Special
Benefit for Esalen!
Big Sur, CA:
"A Weekend of Wild Serenity"
- with Dr. Lorin Roche & Camille
Maurine
- August 29-31, 2008. Esalen Institute is a gorgeous sanctuary
on the cliffs near Big Sur, where raging fires threatened
the area. Praise be, the grounds were not burned, but all
workshops were cancelled for over a month, a heavy
financial hardship. Lorin and Camille are giving this
special weekend as a benefit. Come join us for this end of
summer renewal, and simultaneously help Esalen recover. You
can register now by calling 831.667.3005 or online.
"WILD SERENITY"
Esalen
Institute, Big Sur, CA
March 1 - 6, 2009
A
Meditation and Movement Retreat
with Dr. Lorin Roche and Camille Maurine
The best kind of play,
holy play that leaves you energized,
knowing more, and feeling whole.
– GL, a previously exhausted
surgeon
WILD
SERENITY is a radically liberating,
deeply revitalizing week of meditation, movement, and
energy practices. We will explore the interplay between
meditation and expression – the way that contact with
the soul inspires dynamic engagement with the outer world,
which in turn contributes to a rich inner life.
Meditation can be defined as paying attention to the
current of life and love flowing through us and riding it
inward to our essence. This is an instinctive ability, a
way of accessing inner wisdom, and we all can do it. In
this workshop, we will alternate sitting and moving
meditations that awaken the senses, soften the heart, and
stretch the muscles of the mind. Through body awareness,
sound, and breath, you will gently and gradually let more
life force stream through you.
"WILD SERENITY: Far,
far far, far, far beyond my wildest expectations - joyfully
transformative - an experience of permission unlike any I
knew to be possible for me. Mind-blowing, heart-blowing,
soul-blowing! I've attended many transformational
workshops, but have never enjoyed one as much as this. I
have rediscovered a playfulness - a gleefulness - that was
well-hidden. I loved doing things I generally try to avoid:
namely, moving and feeling...
"I love watching you/being with you, Lorin and Camille.
Your range is extraordinary, as are your depth, presence,
grounding, generosity, and grace. I want to also voice my
gratitude for your quick-as-lightning humor. (Imagine!
having Permission to laugh as much as we did in a
meditation course!)" - Ann Cheng, Life Coach,
Washington
View the
Wild Serenity
Cartoon!
In this approach, you learn to embrace the fullness of your
nature – vastness and vulnerability, sensuality and
surging power. You will discover that what might seem like
obstacles – raw emotions, restlessness, desire
– are actually gateways into vitality, renewal, and
creativity.
Living and loving fully takes courage, and all the inner
resources one can muster. Drawing on three decades of
teaching and 24 years of relationship, authors Maurine and
Roche share their experience with humor and compassion. If
you’ve given up on meditation, or are ready to take
your practice to a new level; if you want to tap into more
joy and inspiration; if you long for more intimacy with
yourself and others, then perhaps it’s time
for
Wild Serenity.
Imagine bathing in the natural hot springs overlooking
the ocean, kissed by the light of the
moon
Imagine
days of luxuriating in meditation, giving over to your
inner callings
Imagine
having time and space to move sensuously, following the
flow of your own energy
Imagine
the thrill of opening new perceptions, and sharing them
within a like-minded community
Imagine
dancing from the inside out, cutting loose in joy and
freedom
"Wild
Serenity is a fantastic
workshop! Camille and Lorin are masters in their field,
outstanding teachers, and caring human beings. They create
a magical, fun environment where the wounded can heal, the
healed can thrive, and we all develop the skills for
continued, joyous lives. This not just for New Age types,
but for anybody who needs more peace, happiness, and love
in their lives." - Jim McCarthy, Stanford MBA, Internet
Veteran, Cupertino, California
REGISTER
NOW
online or call Esalen
at
831 667 3005.
Wild
Serenity is
a combination of delicious movement and meditative
practices that allow you to tap in to the currents of love
and life within you.
• Connect with your passion for life and find ways to
live it more fully.
• Discover natural and pleasurable meditations that
you absolutely love to do.
• Learn inner practices that lead you into deeper
intimacy with yourself and with others.
• Find tools for transforming any emotion into life
force and creativity.
This work is based on the principle
of syzygy (sizz'-uh-jee)
- dance of opposites that leads us into deeper union
and freedom. Meditation and action, serenity and
passionate expression, are the plus and minus poles of your
life electricity. When you consciously embrace the
full spectrum, you experience a dynamic flow of health and
vibrancy.
Life is always pulsating in our bodies. When we allow this
pulsation to enchant us and call us inward, this is
meditation. When we ride those currents outward, we are led into passionate
creative expression. Thus peace and passion are intimately
interwoven.
"Wild
Serenity opened my heart,
coming to the warmth of surrender. This magical pair guide
this deep process where we find our own hearts rhythm. They
are deft and honest, perceptive and fun. Somewhere in
between opposites I felt the journey of meditation in it's
everyday form, bridging the gap between the finite to the
infinite, what a gift to take away! I know that if I went
again it would be wonderfully different, just as the moment
is, and would go in a heartbeat in trust that Camille and
Lorin would be riding the wave alongside." - Cathy Owen,
Actor Director Writer
The best preparation for meditation is to express the
passion of your soul. The best preparation for living
expressively is to meditate with all the energies that are
pulsing inside you.
Welcome the fullness of your nature:
Vastness and vulnerability
Sensuality and surging power
Safety and excitement
Solitude and communion
Individuality and universality
In this approach
to meditation, you learn how to let the techniques emerge
from right within your core. In this way meditation becomes
something you crave to do because it is a totally natural
way to be with yourself.
All levels of experience are welcome. Nothing is forced;
you can go at your own pace.
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Recommended reading: Maurine
and Roche, Meditation
24/7 and Meditation Secrets for
Women; Roche, Breath Taking and Meditation Made
Easy. See Books.
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CAMILLE
MAURINE and LORIN ROCHE, Ph.D. are the authors of
MEDITATION
24/7, the new book and CD
ensemble. This wife/husband team also wrote the
top-selling MEDITATION SECRETS FOR
WOMEN. Dr. Roche's other
books are MEDITATION MADE
EASY, BREATH TAKING and WHOLE BODY MEDITATIONS.
Camille is
a performing artist trained in dance and the healing
arts. She is the creator of Moving Theater. Lorin is one
of the most highly experienced meditation teachers in
the United States. Since 1968, he has worked with
educational institutions, athletic teams, hospitals, the
military, the homeless, and creative professionals.
"My life has not been
the same since embarking on that powerful week with
these most beautiful and generous of beings! I was
supported, I dared, I explored, I discovered, I was
surprised by the beauty of Aliveness, I allowed healing in
deeper than ever into my being, my life...I felt loved
and felt myself loving...I changed, transformed,
and in the end, sprouted wings! I
made direct contact with my freedom in a way I
never thought possible and felt held through
it all.
In
their wisdom and loving, sacred safety was created and
within its colourful parameters, I danced into my new
being...in their loving and wisdom, a sacred
safety was nurtured deep within my own self, so that I
carry that time with me, always...carry with me, the
lessons learned, the connections created, including
the one I dared to create with my own Self.
Their work is magnificent...I love them both deeply, am
ever grateful and, again, recommend this intricate and
simple, daring and delicious, journey of
Wild Serenity with a heart that
beats ever fuller and deeper because of it.
"
- m. t.
yáñez, New York
Frequently Asked
Questions:
~ What kind of
meditation do we do?
~ Will I have to sit still all day?
~ What kind of movement is it?
~ Do I have to be an experienced meditator or dancer?
~ What is the schedule?
~ What kind of food does Esalen serve?
~ What do I bring to wear?
~ What's this about the natural springs baths?
~ What about child care?
Answers: FAQ's
Read more on Lorin's site.
Esalen
Institute is
a spectacularly beautiful healing center on the cliffs
of Big Sur, famous for its natural hotspring baths and
talented massage staff. If you haven't been there, you are
in for a treat! Take a virtual tour of Esalen.
Register now
by calling Esalen at
831 667
3005 or
through Esalen's website.
"The play of
opposites, learning to give emotions their full due,
meditating by moving my body, wonderful leaders and
interesting partners in this incredible experience....Don't
miss it!" - Suzanna S., Horsewoman, San Diego,
CA
Camille and Lorin invite you to contact them directly if
you have any questions or concerns: Email
lorin@lorinroche.com
or cm@camillemaurine.com, or call 310 821-0620.
Author Photo: Jeremiah Sullivan