Come and enjoy the flow of energy that is the Shakti-force as she beckons and invites us into the sacred . . . and in hints and echoes . . . connects us to the Heart of Existence . .
“Heart transmission is not simply a matter of healing trauma in the body and the reactive patterns that comes with it. It goes way beyond that. The experience of gradually being restored to trust allows the ingress of a love-light that in time becomes the enlightenment of the whole body. In heart transmission all of this happens through Grace.”
Brent Mitton
Upcoming Events
One Continuous Mistake
Friday, April 10 to Sunday, April 12
You are invited to join Danielle and Sharon April 10th (late afternoon arrival, early evening start) thru April 12th (early afternoon departure) for a Heart School Weekend in Haliburton where we will explore the theme of “One Continuous Mistake”
In ‘Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind’, Suzuki Roshi speaks of “Shoshaku jushaku”, translated as ‘to succeed wrong with wrong’ or as ‘one continuous mistake’. He was trying to console his students who felt they were failing at their Zen practice, explaining that a Zen master’s life could be described as “so many years of one continuous mistake”.
This was not a statement about being incompetent, a self-accusation many of us carry internally, but a recognition that the process we’re involved in is a continuous process of trying, failing and trying again, where judgment around success or failure, and any self-denigration thrown into the mix, are obstacles to finding the true Freedom we want.
The desire for a mistake-free life and/or the desire to not be caught making a mistake reveals the egoic-self clinging to the delusion of a perfect or idealized version of human life.
What needs to be truly accepted and internalized by each of us is the understanding that making mistakes is the path to wholeness, the street lights illuminating the road along which we are finding our way, bit by bit, and essential to “finding ourselves out”.
In our community, the teachings of Zen (the way of consciousness), are beautifully and integrally interwoven with the teachings of the Way of the Heart (the Way of self-transcending Love). Not two!! Making mistakes, both unavoidable in our humanness and necessary to our self-transcendence, brought consciously to the path, will evoke tenderness and compassion for ourself and others, and will soften us into the vulnerability we need to deeply connect to the Great Heart of Existence itself.
We will explore the theme One Continuous Mistake through a variety of ways including movement, group sharing, creativity, disowned parts. These weekends always include space to socialize and have fun in the Heart Field, to deepen relationships or to make new ones.
Please let us know if you’re interested in joining.
The cost is $275.
Email: Danielle sacred_dance@yahoo.ca or Sharon slh2614way@gmail.com