2003 Archive - Please Note: This is last year's information.

PreConference

Pre-Conference seminars (separate registration).

Mudra: The Active Principle of Meditation

Presenter: Craig Warren Smith, PhD

A two day workshop on how meditation can lead to engagement.

Many meditation practices focus on letting go or simply tuning into nowness. Meditation can also lead to engagement. Among the teachings of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, the method of achieving total engagement (also called "gesture") is the underlying theme of a series of physical exercises called "Mudra Space Awareness," adapted from traditional monastic dance training in Eastern Tibet. Dr. Smith, who first taught these exercises at Naropa in 1974 and in recent years has considered applications for Mudra for business and social action. He will present intense physical postures, sensory awareness exercises, and other practices involving movement, and design. He will also convey a framework for how practitioners can draw upon Mudra to develop more fully engaged livliehood.

  Preconference Flyer – Mudra Workshop