, The Mindfulness Path, Lhasha guides, consults and provides individual instruction in mindful living, meditation practices, and mindful inquiry. Lhasha has a diverse background with a teaching certificate in “Chado”, The Japanese Way of Tea, with roots in Zen Buddhism. She has practiced as a Holistic Health Counselor, a Holistic nutritionist specializing in tea nutrition, and is a co-author of the book Tea Here Now. She is devoted to sharing the benefits of her personal studies and practices through her teaching.
Maya Z. Adams, CNM, is a local nurse midwife with a long-time commitment to supporting women and families during the momentous time of bringing their children into this world. She has delved in and out of the world of meditation and yoga for over 30 years, mindfulness became more significant in the last ten years, especially around her experience of parenting her own children. She found that while traditional therapy was helpful, a regular mindfulness practice provided another level of awareness and spiritual growth, helping to navigate the daily ups and downs of family life, as well as influencing her practice as a nurse midwife. As a graduate of the two-year Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program (MMTCP) directed by Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach, Maya’s is now inspired to share this “good medicine” with other “practicing humans.”
