Join David Walker, director of the Blue Hill Center for Yoga since 1990, and Zen Meditation Teacher and decades-long practitioner Hugh Curran of the Morgan Bay Zendo for a day-long retreat on Saturday, July 11 and August 2, 2015, from 9 am to 5 pm, at the beautiful Morgan Bay Zendo in Surry, Maine. This retreat will alternate yoga instruction geared to facilitate seated meditation with three periods of Zen meditation with instruction. Meditation practice will take place in the traditionally designed Morgan Bay Zendo. The day will come to completion with Kirtan, or sacred chanting, led by David. Practitioners will enjoy a pot-luck vegetarian meal.
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/in Announcements /by David WalkerBe sure to check out our recent schedule for updates on classes, news, and special events.
Trauma-Sensitive Yoga
/in Events, Yoga Blog /by Will ZellTrauma-Sensitive Yoga: David offers an individualized approach to regaining a healthy connection to the client’s body using his training from the Trauma Center of Brookline, Massachusetts, Yoga program, headed by David Emerson, author of Trauma Recovery Through Yoga. Clinical research by the Trauma Center and Dr. Bessell van der Kolk, M.D., the world’s leading expert on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, shows healing for brain/body through brain scans of trauma survivors who practice Trauma-sensitive Yoga. These clinical studies are also showing personal feelings of increased empowerment and renewal of a sense of connectedness to the feeling body.
Zen, Yoga, and Kirtan at Morgan Bay Zendo in Surry, Maine
/in Events, Yoga Blog /by Will ZellJoin David Walker, director of the Blue Hill Center for Yoga since 1990, and Zen Meditation Teacher and decades-long practitioner Hugh Curran of the Morgan Bay Zendo for a day-long retreat on Saturday, July 11 and August 2, 2015, from 9 am to 5 pm, at the beautiful Morgan Bay Zendo in Surry, Maine. This retreat will alternate yoga instruction geared to facilitate seated meditation with three periods of Zen meditation with instruction. Meditation practice will take place in the traditionally designed Morgan Bay Zendo. The day will come to completion with Kirtan, or sacred chanting, led by David. Practitioners will enjoy a pot-luck vegetarian meal.
Zen, Yoga, and Kirtan: Saturdays, July 14 and August 18, at the Morgan Bay Zendo
/in Yoga Blog /by David WalkerPlease join David Walker and Hugh Curran for either or both Summer 2018 day-long silent retreats at the Morgan Bay Zendo in Surry, Maine, on Saturday, July 14 and August 18. Midday potluck. $60. 9 am to 5 pm. Or join for a half day, either in the morning or afternoon. The day will alternate Yoga sessions guided by David that are geared to support seated meditation. Hugh will guide Zen meditation in the beautiful traditional Zendo. These sessions will alternate seated with walking meditation. The day will be completed with Kirtan (sacred chanting) led by David. All are welcome! Contact David at 207 664-4856 or davidrwalker33@gmail.com to register, call Hugh Curran at 667-7170. Or contact Hugh at hugh.curran@maine.edu.
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/in Yoga Blog /by David WalkerSthiram Sukham Asanam – Yoga Poster
/in Yoga Blog /by David WalkerSthiram Sukham Asanam
Purchase a copy of this elegant black and white 24” X 48” print of David Walker performing a unique sequence of over 200 Yoga Asanas. Photographed by William Geisler. CLICK HERE to see samples of the new poster.
Ten percent of the profits from the sale of this beautiful and inspired print will go to support Folk Arts Rajasthan, a non-profit organization supporting the 800-year-old musical tradition of the Merasai of Northern Indian, who are members of the lowest “caste” of India and must subsist on almost nothing yet produce the most beautiful music on instruments they craft by hand.