Registration for Fall 2009 Academic Retreat
November 12-15, 2009
Marconi Conference Center, Marshall, CA
Facilitators: Arthur Zajonc, Mirabai Bush, and others TBA
Retreat fees | Cancellation policy | Facilitators | Registration form
The retreat will begin on the 12th with registration between 3-5 p.m. followed by dinner and an opening circle; we will end the retreat at noon on the 15th.
This retreat will offer instruction in a variety of contemplative practices, including contemplative methods that can be adapted for the classroom. The practices will cultivate capacities central to teaching and learning: focused attention, kindness and compassion, and contemplative inquiry. It is primarily a time for reflection and practice. Much of the time will be spent in silence, including some silent meals. The retreat is designed to appeal to participants with a wide range of experience in contemplative practice, from beginners to seasoned practitioners. Toward the end of the retreat, there will be discussions about the relationship of the contemplative perspective to teaching, learning, and knowing. Participants at past retreats are invited to attend.
Retreat Fees
Rates include delicious and hearty meals, with a vegetarian option at every meal.
Single occupancy room: $700
Shared occupancy room: $550
View payment options here.
You will also be forwarded to the payment page after submitting the form, below.
Cancellation Policy
Before October 12th: Full refund, less 10% processing fee.
After October 12th: Regrettably, due to contractual obligations with the retreat center, we will be unable to provide refunds on cancellations made after this date.
Facilitators
Arthur Zajonc
Arthur Zajonc is professor of physics at Amherst College, where he has taught since 1978. He received his B.S. and Ph.D. in physics from the University of Michigan. He has been visiting professor and research scientist at the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris, the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, and the Universities of Rochester and Hannover. He has been Fulbright professor at the University of Innsbruck in Austria. As a postdoctoral fellow at the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics he researched electron-atoms collision physics and radiative transfer in dense vapors. His research has included studies in parity violation in atoms, the experimental foundations of quantum physics, and the relationship between sciences, the humanities and contemplation. He has written extensively on Goethe's science. He is author of the book Catching the Light, co-author of The Quantum Challenge, and co-editor of Goethe's Way of Science. In 1997 he served as scientific coordinator for the Mind and Life dialogue with H.H. the Dalai Lama published as The New Physics and Cosmology: Dialogues with the Dalai Lama (Oxford 2004). He again organized the 2002 dialogue with the Dalai Lama, “The Nature of Matter, the Nature of Life,” and acted as moderator at MIT for the “Investigating the Mind” dialogue in 2003 (see www.mindandlife.org). He has also been General Secretary of the Anthroposophical Society in America (1994-2002), president of the Lindisfarne Association, and a senior program director at the Fetzer Institute.
Mirabai Bush
As Senior Fellow of the Center, Mirabai brings a unique background of organizational management, teaching, and spiritual practice. A founding board member of the Seva Foundation, an international public health organization, she directed the Seva Guatemala Project, which supports sustainable agriculture and integrated community development. Also at Seva, she co-developed Sustaining Compassion, Sustaining the Earth, a series of retreats and events for grassroots environmental activists on the interconnection of spirit and action. She is co-author, with Ram Dass, of Compassion in Action: Setting Out on the Path of Service, published by Random House. Mirabai has organized, facilitated, and taught workshops, weekends, and courses on spirit and action for more than 20 years at institutions including Omega Institute, Naropa Institute, Findhorne, Zen Mountain Monastery, University of Massachusetts, San Francisco Zen Center, Buddhist Study Center at Barre, MA, Insight Meditation Society, and the Lama Foundation. She has a special interest in the uncovering and recovery of women's spiritual wisdom to inform work for social change. She has taught women's groups with Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Sharon Salzberg, Joan Halifax, Margo Adler, Starhawk, Jean Shinoda Bolen, Vicky Noble, and other leaders.
Other teachers to be announced.
Registration
To register for this retreat, please fill out the following registration form. We ask that you pay the retreat sum in full at the time of registration; we can not reserve or guarantee your place until payment is received.
View payment options here. You will also be forwarded to the payment page after submitting the form, below.