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We have affirmed the
Charter for Compassion.
So can you.

Weekend Retreat:
Contemplative Creativity
with Franca Leeson

When: Oops, cancelled. Let's hope for next year.
Where: Harmony Dawn Retreat, on Rice Lake, 90 minutes NE of Toronto

“It seems to me that those songs that have been any good, I have nothing much to do with the writing of them. The words have just crawled down my sleeve and come out on the page.” — Joan Baez

“Creativity begins with not understanding.” — Roger Schank

Think you're not a meditator? Think you're not an artist? Think again! From Thursday to Sunday, try a long weekend of contemplation and creative play in a nature-full setting just 90 minutes from Toronto. Let meditation create a powerful container for creative work, while the creative work energizes the meditation; each opens doors for the other.

We will learn or review a several meditation methods designed to foster stability in attention as well as open awareness. Creative activities will include visual, sound, and movement. And our sense of smell and taste will be invited to open and exult in Harmony Dawn's delicious vegetarian meals.

This retreat is suitable for all levels of practice.

Harmony Dawn Retreat is located on Rice Lake just 90 minutes northeast of Toronto in Northumberland County. It was constructed to inspire harmony, balance and transformation, making it ideal for healing and transformative retreats and workshops. The retreat building, surrounded by meadows and woodland, is independent of outside utilities and away from public roads due to solar and wind power as well as other sustainable energy technologies.

Franca Leeson

I have been teaching Buddhist meditation in meditation centres, community centres, and in private sessions since 2000. I've also presented meditation and creativity sessions at Mindcamp in Toronto since 2003, at the CREA (Creativity European Association) Conference in Italy since 2005, and at the Creative Problem Solving Institute (CPSI) in 2007. Click here for more information about me.

Look Again classes are scent-free! A number of students are sensitive to scented products, and suffer greatly if exposed to perfume or scented soap or hair products. Please avoid using any scented products at all on any meditation class day.