Good morning! It already feels like autumn here in Paris. Nice to sit down and start the day and the week with a few words to you, my fellow retreat participants. Today, pay attention to whatever arises as you go about your activities. Notice the space or absence of space that you feel or don't [...]
Je suis très heureuse -- ravi! -- de voir des extraits de mon précédent recueil de poèsie, Giacomettrics, publiés en version bilingue pour la première fois par la revue Retors, avec les magnifiques traductions de Célin Vuraler. (I am delighted to see excerpts from my previous collection, Giacomettrics, published in a bilingual version for the [...]
Interview on Portuguese television - 6 April 2015
What an inspiration it was seeing that grand old punk poet Patti Smith perform last night in Paris. What's inspiring for me is her freedom as an artist, as a woman, as a human being... And how she makes use of her time and place and art, her position in the public eye, to encourage us [...]
Just back from another Portuguese journey, this time in Lisbon and Coimbra, five days filled with rich and enriching encounters at two conferences, several days of retreat and other meetings. In Lisbon, there was lunch at the gracious invitation of Yves Crettaz of the Lisbon Dojo Zen, a visit and tea with Etel at Sagara [...]
Wherever you are, life is there ! How could Zen practice be anywhere else? Take a plunge into the heart of your life just as it is. This retreat is a superb opportunity to live Zen practice and your entire life as one endlessly vibrant and creative improvisation. (Pour les détails et les infos en [...]
Le calendrier 2015-16 est disponible! Consultez-le à wildflowerzen.org/meditations-et-retraites/ Il faut s'inscrire vite pour la Retraite au coeur de la vie (26-30 oct.) et le weekend de pratique à Paris qui la suit (31 oct.-1 nov.). The calendar for 2015-2016 is now available. Check it out at wildflowerzen.org/meditations-et-retraites/ Sign up soon for the Retreat in the Heart [...]
Ce week-end résidentiel, du 29 au 31 Janvier 2016 au coeur de la forêt de Fontainebleau, offre l’opportunité de nous asseoir loin des préoccupations de ce monde moderne agité. La retraite inclut de la méditation assise et marchée, une pratique collective de travail et des enseignements quotidiens. Des instructions sont données aux débutants. Les [...]
Heading off to Portugal for a week of retreat. For a few days, we'll take some time to do nothing but see what arises in our midst. We'll just sit down together and join our hearts as one, through the delicate mornings, the thick, hot afternoons, the cool, deep-blue nights. Will you be with us? We welcome [...]
