Retreat!
Posted June 22nd, 2009 by Tawni Anderson
Just a few days left until our Better Than Good workshop in Boulder, Utah. We have a great group coming from around the United States and abroad–and we still have a few spots left!
If you’d like to bring a friend, please do–your friend will get a 25% discount on the registration fee.
Again, the workshop will be held in Boulder, Utah, at the Boulder Mountain Lodge (home of the Hell’s Backbone Grill–don’t miss the ginger cake; I’ve never had anything like it.)
The workshop will emphasize the core trainingof Lost Coin Zen. Participants will come away from the workshop with tools to apply to their daily lives. These tools are contemporary as well as deeply rooted in traditional practice and are part of the emerging paradigm Lost Coin embraces and Doen Sensei refers to as the “age of amplification”.
We will sit zazen, have talks and interactive group trainings. As always, Doen Sensei will conduct daisan (individual interviews and koan study with students), and we will also have time for solitary walks in the beautiful desert surrounding Boulder Mountain Lodge.
Please plan to arrive on the evening of June 25thto settle in. We will start zazen at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, June 26th. Our sitting area and the patio where we do kinhin (walking meditation) have lovely views of a pond that is also a bird refuge. Update: we are going to try to set up a covered outdoor sitting area to enjoy the weather and the unparalleled scenery. Do bring a sun hat and sunscreen, though.
Boulder Mountain Lodge has very comfortable accommodations and an on-site restaurant, Hell’s Backbone Grill, which is known nationwide for its innovative cuisine. We often share lively (and delicious) dinners at Hell’s Backbone. Other options for lodging and dining are available, including nearby motels and camping sites and one restaurant within walking distance. You are welcome to share rooms at the Lodge to reduce costs and enjoy each other’s company; if you are not a member of Lost Coin and would like to ask about room-sharing, please email contact@lostcoinzen.com.
We have reserved a block of rooms; please call and make your own reservations. Rates vary by type of room, and more information can be found at the Boulder Mountain website (www.boulder-utah.com). When you call, please let them know that you are part of Lost Coin.
Please bring your own zafu and zabuton-and if you’re coming from Utah and have extra zafus or zabutons, please bring them to share so that people arriving by plane do not have to pack them in their suitcases.
The tuition for this retreat/workshop is $250.
For more information or to register, visit http://lostcoinzen.com/retreat/, email contact@lostcoinzen.com, or telephone Rebecca Long Okura at 801-550-8805 or toll-free at 800-731-5061.
photo by mycheesegrits
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10 Responses to “Retreat!”
June 22nd, 2009 at 9:44 pm
We wish you the best for the coming retreat and we embrace you infinitly.
For the next one please bring Alice with you, as a Citi-Zen i miss her alot.
LOVE
eti
June 26th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
hello Lost Coin. we just made a new song and would like to dedicate it to your efforts and to the beautiful community that we see blooming here.
we wish you a fruitful retreat
all the best from berlin…
http://teelanovela.de/teelanovela-ambient-music-four-hands-for-mothers
June 27th, 2009 at 7:20 am
ColdMountainTea@
Thank you very much for the music. We listened to it yesterday on a break and really loved it. What a nice thing to do for us! Please keep in touch with us: any music or comments would be welcome.
June 28th, 2009 at 3:23 am
Thanx for the kind words, Daniel. Yesterday we also found your blogpost here about “Conscious Art” and the musical piece attached to it, totally blew our mind, not only because of the similarity to the “Four Hands for Mothers” but also because of the lucid writings you connected to your post. it greatly helped us to understand our own song/life/idea.
we’ll stay in touch, definitely!
for now, all the best wishes and most beautiful moments
André & Eti
July 6th, 2009 at 10:34 am
ColdMountainTea,
I had a listen! Thanks. I found the rhythm to be somewhat dissonant, which made the piece unpredictable for me. I liked that. Very cool & I’d like to hear more too.
~the best,
Peedee
July 11th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
hello peedee, it’s been some time i know, but we just wanna say thank you for your nice comment. been quite busy lately with our new blog
long live the lost coin for making these exchanges possible
July 13th, 2009 at 11:55 am
Hi ColdMoutainTea.
Thanks for dropping into respond. I’d love to add your blog to my blog reader. Where might I find it?
Looking forward to more of your creations. Agreed that Lost Coin is a great place to exchange and meet-up for potential collaboration. It’s been nice.
Peedee
July 14th, 2009 at 12:07 am
Hi Peedee, you can view our blog @ http://teelanovela.wordpress.com. The title of the Blog is “take a time out”, so it is obviously related to what is happening here at the Lost Coin. Also the sense of wonder and renewal that is felt here on lostcoin inspired us to rethink and redesign the whole blog concept which Wired Magazine had already pronounced dead a couple of months ago. It seems quite alive & kickin’
like dem blue m$ms
July 16th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
This is a belated comment, but I wanted to say that the retreat was worth every penny. I thought that it was well planned and well executed. Each activity tied together and presented a cohesive whole. For me as a new Lost Coin member, it was educational in its emphasis on the core LC training. I’d like to see more of that, because there’s so much more to know. I’m looking forward to the next retreat.
June 4th, 2010 at 4:17 pm
Hello, I truly enjoyed reading your post. I found your site from Google. Will bookmark to return later. Thanks!
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