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Retreat with Kritee 4-13-25

Islands of Belonging and "Reindigenizing" in a sea of trauma

with Kritee

Sunday April 13, 10am-2:30pm ET

via Zoom


Suggested donation: $20-$45 registration + teacher donation* (we encourage you to consider giving teacher dana equal to or greater than what you gave for registration)*


Description:

This half-day interactive Ecodharma workshop will be interwoven with meditation, journaling, and contemplative sharing periods. Kritee will guide us in taking a loving look at what grieves and angers us collectively. Together, we will name the scale of stresses and traumas we face both individually and collectively. One contributing factor to ecological trauma is the worsening climate crisis, which is already causing catastrophic fires and droughts. We will also collectively acknowledge other related aspects of the polycrisis (e.g., loneliness, oligarchy, and runaway capitalism) that extend beyond ecological issues to impact Earth—our home in this vast universe.

Last but not least, we will discuss how we can move forward amidst an impending sense of "doom." Kritee will define her framework of "reindigenizing" and why it inspires her. She will present her thesis on how we could create interconnected islands of love, belonging, and reindigenizing in a sea of chaos, trauma, and polycrisis.


Kritee (Kanko), Ph.D., is a Zen Buddhist priest, climate scientist, meditation teacher, grief ceremony leader, and Love-justice activist. She is the founding guiding teacher of Boundless in Motion and a cofounder of Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center. For 12 years, before fully committing herself to these two nonprofit organizations, she served as a Director and Senior Scientist in the Climate Smart Agriculture program at Environmental Defense Fund.  Her articles, interviews and peer-reviewed manuscripts have appeared in many mainstream, academic, contemplative and international outlets including the New York Times, BBC, Harvard Health, Yale Climate Connections, California Public Radio, Tricycle, Lion’s Roar etc.

She believes that our collective survival, healing and belonging in these times of polycrisis depends on our ability to belong and reindigenize. Reindigenizing depends on our ability to heal our traumas through meditation, animistic ecodharma that embraces animism, and on using science and strategies rooted in Nonviolence. She has brought her unique and loving approach to retreats and workshops organized by many organizations including One Earth Sangha, Al Gore’s Climate Reality, 350.org, Stanford University, World Council of Churches, San Francisco Zen Center, Mind & Life Institute and Lama Foundation. Please visit her website for more details.


*In keeping with the Buddhist tradition of dana (generosity), the suggested registration amounts for our classes and retreats do not include any payment for the teacher. The teachers are paid entirely out of the students' generosity. Please consider giving a donation to the teacher in order to support their ability to continue to share the dharma. We encourage you to consider teacher dana equal to or greater than the amount you gave for registration. You may give a donation at the time of registration and/or give later donations through our teacher dana link or in-person at the course/retreat. Everyone is welcome to all of our offerings regardless of ability to donate.


You can give online or send checks to Insight Western Mass, 116 Pleasant Street, Suite 242, Easthampton, MA 01027.


Zoom Link
Password: 242.

Dial in by phone for audio only: Call (646) 558-8656. Meeting ID: 943 156 1684. Password: 242

Or copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://zoom.us/j/9431561684?pwd=YVQ1N1VzNWE3dGR4RERSZ1l3Zks0Zz09



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No one turned away for lack of funds. Please consider giving teacher dana as you are able.


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