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Myo-O Habermas-Scher, Mini Retreat: Working Through Strong Emotions

November 7, 2010
9:30 am	to	3:30 pm

WORKING WITH STRONG EMOTIONS: A DAY OF MINDFUL LOVE

Being human we are gifted with the capacity to respond to each other, to ourselves, to conditions.  Why is it that often this seems so fraught with suffering and confusion?  What is going on? How can we work with our very human emotions and experience the wisdom they afford?

On this blessed day, together we will examine our experiences with delicate and discerning care.  We will support each other in unveiling our human capacities for compassion, clarity and and release.  Strong emotions can become the Dharma Gates of wisdom and love.

We will sit, walk, speak in small groups and share our innate wisdom with the Sangha through silence, speech and wholesome intention. Please bring a bagged lunch!

Rev. Myo-O Marilyn Habermas-Scher is an ordained priest and senior practitioner in the Soto Zen Buddhist tradition, teaching classes, lecturing and leading retreats.  Her root teacher was Dainin Katagiri roshi, the first Japanese Zen teacher in Minnesota, with whom she studied from 1975 to 1990.  Now affiliated with Hokyoji Zen Community under the guidance of Rev. Dokai Georgesen, she has been practicing in the Soto Zen and Vipassana Buddhist traditions for more than 30 years.  Myo-O has an extensive background in the performing arts and is also trained in a a number of body-mind practices, including T’ai Chi, Qi Gong and Body Mind CenteringTM. She teaches somatically based VoiceWork in private sessions and she also works as an inter-faith chaplain at Hennepin County Medical Center and Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina, Mn. You may contact her at info@marilynmyo-o.com.

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