About the Event:
This event is intended for people under the age of 34 and will take place via Zoom. All times in EST.
In this session, Ali will address the role of contemplative practice in transcending and transforming greed, anger, and ignorance - leading to broader social change. When is it time to sit on the cushion and when is it time to take action? How can every action and thought be a step closer to awakening rather than an example of one's own foolishness? How can the realization of our own foolishness be our guide to becoming unbreakable in our view? This session will begin with a talk, followed by discussion and break-out rooms. She looks forward to lively engagement and playfulness.
About Ali:
Hoji Alexandra Tataryn is a 10+ year practitioner in Tibetan and Zen lineages of practice. She is proficient in many arts of the sambhogakaya. She is also an expressive arts and bio-emotive facilitator. She is the founder of Bio-Emotive Circling. Hoji experienced profound insight in Zen retreat under the guidance of Junpo Roshi in Green Bay, Wisconsin in a Church Cathedral in 2015. The understanding she gained there has informed her work in communication, emotional clearing and meditation practice. Her experience is that any claim to try to save the world, without specific meditative insight is ultimately fueling greed, anger, and ignorance, rather than illuminating and transforming it. She also believes that you must be radically honest with yourself about why you are meditating, so you may choose the appropriate practice(s) for your journey.