Contemplative Studies

*A 20 minute walk on the paved path from either the Oak Creek Dr. or Reservoir Ave. parking lots. Please plan to park by 5:30.

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There are connections between the elements of a place and the experience of mind. The wilderness can awaken qualities of presence, vastness, clarity and love as we traverse a contemplative path. Amita will weave Lakota and Vajrayana Buddhist perspectives to unify the wildness of our landscapes with the natural and open states of our hearts and minds. This offering will be experiential and invite discussion. Please bring water to stay hydrated. 

Free. Open to All. Offerings (dana) can be made directly to Amita Lhamo: amitalhamo.com/donate. Pre-registration will help to ensure enough seating: https://beav.es/i7C

Amita Lhamo holds a Bachelor’s degree in Human Development and Family Studies, and a Master’s Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy. As a psychotherapist, she specialized in death, dying, and grief, as well as trauma, chronic illness, and women’s issues. As a spiritual practitioner, she studied within the Lakota dream tradition, working with her first teacher for nearly a decade before meeting the lineage of Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche and studying with his Dzogchen lineage holder, Lama Drimed Norbu. Under his guidance, she completed a five-year meditation retreat in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. She has cared for thousands of individuals and their families through the process of dying, both as a hospice chaplain and as an independent midwife in her community. She is the author of Dandelions Blooming in the Cracks of Sidewalks: Stories from the Bedside of the Dying, which received the Nautilus Book Award (gold) and Wisdom Moon: Presence in Dying. Read more about Amita in a recently published article by the Northwest Dharma Association.