Falling Away: A Half-Day Mindfulness Retreat
with Natasha Korshak & Lhasha Tizer
Saturday, October 31th from 1:00 to 5:00 pm
$85, Sol Member Discount Applicable
The essence of mindfulness practice is the willingness to be with the direct experience of the body/mind flow. As a skill, we learn to better ride the waves of pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral moments- and see deeper into the naturalness of change, and our innate ability to both adapt and engage.
The theme of this half-day of mindfulness practice session corresponds to the Fall season, the shift of the light, and the natural invitation to let go of the past and pause in the interim. Co-lead by Natasha and Lhasha, within a supportive community of practice, a half-day of practice is an important opportunity to step away from the busyness and pressure of daily life, attend to what is changing and emerging, and strengthen your ability to show up in the world in the ways that are most attuned to your own special gifts.
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 recommended.
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.
Natasha Korshak is the founder of the Mindfulness & MBSR Programs’ of Tucson and the Sol Center. She is a long time teacher of yoga, meditation, mindfulness and MBSR and is the former Director of Mindfulness Education for Miraval: Life in Balance Resort. In this unique role, she helped to design and deliver mindfulness programs for guests, staff, and the local community; she was also privileged to speak about the benefits of mindfulness to national audiences. She has completed professional training at the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care and Society and continues to study & practice related mindfulness, meditation, and inquiry methods.
