Rewilding the Soul
In this year-long series (launched in 2023), participants are offered teachings and invited into meditation in wild spaces and Council practice. Together, we deepen wakeful awareness as we foster intimacy with the natural world and compassionate community… an ecosattva path alive to possibilities emerging from deep presence.
A new format has emerged for the coming series, launching in March 2024; click the link below for more information.
Green Dharma Retreats
Green Dharma: Finding Presence in an Earth-Based Lineage, is a transformative journey to access our innate wisdom, deepen our oneness with the natural world, nurture community and lean together into what might be possible from here. First held in 2019, this annual gathering at NDF’s Wonderwell Mountain Refuge in Springfield New Hampshire is led by Lama Willa Baker, Lama Liz Monson, and Sarah Buie.
Please visit the NDF website for registration information on the upcoming Green Dharma Retreat in June 2024.
Eco-Sattva Councils
Held in the intentional space of Council, EcoSattva Council members enter a deep collective reflection upon the interdependent planetary questions of our time. From a space of trust, insight and community, they listen for the collective and emergent wisdom that may arise between them.
The first EcoSattva Council was launched by CUHF and NDF at Wonderwell Mountain Refuge in 2017. Five full circles have been held since, either in person or virtually.
Dharma Dialogues
We live in unprecedented times. How shall we conduct ourselves within a changing climate and world? How might the dharma and the natural world serve as teachers and guides?
The 2022 Dharma Dialogues series, Ecosattvas in the Anthropocene, focused on these important questions through year-long, monthly conversations on Buddhist responses to climate change. A session on the Council on the Uncertain Human Future was offered in May, along with talks from luminaries such as Joanna Macy, Kaira Jewel Lingo, Susan Murphy, Dekila Chungyalpa and more.
What Matters Now
To mark the 10th anniversary of CUHF, our 2022/23 International Event Series focused on the question—What Matters Now? In the midst of the unprecedented ruptures continuing to unfold, to what do we give our attention and make our commitments? Where do we find nourishment, steadying and inspiration?
Both Lama Willa Baker and Lama Liz Monson were partners in these conversations; Willa joining for the sessions Slow down and Listen, Lean into the Cracks (with Bayo Akomolafe) and Presence, and Liz for the conversation Connect. Listen to the conversations at the link below.
Willa Blythe Baker
Lama Willa is the Founding Teacher and Spiritual Co-Director of Natural Dharma Fellowship and a member of the CUHF National Council.
Sarah Buie
Sarah is Founding Convener of the Council on the Uncertain Human Future and a member of NDF’s Board of Directors.
Liz Monson
Lama Liz is the Managing Teacher and Spiritual Co-Director of Natural Dharma Foundation and a member of the CUHF Core Team.
Hildur Palsdottir
Hildur coordinates EcoDharma programming at Natural Dharma Fellowship, and serves as a Convener for Rewilding Councils.
Barbara Waldorf
Barbara is the Co-Managing Director of Natural Dharma Foundation and a Steady Council Anchor for the CUHF EcoSattva Council.
