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 An Evening of Mudra: Direct Experience of Space in Mind and Body
with Suzann Duquette
Fri November 12th: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Price: $15 Members ($15 General Public)In Room(s): Main Shrine Room Mudra Space Awareness is a series of exercises designed to bring us into our bodies and beyond conceptual mind to direct experience. The practice combines postures of intensification and relaxation and focused sensory awareness practices to transcend our understanding of “self” and the mind/body relationship to space. Mudra explores total involvement. How do we engage s-p-a-c-e directly in its many different forms – open and relaxed, dense and intensified, and the space of our minds?
This extraordinary secular method drawn from Tibetan monastic dance and developed for living in today’s world by Chögyam Trungpa, Rinpoche, Tibetan Buddhist meditation master, is a means to transcend our habitual ways of relating to space and, as a result, to ourselves, others, and the environment.
The evening will include a talk, Mudra exercises, and discussion.
"The Vidhadhara’s teachings on Mudra Space Awareness are one of Shambhala’s hidden treasures. The cycle of exercises embodies his creative genius in making the vajrayana teachings accessible and penetrating."
~ Ashe Acharya John Rockwell
Acharya Suzann Duquette has been a student of Shambhala Buddhism for thirty-five years. She has been a member of the Dorje Kasung since 1976, worked for Shambhala Booksellers and Grantspeople, Inc., held the position of Resource Development Director at Naropa University (then Naropa Institute), and worked as a member of the Denma Translation Group, whose work resulted in The Art of War - A New Translation. Acharya Duquette was Co-Director of Karme Choling from 1995 – 2001, at the request of the Sakyong who predicted, "It will be good for you." Suzann respects the power of body awareness in manifesting Shambhala Buddhism and emphasizes body discipline training in her teaching.
Recently named as an Acharya, Suzann is currently Senior Teacher in Residence at Karme Choling, where she is responsible for staff path development and leadership training. She is core faculty of the Mukpo Institute of Karme Choling and holds several volunteer positions. With her husband Jan, Master Gardener at Karme Choling, Suzann owns and runs Blue Skies Guesthouse, a nearby bed and breakfast.
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