In-Person and Online: Do I see my true self? Do I see you? Do I see nature? – A Half-Day Retreat
with Wildecy de Fátima Jury
Saturday, September 16th, 2023 | 1:00pm – 5:30pm ET
In Person Location: Balance Arts Center – Room 5
The practice of the dharma teaches us to see ourselves, others and nature in very genuine ways. The Dharma inspires and guides us to embrace ourselves, others and nature by savoring these relationships and bringing profound spiritual growth.
The teacher Dogan says: “To study the way of enlightenment is to study the self…” Dharma teacher Larry Yang says: “This practice is inherently relational.” Medicine Elder & Diviner Mbali Marais says: “When we return to our own nature, we belong.” To practice the dharma is to hear, feel, see and be in harmony with self, all human beings, and nature.
‘’Sawubona,” meaning, “I see you,” is a South African Zulu greeting. This means that you are seen completely with respect and love by others – your vulnerabilities, defilements, and resilience – your beauty and your powerful presence is transparent and loving.
Do you see yourself and others in very auspicious ways? As beings from and within a sacred mystery?
In this half day retreat, inside of a safe and supportive container, we will observe, reflect, and share how we are seeing and relating to ourselves and others. We will meditate, chant, write, make art, dialogue and move together.
This will be a contemplative retreat with lots of tenderness and deep soothing. It will be an opportunity to let go of the obstacles that cause suffering and separation from nature, from self from others.
For those planning to attend the retreat in-person before registering, please ask yourself if you are committed to staying the entire time. For those registering online – please consider if you’ll be able to have your video cameras on the entire time.
This is a retreat open to everyone who practices the dharma. Beginners are welcome to attend.
Registration:
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•For the health and safety of our staff, teachers, and community, please do not come onsite if you are feeling unwell.
•All in-person programs may become online programs if circumstances dictate.
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Registration Fees include Teacher Support
New York Insight Meditation Center has streamlined the registration fee levels. Members of our Circle of Friends are eligible to receive 20% off of the Sustaining Rate via a code provided in the email confirming membership, which you can enter after clicking the Sustaining Level registration.
*Benefactor Level: Supports NYI’s ability to offer the Subsidized Base.
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***Subsidized Base: Made possible by the generosity of Benefactor Level above and other donations to ensure participation by those requiring financial assistance.
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Teacher(s)
Wildecy de Fátima Jury
Wildecy de Fátima Jury has been formally practicing Theravada/Vipassana meditation over 20 years. She graduated from the Dedicated Practitioner Program and the Community Dharma Leader Program at Spirit Rock, in California. In 2015, she received a non-monastic ordination through the Dharmacharya Program with the Venerables Pannavati and Pannadipa. She has completed the Dharmapala Training with teachers Thanissara and Kittisaro.
She has offered classes and retreats at East Bay Meditation Center in Oakland, Insight LA, Zen Center and University of Syracuse, many meditation centers in Brazil, Harlem Insight, Community and New York Insight Meditation Center. At the moment Fátima is at NYIMC Teachers’ Council.
She has studied different spiritual practices and as a spiritual practitioner she has worked with many multicultural communities and groups. She holds a BA in Psychology and Women’s Study and a Master in Social Work. She is certified in Aboriginal Focusing Oriented Therapy through the Justice Institute in Vancouver, BC.
Her intention is to promote the strengthening of sanghas and communities through the cultivation of compassion, unity and decolonization of oppressed and oppressive minds. She is an artist, a writer, and a poet who describes herself as a person within floating identities.