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Lifting the Gaze
August 05 - August 09, 2026
Cyndi Lee
Lifting the Gaze is an opportunity to withdraw from the demands of your life and gather yourself together within the beauty of Menla and the warmth of community.Traditionally, a spiritual retreat is a time to touch your mind and touch your heart. It offers you a concentrated period of practice to help you get familiar with who you are, as you are, right now.Personal practice is never about being better or different. It is not about rejecting any part of you, no part of your body and no part of your mind, your emotions, your anger or your love. It’s about opening to the basic goodness that lives inside you right now.We will use the tried and true practices of yoga and meditation to experience the traditional benefits of joy and ease.MORNING SESSIONS will include silent meditation, a dharma talk, Q & A and sustainable yoga practice.AFTERNOON PRACTICES will include pranayama, restorative yoga, group discussions and outdoor walking meditationONE EVENING SESSION will offer a silent guided meditation.During the retreat you willScheduleWednesday, August 5
ABOUT THE TEACHERs
Cyndi Lee
Cyndi Lee began practicing yoga and meditation when she went to college in 1972. She began teaching yoga in 1978 and at the behest of her root guru, the great Tibetan master, Gelek Rimpoche, she began teaching meditation in 1992. The first western female teacher to combine yoga ...
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