Program & Replays
Indigenous Presence: Decolonizing our minds and cultivating the causes of happiness
Bonnie will explore the fundamental mental health optimizing characteristics of mindfulness and Indigenous ceremony. What they both have in common is the capacity to help us develop our intuitive awareness. She will speak to the quality of sacred presence, how this can help free us from harmful patterns of oppression and discrimination, as well as nurture wholesome qualities of mindfulness and loving-kindness.
In This Session:
- Understand the mental health optimizing characteristics of Indigenous Ceremony and mindfulness meditation
- Recognize the techniques of Indigenous Presence meditation
- Set an intention to release harmful unconscious ideas about ethnicity, gender, age, income, ability, etc
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UPGRADE HEREDr. Bonnie Duran
Bonnie Duran met the Dharma in 1982 when she sat a month at and learned with Vipassana in Bodh Gaya, India. Since then, she has taken teachings from many western teachers, including Joseph Goldstein and Marcia Rose, as well as Tibetan teachers, Venerable Tsoknyi Rinpoche, and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Bonnie is a graduate of the Insight Meditation Society (IMS)/Spirit Rock Meditation Center (SRMC) retreat teacher-training program. She is now a core teacher of the IMS Teacher Training Program and the SRMC Dedicated Practitioners Program and is on their Guiding Teachers Council. Bonnie teaches long and short retreats at IMS, Spirit Rock and in other communities, and is also involved in Native American spiritual practices and traditions.
Bonnie is a Professor in the Schools of Social Work and Public Health at the University of Washington, and a member of the research team at the UW Indigenous Wellness Research Institute. Her academic research is in partnership with tribal, urban Indian, and international Indigenous communities.
