1-Day Virtual Self-Care Retreat
A Day of Silence, Meditation & Yoga
with Miriam Parker and Santy Wang
DATES:
AUG 13th at 7PM- AUG 14th at 9PM
***LIVESTREAMED***
Join Three Jewels for a weekend retreat of Self-Care . We will create a container for you to unplug, practice silence, and create meaningful connections with fellow retreatants. Three Jewels teachers Miriam and Santy will lead you in meditation and dharma classes that will inspire you to discover what your Ultimate* self-care ritual is through embodying your highest self, the importance of self-care on one's journey towards enlightenment, and exploring how taking care of others helps one to take care of themselves. This retreat is open to practitioners of all levels, no prior retreat experience is required to join. Beginning on Friday evening and concluding on Saturday evening, the retreat will include the following facilitated via Zoom:| pre-retreat orientation to establish expectations & schedule
Beginning on Friday evening and concluding on Saturday evening, the retreat will include the following facilitated via Zoom:
pre-retreat orientation to establish expectations & schedule
4 guided (Goals + Self-Care) meditations
2 Dharma teachings
2 Yoga classes
celebratory closing ceremony
RETREAT SCHEDULE:
FRIDAY:
7-9pm: Welcome & Orientation
Begin silence
SATURDAY:
7:00 wake up, tea and light snack
8 - 9:30am: Practice Yoga together in silence
9:30 - 10am: Meditation
10 - 11am: Breakfast Break
11 - 11:30pm: Meditation
11:30 - 1pm: Dharma Talk
1:30 - 2:30pm: Lunch Break
2:30 - 3:30: Personal Time/ Journaling
3:30 - 4pm: Meditation
4 - 5:30pm: Yoga
5:30 - 6:30pm: Dinner Break
6:30 - 7pm: Meditation
7 - 8:30pm: Dharma Talk
8:30 - 9pm: Closing Celebration
Retreat is $108 ($86 for members).
WHAT YOU ARE SUPPORTING
Three Jewels is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. ACI courses at Three Jewels are offered by donation. Your donations are 100% tax deductible and support Three Jewels mission. Our mission is to get people enlightened through the practice of yoga, meditation, and Buddhist philosophy. Enlightenment is just a fancy word for the state of mind that is at peace and happy. Everything we need to be happy comes from within, and we have the map to navigate that path. Three Jewels serves over 5,000 students per year, offers more than 50 classes per week, and provides services to the city and internationally by giving free meditation and yoga classes to homeless families, school teachers, children, people recovering from addiction, trauma-sensitive care to refugees and earthquake survivors, and much more. It is also run almost entirely by volunteers!
ABOUT YOUR GUIDES
Santy Wang is a formally trained fine artist and professional creative problem-solver who is currently the Executive Producer at Nike's Retail Experience Design team. While maintaining a rigorous professional career during the week, Santy also maintains a consistent spiritual practice through the study of Tibetan Buddhism, daily meditation, and sobriety. Santy completed Three Jewels' 200-hour meditation teacher training in 2018 and regularly teaches the Community Meditation classes on weekends where the basic foundation
Miriam Parker is a visual and performance artist, and has been working professionally in the New York City dance and visual art world for the past 25 years. Miriam’s deep and steady Buddhist spiritual practice is seamlessly intertwined with her creative identity. Over the last 4 years, her personal practice has led her to complete over 30 weeks of solitary spiritual retreat. In 2019, Miriam completed a rigorous study of the 15 Foundational Buddhist Courses as offered through the Asian Classic Institute, which parallels the basic core of information that a Geshe (Doctor of Theology) learns at a Tibetan Buddhist monastery. Miriam has been teaching meditation in NYC studios, non-profit organizations, and corporate settings for nearly 10 years. She has been imparting yogic techniques and physical training, both individually and in group settings, for nearly 5 years. In sharing the gifts that her practice as offered her, Miriam has realized that each of us are the architects of your own worlds, and that the inner landscape is the soil that needs tending in order to bear fruit. Miriam is beloved by her students for her authenticity, wisdom, and embodiment of joyful effort. In 2020, Miriam plans to continue regularly teaching meditation and yoga, co-lead 2 spiritual retreats, and further explore her artistic expression. Miriam has completed 200 hours of Meditation teacher training through Three Jewels NYC, and 300 hours of Yoga teacher training through Jivamukti.