Life’s Sacred Bounty: Being More, Doing Less

Gateway to Being

Jennifer Cohen
& Marc Lesser

July 7 - 13, 2012
Feathered Pipe Ranch, Montana

Program Tuition Fee: $595

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*Invite a Friend to the same 2012 Summer Retreat & Receive $100 "Bring a Friend" Discount Each!!! (Details Here)

 
"Each of us carries within a knowing of how to restore balance, source our own sacred enough-ness, and act in alignment with our deepest truths and knowing."  -Jennifer Cohen

This is a unique and powerful moment in the history of human life. How we choose to live and work right now may, say some scientists and visionary thinkers, impact the course of life on earth for the next 1000 years. Join us for five powerful days to reveal and revel in a movement now afoot to restore, renew and rewire how humanity walks this earth, stewards the land, how we care for one another, and all of life itself. We will share practices for transforming our internal and cultural assumptions of fear and scarcity into joy and generosity.

It’s time to re-call the radical truth that fear and scarcity obscure from our view: We are enough, we do enough, and we have enough right now, just as we are. We came to this earth already whole, already intact, already complete and full of life’s bounty.

Together, we will create the conditions for this knowing to arise and from it, a clarity about our living and leading that we will take back to our life, to our families, to our organizations. In this workshop we will weave together meditation and mindfulness practice, guided imagery and inquiry, light yoga and movement, small group and large group discussions, writing, and play. We aspire to create a community of openness, curiosity, respect and kindness. There will be ample time for rest and exploring this extraordinary environment.

Join us to take back your life from the barrage of busyness and our addiction to filling every moment of space with something, anything, everything. You will leave with a new relationship to quiet, breath, pausing, and your own incredible sacred enough-ness. Get in condition to thrive in the emerging world.

"To accomplish more by doing less involves a simple yet profound transformation: it’s a different way of being in the world." -Marc Lesser from his book, Less

Jennifer Cohen

Jennifer Cohen has studied the art and science of transformational coaching and facilitation since 1992 and is certified as a Master Coach by The Strozzi Institute for Leadership and Mastery. She co-founded Seven Stones Leadership Group, a company devoted to guiding individuals and organizations to face the most pressing questions of our time inside of exquisite sufficiency.

Jen has steeped herself equally in the practical as well as the esoteric. A devoted student of Vippasana meditation from the Theravada Buddhist tradition as well as a student of psychic practice, Tantric healing, and a mystery school student, Jen has cultivated her heart and spirit as the primary source of her teaching. In her passion for understanding the design of life, she has dedicated herself to understanding systems thinking and theory, has studied the neurophysiology of trauma, as well as communication theory and the architecture of masterful conversations and she has been teaching the Strozzi method of embodied leadership for well over a decade.

She is the author of the chapter “From Surviving to Thriving” in the book Being Human at Work, edited by Richard Strozzi Heckler. She has a master’s degree in Applied Psychology with an emphasis on systems theory from the Antioch New England Graduate School, and she did her undergraduate work in philosophy at Oberlin and Barnard. She is married and has a daughter. Find out more about Jennifer at: www.sevenstonesleadership.com

Marc Lesser

Marc Lesser, is founder and CEO of ZBA Associates LLC, a company providing executive coaching, consulting and keynote speaking services to businesses and non-profits. Marc is a developer and instructor of Google's Search Inside Yourself program, integrating mindfulness and emotional intelligence.

He is author of Less: Accomplishing More By Doing Less, and Zen of Business Administration; How Zen Practice Can Transform Your Work and Your Life. He is the founder and former CEO of Brush Dance, a publisher of greeting cards, calendars and gift items, with national and international distribution. He is a long-term Zen student and teacher. He was a resident of the San Francisco Zen Center for ten years, where he now teaches and lectures. He is the former director of Tassajara, Zen Mountain Center and has an MBA degree from New York University. More information about Marc as well as his blog can be found at: www.doingless.net.

REGISTRATION DETAILS:

Registration Deposit: A $300 NON-REFUNDABLE deposit is required to hold your space. Final payment is due 8 weeks before the arrival date of your retreat.

Program Tuition: Includes cost all instruction and program activities. Upon registration Feathered Pipe office staff will contact you to reserve your preferred accommodation choice.

Accommodation & Amenities: Includes cost of lodging, meals and general use of the bathhouse, grounds and Feathered Pipe Ranch facilities. Please visit Accommodations & Amenities page to see the many options and costing for lodging.

Additional Services: Horseback Riding, Massage/Bodywork, Laundry, Airport Shuttle Service are available at an additional cost. We accept checks, money orders, and most major credit cards.

Cancellation Policy: For cancellations before 8 weeks out, we will refund all of your payments except the deposit. For cancellations from 8 to 2 weeks out THERE IS NO REFUND; however we will credit any payments over the deposit to another workshop in 2012. For cancellation within 2 weeks of the start of your workshop there is NO REFUND AND NO CREDIT; however workshop may be transferred to another person.

Scholarships:Partial scholarships are available for those needing financial assistance, ranging from $250-500. Recipients assist Ranch staff in free time and during programs. For Registration Form, please visit the Feathered Pipe Scholarship Fund page and download the form. And as always your generous, tax-deductible contributions to the fund are always welcomed. Please contact the Feathered Pipe Foundation office staff for further inquiry at (406) 442-8196.

Discounts: Discounts must be in effect at the time of registration and may not be combined. All Discount excludes $25 Montana Tax.

Registration Note: Upon registration and placement of retreat deposit the Feathered Pipe administrative staff will contact your to confirm receiving your registration and will assist with defining your accommodation and transportation requirements. If you wish to facilitate the process please forward your accommodation & transportation preferences via email to kim@featheredpipe.com.

Thanks and look forward to seeing you!