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immersions

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The Clarity Collective 

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a small group gathering where text study, embodiment, meditation & speaking and listening practices come together;

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a place where we dig deep into how this practice is muted or expressed in our actual life,

bravely in the presence of the sangha (a practice community).

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practitioners are encouraged to think critically about this practice, the conditions they

emerge from and themselves.

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Next Practice Period Coming 

EARLY 2024

4 COMPONENTS:

WHAT: The Clarity Collective is small sangha (community) of up to 6 folks who are interested in committing to weekly gatherings in order to get very real about how practice informs and inspires their actual life.  

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  • We use one book as our text-base, grounding our process in that framework; you'll read this on your own.  

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  • We meet weekly on zoom; we begin with a check in and a short formal practice-- some combination of meditation, breath & simple movement.  

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  • Then Sarah will offer a short talk and some prompts-- questions, grounded in the text, for us to ponder together.

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  • Then we engage in the heart of The Clarity Collection: formal speaking and listening practices.

    • Sarah will give this process clear structure and boundaries.​

    • Someone will speak for a specific allotted amount of time while others only listen. 

    • When speaking, the practice is essentially to speak honestly from your heart, about your life.

    • When listening, the practice is essentially to listen openly with your whole body and to engage in actively dropping judgment, comparisons and distractions in order to remain receptive.  

    • Then we speak more freely as a group.

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  • WHAT ITS NOT: therapy, in the traditional western sense.  It is, however, full of the potential for insight and healing via the dharma, via the power of these wisdom practices, via respectful communal spaces and rituals, and via the powerful experience that is being fully seen and heard and through the learning experience that is deep listening.  

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WHEN:

  • 2024 Dates TBA.

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  • Typicall8-10 sessions live​ on zoom

    • 1 in person social gathering optional for local san diego participants.

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WHO: Anyone with an earnest interest in these practices and in the support of a kind, honest community are welcome.  You are encouraged to bring your unique life to this intimate way of practicing with others.    â€‹â€‹â€‹

  • ​There are so many ways one can engage in this Collective.  What are you curious about?  Bring that to this sangha.  Are you a yoga or meditation teacher who needs support & inspiration?  Are you a householder with a partner or children or pets or aging parents who wonders how this practice might guide their relational life?  Do you feel drawn to contemplate the challenges of the 2020s sociopolitical landscape through the lens of wisdom traditions?  Do you need the guidance of these practices in tending to your body, heart & mind?  All of these and more are valuable reasons to participate.

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WHERE: Via Zoom.  

  • There will also be an opportunity to meet up for an outdoor gathering with other former Clarity Collective participants, in the San Diego area.  Details TBA.

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EXCHANGE: Sliding Scale, $25-$50 / session; $225- $450 total

Your generosity is greatly appreciated.

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STRUCTURES:

  • Text for next 2024 session: Stephen Bachelor's Buddhism Without Beliefts

    • Upon enrollment, please acquire this book and begin reading.​

  • Zoom Sessions

    • The first session will be comprised of an opening circle & the final session will offer a closing circle.​

    • Most session include a brief check in followed by a 15-30minute formal practice, drawing from yoga asana (postural movements), pranayama (breath), somatic explorations and/or meditation.

    • Sarah will then guide the Speaking & Listening Practices.​​

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COMMITMENT: Given the intimate & community-care nature of The Clarity Collective, your presence is imperative. Please enroll only if you can commit to A) arriving in a timely fashion, and B) can be present for all sessions, though missing up to two sessions due to prior obligations or unexpected emergencies is reasonable (so long it is not the first session).  If you cannot commit to these requisites, kindly pass on this engagement.

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ENROLLMENT currently closed.

 past immersions:

Begin a Meditation Practice: Wrkshp

Begin a Meditation Practice: Wrkshp

Begin a Meditation Practice: Workshop

PATH as GUIDE immersion

PATH as GUIDE immersion

child walking on sunlit path

Restorative Yoga Teacher Training

Restorative Yoga Teacher Training

Restorative Yoga Teacher Training

RETREATS in BAJA

RETREATS in BAJA

ocean view on retreat

What is Mindfulness?: Workshop

What is Mindfulness?: Workshop

What is Mindfulness?: Workshop

Full Week Yoga & Meditation Intnsv

Full Week Yoga & Meditation Intnsv

Full Week Yoga & Meditation Intensive

Hands On Assistance for Yoga Teacher

Hands On Assistance for Yoga Teacher

Hands On Assistance for Yoga Teachers, Part 1

Hands On Assistance for Yoga Teacher

Hands On Assistance for Yoga Teacher

Hands On Assistance for Yoga Teachers, Part 2

Farm To Yoga: Practice, Tour, Dinner

Farm To Yoga: Practice, Tour, Dinner

Farm To Yoga: Practice, Tour & Dinner

Eight Limbs of Yoga: Workshop

Eight Limbs of Yoga: Workshop

Eight Limbs of Yoga: Workshop

New to Yoga: Workshop

New to Yoga: Workshop

New to Yoga: Workshop

text study

text study

speaking & listening practices

speaking & listening practices

contemplate the fruits of practice

contemplate the fruits of practice

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