Evening workshops run from 7:00-9:30 pm in North Oakland

You can read detailed workshop descriptions at:

http://www.vanissar.com/blog/tarakali-education-upcoming-workshops-in-2013/

or at: https://www.facebook.com/events/479274532148308/

Wednesday, May 29
Your Healing Hands Energy Healing Workshop

Sunday, June 2: 10 am – 5 pm
Small Group Somatic and Intuitive Coaching Daylong

Monday, June 24
Emotional First Aid for Stress

Sunday, July 14: 10 am – 5 pm
Your Healing Hands Energy Healing Daylong

Wednesday, July 24
Embody Your Allyship for White Racial Justice Allies

Tuesday, August 27
Surfing the Waves: Navigating Spiritual Awakenings and Emergencies

Wednesday, September 25
How Oppression Shows Up in Our Bodies

Thursday, October 24
DIY Heal Trauma and Oppression in Your Body

Monday, November 25
Fierce Compassion: De-Shaming Social Justice Work

To register: contact Dr. Tarakali at vanissar[at]cs.com or (510) five-nine-four-6812

Vanissar Tarakali, Ph.D. (East West Psychology) is a somatic educator and intuitive who designs “collaborate with your body” training and coaching sessions for people who are transforming our world. Dr. Tarakali teaches clients how to tap into body wisdom to shift reactivity and stress into creativity and agency. Director of Tarakali Education and DiversityWorks trainer, Dr. Tarakali passionately practices Generative Somatics, Intuitive Reading, Energy Bodywork and Tibetan Buddhism.

http://www.vanissar.com Facebook: Tarakali Education

The Dana Cafe is new monthly gathering in Oakland providing vital teachings at no cost to participants. Each month on first Sundays beginning this May, the Dana Cafe invites a different teacher from various arts and healing traditions. Our monthly classes are offered for Dana (donations) and there is no set fee to attend.

We are inviting our vibrant community of friends, family, change agents, artists, healers and practitioners to join us for a Kick Off Open House Party! This 1st Friday event, held at our collaborative space and community partner, Temescal Art Center, will feature light refreshments, live acoustic music with Eileen Hazel and installations by amazing supporting artists to include Shahara Godfrey, Pamela Ybanez, Seneca Beth Miller, and Laurie Halsey Brown of senseofplace LAB. Meet some of our upcoming guest teachers and gather valuable insight on todays emerging gift economy.

Dana Cafe Kick Off Open House Party
Friday May 3rd 7pm – 11pm
TAC: Temescal Art Center
511 48th St. @ Telegraph Ave. Oakland

Visit our website for more info on Dana Cafe and upcoming classes.
http://www.projectroot.org/dana_cafe.html

Join us on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/DanaCafe

Pay it forward if you’re able and make a contribution to support the Dana Cafe
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/support-the-dana-cafe

YEA Camp is a unique and inspiring leadership summer camp for youth 12-17 who care about community service, activism and social justice. A week-long sleep-away program in a beautiful camp location, YEA is designed to be a fun and transformative experience that builds life-long friendships between youth with similar interests. Our program also provides a meaningful opportunity for campers to learn more about some of the issues facing our planet and to get inspired and empowered to take action on those issues.

Campers choose an issue of importance to them (for example, some have chosen climate change, racism, homophobia, homelessness, animal rights) and at YEA they build the knowledge, skills, confidence, and community to take action on that issue long after camp is over. Youth who have participated in our programs report that the camp was one of the most fun, rewarding and life-changing experiences they have had, and, with YEA’s community support, have gone on to start school clubs, plan fundraisers for nonprofits, organize community clean-ups, and attend hearings to comment about important community issues.

For more information, visit our website http://www.yeacamp.org.

“This camp has truly changed my life. You have inspired me to do so much with my life and to make the world a truly better place. You have inspired me to believe in myself and to not just say ‘I’m just a kid, what can I do?’ Because of you, I have been able to actually make a difference.” -Bianca, Age 15

When: July 14-21, 2013
Where: Ben Lomond, CA (in the Santa Cruz Redwoods)
http://www.yeacamp.org for more information or to register
Contact: info@yeacamp.orgor 503-347-0223
See a You Tube video about our program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ4T15gx_UU

1-6 PM, Sunday April 7, 2013
Mangalam Research Center
2018 Allston Way, Berkeley

This is an opportunity to enrich your theoretical and practical understanding of meditative practices within, and in dialogue between, the world’s major spiritual traditions. download flyer.

Schedule
1:00-2:30: Panel Discussion
‘Meditation across Traditions: Bridging Theory and Practice’
‘Meditation’ has become widely accepted in the West as a ‘technique’ for relaxation, stress reduction, inner clarity and access to states of ‘elevated’ states of consciousness. Yet the fact that the term ‘meditation’, and the terms ‘contemplation,’ ‘reflection,’ and ‘prayer’, have come to mean so many different things, to some many different people, and in so many different ways — not to mention the growing interest in how to understand ‘meditation’ in terms of modern science — has left many of us overwhelmed and bewildered about where to even begin embarking upon spiritual or meditative practice.
The panel will be followed by an experiential workshop where three scholar-practitioners will share complementary practices from three different contemplative traditions.

3:00-6:00: Experiential Workshop
‘Varieties of Meditative Experience’
You must attend the panel to participate in the workshop.
Three sessions, about 45 minutes each, with time for discussion:
• Prof. Robert Buswell: Zen ‘Questioning Meditation’ (koan) and Buddhist Mindfulness Practice
• Prof. Carl McColman: Christian Meditation, Contemplation and Mental Prayer
• Prof. Alan Godlas: Sufi Vocal and Silent Meditation

Program costs:
• $15: Panel ($10: Student and Seniors’ Discount)
• $45: Panel and Workshop ($25: Student and Seniors’ Discount)

enver.rahmanov@gmail.com

Facilitation & Leadership Training
with Bill Say
April 27

Transcendence and Death:
Facilitating the Eternal in all of us

At least once a day we “die” in sleep, letting go of our hopes and concerns. There, dreams and emptiness await us.

How can we support ourselves and others in connecting to the eternal? What solutions might we find in letting go of all, in emptiness?

This month’s class will be an opportunity to explore your transcendental nature as well as develop your capacity to support another in altered states of letting go and deep creativity.

April 27, 3-6pm
Birthways
1600 Shattuck Avenue #122 Berkeley, CA 94709
$65/40 students and interns
Register at: bill@billsay.com
(510)548-8703

The Process Work Facilitation & Leadership Training is a monthly group that focuses on learning Process Work theory and tools for facilitation and leadership development.

* Learn and practice Process Work theory & tools
* Hone skills for individual, couples and group work (Worldwork)
* Develop relationship and community building capacities
* Cultivate diversity awareness and deep democracy
* Deepen eldership and nature-based spiritual connections

Process Work, developed by Arnold Mindell, is an approach to individual and collective change with roots in psychology, physics, spirituality, and systems theory. Process Work has been applied to the areas of: chronic physical symptoms, comatose states, addictions, relationship problems of all kinds, extreme states of mind, community conflict, and organizational development.

Begun as an approach in the late 1970’s, Process Work has institutes in Australia, Denmark, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland, and the US.
http://www.processwork.org/

Bill Say, M.A., directs the Community Healing & Leadership Training, and consults on the issues of diversity awareness, conflict resolution, leadership, and community building. He is a former faculty member of JFK and Naropa universities, and teaches in the US and abroad. He is an affiliate organizational consultant of Olive Grove Consulting. Bill is a Process Work Diplomate. He teaches comawork, subtle connection and communication work, to family members and medical staff.

Bill Say, M.A.
(510) 548-8703
http://www.billsay.com

March ArtSpa is an opportunity to consider what seeds we are planting, and what we want to weed, compost, and release. Using recycled and natural materials, including live plants, we’ll design miniature landscapes that resonate with our visions for new growth. All materials provided, as are tasty, healthy snacks and tea.

Sunday March 31, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Grand Avenue, Oakland location. $90.
Please register in advance; group size is limited. All are welcome – come with a friend or family member!
To register or for more information, visit http://www.ArtGivesHope.com, email or call 510-414-9728.

March 10 from 4-6pm [with the sit from 5 to 5:30]. Reception to follow. Please RSVP to receive a map to the location: lauriehalseybrown@gmail.com

ABOUT THE PROJECT
Nomadic Nature In Situ is a seasonal project curated by senseofplace LAB; in and for the landscape. For 2013, each of the four works in this project will focus on and take place in the Presidio, San Francisco.

Each season, an artist or artist group will be invited to respond to a landscape/situation chosen for them by senseofplace LAB. The work they create will respond to the environment, and evolve organically through time. Each new work will include an event, and a half an hour meditational sit. The works will be documented by senseofplace LAB every season, and the resulting documentation of all of the projects as a whole after one year will become it’s own work.

Nomadic Nature In Situ: WINTER Faye Kendall and Sophie Leininger work collaboratively as The Time Between Dog and Wolf, creating Magic Circles; in-situ installations and performances that describe the psychological process of the artist, the systematic suspension of reason and doubt necessary to create a work and the different and unique universe it generates from.

The Time Between Dog and Wolf were invited to respond to an area of the Presidio near Lobos Creek that has large ‘nests’ formed by branches and overhanging trees. Their installation process will be documented as part of the work, and they will be wearing all white to make their process more visible.

Construction will occur over 2 days, with a public event to conclude the installation on March 10 from 4-6pm. Participants will meet at the installation site at 4:00 pm where the artists will create gestures and actions to conclude the building of the Magic Circle. From 5 to 5:30 there will be a silent meditational sit. The artists will then lead short walk to the beach where there will be a reception to follow until sunset.

Please RSVP to receive a map to the location: lauriehalseybrown@gmail.com

Sunday, March 3rd, 2-4PM

Join us for a special introduction to the life and teachings of an inspiring mystic and spiritual leader. Howard Thurman was a guide and mentor for Martin Luther King Jr and many others in the Civil Rights Movement (and beyond!). His work speaks directly to today’s personal and social issues, highlighting the powerful connection between spirituality and social transformation.

This FREE introductory session will be facilitated by Dr. Liza Rankow, and will feature portions of the video interview “Conversations With Howard Thurman.”

Location: East Bay Church of RSc, 4130 Telegraph Ave, Oakland

Ten-Week Class Coming Soon – Beginning March 11th, Dr. Liza will be teaching a ten-week class on Thurman at the East Bay Church, on Monday nights from 7-10PM.

For more info: http://www.onelifeinstitute.org/classesevents.html

In order to bring more people the benefits of meditation and Tibetan Yoga, the Institute will be offering a series of free classes or meditation sessions. These sessions are free and are open to all.

Spring: Meditation and Healing March 18-21, 7-8:30 PM

Many health benefits come from regular meditation practice. This series of free classes focuses on meditations that balance the emotions and stimulate natural healing. Classes will be primarily experiential and are open to all.

Monday, March 18, 7-8:30 PM:Healing the Heart: Meditations on Love with Olivia Hurd

Tuesday, March 19, 7-8:30 PM: Healing Pain with Santosh Philip

Wednesday, March 20, 7-8:30 PM: Movement as Meditation with Jack van der Meulen

Thursday, March 21, 7-8:30 PM: Meditation and Healing with Hugh Joswick

Free March Talks: The Human Condition, March 3 – 31

When we look at our lives and the lives of others, we may not know whether to laugh or cry. There is so much beauty, goodness, and potential. But, suffering, harm, and greed are also there, like weeds threatening to overtake a delightful garden.

March talks explore the human condition through the lens of Nyingma Institute teachings. In the first two Sundays of March, we examine how pain and knowledge arise with the goal of penetrating needless patterns of suffering. Then, on the eve of spring, Donna Morton describes how our nutritional needs change with the seasons and what vegetarian foods are good spring choices. Sylvia Gretchen then reflects on rebirth, death, and the process of dreaming, gently drawing attention to Buddhist teachings on consciousness as a fearless path of liberation. On the final Sunday in March, Mark Henderson discusses causality and karma in a talk on the Buddhist “Wheel of Life.”

Sunday, March 3, 6-7 PM
Tom Morse on “Penetrating the Dynamic of Pain.” 6-7 PM

The feeling of pain or suffering does not arise in isolation, but is part of a larger dynamic and rhythm within our experience. In this talk, Nyingma Institute instructor Tom Morse leads participants in an experiential analysis of pain utilizing exercises from the Time, Space, and Knowledge vision. With insight into the flowing rhythms that give rise to pain, we can take steps to interrupt the process, easing the resultant suffering.

Sunday, March 10, 6-7 PM
Ken McKeon on “Unexpected Knowledge.”

“Before concepts and ideas, projections and reactions, knowledge is available in the sound of sound, the voice of the voice, the inquiry of the inquiry, the mind of mind.” Tarthang Tulku, Visions of Knowledge.

The premise that knowledge is ‘already’ there, within senses and mind changes the nature of how and where we look for knowledge. Time, Space, and Knowledge instructor Ken McKeon will point out how to discover knowledge in unexpected ways and places. And show how this kind of knowledge can bring creativity and kindness more fully into our lives.

Sunday, March 17, 6-7 PM
Donna Morton on “‘The Healthy Vegetarian: Nourishing Foods of the Season: Spring.”

As the seasons change, nutritional needs shift. In this talk, nutritional consultant and Nyingma Institute instructor Donna Morton will give tips on healthy vegetarian foods that the body needs to thrive this spring.

Sunday, March 24, 6-7 PM
Sylvia Gretchen on “Reflections on Death, Rebirth, and Dreaming.”

“The ability of mind to sustain both waking reality and the very different reality of dreams only hints at its remarkable power. From a Buddhist perspective, mind is the foundation for both samsara and nirvana, the soil in which karma and the positive qualities of the human spirit can take root.” Tarthang Tulku, Mind Over Matter.

This talk is about consciousness, the deeper levels of mind that weave throughout waking and dreaming and all states of being. We chart teachings on how consciousness changes from moment to moment and life to life. Reflecting on death (what ends?) and rebirth (what endures?) and dream (what happens?), can inspire compassion and a fearless, open-minded curiosity.

Sunday, March 31, 6-7 PM
Mark Henderson on “The Wheel of Life.”

The Buddha taught that our destiny is not determined by fate, but by causality. To illustrate this teaching he described existence as an ever-turning wheel. Propelled by positive or negative actions living beings move to more or less favorable states of existence. Nyingma Institute instructor Mark Henderson will introduce the wheel of life as depicted in Tibetan art and will discuss this key teaching on causality, its inner and outer architecture, and how deeper inquiry and understanding lead to freedom

Learn more at nyingmainstitute.org