In this 75-minute workshop, you will be guided through a mindfulness meditation on your transition from 2022 to 2023. Then, each participant will pull a short piece of Thich Nhat Hanh’s writing out of a vessel to serve as guidance for the new year. There will be time to reflect on the reading — first on our own and then with the larger group as we discern its meaning for our life.
This practice is loosely based on the traditional Oracle readings done by Thich Nhat Hanh and Plum Village monastics which originated in Vietnam.
This workshop will be taught in a hybrid format—students may choose to join in person at the studio or online. In-person attendance is limited to 12 participants. The workshop will not be recorded, so be sure to join us for the live event!
Fee: $35.00
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BIO
Annie Mahon (she, they) is a white, Armenian-American, ordained cis-gendered woman practicing in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. She has been studying in this Zen tradition - through retreats with Thich Nhat Hanh and many other teachers - since the 1990’s. In 2022 Annie received the dharma lamp transmission at a ceremony at Plum Village France.
Annie is the founder of Circle Yoga Cooperative (2003), DC Community Yoga and DC Yoga Week (2005), the Pink House Foundation (2010)—a grant-making organization supporting the development political and social capital for marginalized groups in the United States, moving land, wealth, and power to historically oppressed groups, Opening Heart Mindfulness Community (2014), and most recently Making-Visble (2018), an ongoing webinar series grounded in mindfulness and led by those most impacted by issues of social injustice, internal biases.
Her book about mindful eating, Things I Did When I Was Hangry: Navigating a Peaceful Relationship with Food was published by Parallax Press in 2015.
Annie holds masters degrees in both Computer Science, from the University of Michigan, and Religious Studies from Howard University. She studied yoga with Suzie Hurley at Willow Street Yoga Center in 2004, and she was one of the country’s first certified Children’s Yoga teachers. In addition, she is a certified Focusing professional, Licensed Massage Therapist (LMT). Trauma-informed Clinical Practice, Nonviolent Communication (NVC), and practices many other modalities.
Read more about Annie here.