An exciting experiment!
This retreat will be an entirely outdoor retreat (unless it rains!) at Pomo Tierra, my collective home in Mendocino County. The meditation part will be led by Kirsten Rudestam, a wonderful Vipassna teacher, outdoor and eco enthusiast, and in previous lives a university professor in the environmental worlds. See below for more info. And yours truly will lead the yoga aspect with both of us exploring the natural world as guru in silence and movement, an embodied expression of the dharma.

The sponsor of this event is Off the Grid Retreats whose mission is to provide opportunities in nature for all people to gather & practice and envisions a future where humanity is motivated to heal our strained relationship with the environment. This is Kirsten and my intention also!

Registration opens on 12/1 - Fee will be announced on 11/20 on this page and registration will be through OFG (Off the Grid) - lower prices for those bringing their own camping equipment.

Kirsten Rudestam is an environmental educator, wilderness guide, and meditation teacher. She has a PhD in Environmental Sociology from the University of California, Santa Cruz where she studied political ecology, sense of place, and environmental justice. Kirsten has fifteen years of experience teaching environmental field courses, nature-based meditation programs and guiding wilderness expeditions. She is trained as a vision fast guide through the School of Lost Borders and is a facilitator for Joanna Macy’s Work that Reconnects. Kirsten has been practicing vipassana meditation since 2001 and graduated from Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leaders Program in 2005.