CANCELED! – Sursee, Switzerland – Integral Aikido Seminar, w/ Miles Kessler (6th dan, Aikikai)
| Date: | June 26, 2020—June 27, 2020 |
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| Event: | CANCELED! - Sursee, Switzerland – Integral Aikido Seminar, w/ Miles Kessler (6th dan, Aikikai) |
| Sponsor: | Aikido Sursee |
| Venue: | Aikido Sursee |
| Location: | Sursee, Switzerland |
| Public: | Public |
| Registration: | Click here to register. |
Aikido seminar with Miles Kessler | Arnhem, Netherlands
| Date: | October 25, 2019—October 27, 2019 |
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| Event: | Aikido seminar with Miles Kessler |
| Sponsor: | Aikido Aan De Rijn |
| Venue: | Aikido Aan De Rijn |
| Location: | Arnhem, Netherlands |
| Public: | Public |
| Registration: | Click here to register. |
CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC! – Tai Sai 2020 Seminar with Miles Kessler Sensei, 6th dan
| Date: | April 17, 2020—April 19, 2020 |
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| Event: | CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC! - Tai Sai 2020 Seminar | Aikido In Fredericksburg |
| Topic: | Stillness & Movement |
| Venue: | Aikido In Fredericksburg |
| Location: | CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC! - Fredericksburg, Va., U.S.A. |
| Public: | Public |
| Registration: | Click here to register. |
CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC! – Integral Aikido Seminar w Miles Kessler – Krutzlingen, Switzerland
| Date: | March 13, 2020—March 15, 2020 |
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| Event: | CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC! - Integral Aikido Seminar - Krutzlingen, Switzerland |
| Sponsor: | Aikido Bodensee |
| Location: | CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC! - Krutzlingen, Switzerland |
| Registration: | Click here to register. |
The Integral Dojo “Winter Aikido Camp” – Miles Kessler Sensei 6th dan, Aikikai
| Date: | March 2, 2020—March 6, 2020 |
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| Event: | The Integral Dojo "Winter Aikido Camp" |
| Topic: | Winter Aikido Camp |
| Sponsor: |
The Integral Dojo 0526524004 |
| Venue: | The Integral Dojo | Tel Aviv |
| Location: | Ha'achim Mislavita 7 Tel Aviv, Israel 67010 |
| Public: | Public |
| Registration: | Click here to register. |
Friendship Seminar w/ Thorsten Schoo & Miles Kessler | Frankfurt, Germany
| Date: | December 6, 2019—December 8, 2019 |
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| Event: | Friendship Seminar w/ Thorsten Schoo & Miles Kessler |
| Sponsor: | Frankfurt Seishinkan |
| Venue: | Seishinkan Dojo |
| Location: | Frankfurt, Germany |
| Public: | Public |
| Registration: | Click here to register. |
Aikido & Non-Duality Retreat w/ Patrick Cassidy, Miles Kessler, & Dr. Dominique Cassidy
| Date: | September 20, 2019—September 22, 2019 |
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| Event: | Aikido & Non-Duality Retreat |
| Sponsor: | Aikido Montreux |
| Venue: | Hotel-Pension Beau-site |
| Location: | 10 minutes from Martigny in the Swiss Alps (Valais) Valais, Switzerland |
| Public: | Public |
What does it mean to have a “balanced mind”, and how can mindfulness meditation help to cultivate it? Mindfulness-based meditation practice has very positive effects on the mind that are experienced as temporary states. A long term committed practice will transform these temporary, positive states into permanent traits… into new a way of being. Buddhism lists these beneficial qualities as “The 7 Factors Of Awakening”, with the culmination in that list of “equanimity”, an exquisitely balanced mind. In the below interview excerpt Vipassana meditation teacher Sayadaw Vivekananda speaks about how “mindfulness cultivates equanimity”.
Awakening is the goal of meditation. But like the old quip says “when it comes to awakening you can’t get there from here.” Therein lies the rub. If a non-dual realization if your goal then “doing a practice” implies that there is somewhere to develop, something to achieve… an obvious duality (or maybe not so obvious). Of course, meditation is a practice leading to awakening, but it is still just the finger that points to the moon of awakening. Join Dr. Dominique Cassidy and I as we explore this paradox of non-duality in our discussion of meditation and why you can’t get there from here.
In the Zen tradition, they often use the metaphor of “the finger pointing to the moon.” The “finger” here, refers to practices that point towards the moon or, a non-dual awakening. But even though “fingers” point the way, the pointing practices themselves cannot get you to a direct experience of the moon. Simply put, when it comes to non-duality, you can’t get there from here. If this is the case then we should ask, what exactly are the conditions for Non-Duality In Aikido?
