November 28, 2013

Day 176 to 182 - Spirit Rock Meditation Center


Going Solo!   I took my first solo trip in quite a while (beside business trips) to attend a silent retreat for women North of San Francisco. Kenobi and Choci stayed in Houston. It is very nice to have a supportive husband who volunteers to take care of our high energy 2-year old while I am off to California exploring new things!
 
The idea for the trip started years ago when I read a book from Jack Kornfield, randomly picked up at a cool little bookstore, partially because of a pretty lotus flower on its cover and partially because I was intrigued by Buddhism. The book was a "guide to the universal teachings of Buddhist psychology" and I found it different, wise, and beautiful. Reading more about Jack Kornfield, I discovered he was a cofounder of a meditation center in California. So when I decided to learn meditation (one among the very long list of things I would like to learn), I thought that a week-long retreat at this center would be a great place to start.  

So off I went, not having any real clue what to expect, but looking forward to giving it a try.  The property in the hills North of San Francisco was beautiful and the experience turned out to be a little odd, and certainly unique, but well worthwhile.
 
 







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