Sufi Camp Mexico
January 06 - January 13, 2018
Asha Greer & Atum O'Kane
Contact:
retreats@mardejade.com
About the Retreat
Come join us for a wonderful retreat on a beautiful beach where the jungle meets the sea. Mexico Camp provides a rare opportunity to dive deeply into spiritual practice and inquiry within a supportive community while enjoying the great beauty and serenity of the natural world. The oceanfront retreat is located in a fishing village an hour and a half north of Puerto Vallarta. Swimming pool, jacuzzi, and spa with hot and cold pools and steam bath are located on the premises. Delicious meals emphasize fresh local fish, fruit, vegetables, chicken, and native cuisine.
Schedule
Mornings are spent exploring Sufi teachings and other mystical traditions, meditation, dances, and discussion. Afternoons are free for swimming, hiking, boating, whale-watching, or just relaxing on the pristine beach, which is right at your doorstep. Evenings are devoted to Dances of Universal Peace and Zikr, the Sufi practice of remembrance.
Mornings are spent exploring Sufi teachings and other mystical traditions, meditation, dances, and discussion. Afternoons are free for swimming, hiking, boating, whale-watching, or just relaxing on the pristine beach, which is right at your doorstep. Evenings are devoted to Dances of Universal Peace and Zikr, the Sufi practice of remembrance.
About the Teachers
Atum O'Kane
is a graduate of the Guild for Spiritual Guidance, which focuses on the depth psychology of Carl Jung, the vision of Teilhard de Chardin and the practice of Christian Mysticism. He holds a Master’s degree in Psychological Counseling and a Doctorate in Transpersonal Psychology. Thomas Atum O’Kane is the founder of training programs in Spiritual Guidance, located in America, Canada and Europe. Atum conducts training in aspects of Transpersonal Psychology for those in the helping professions. He is a senior teacher in the Sufi Order International where he served as the Secretary General for twelve years. Atum has co-taught with Zen Buddhist teachers in an interfaith dialog for over ten years. Reb Zalman Schachter, founder of the Spiritual Eldering Institute, served as an advisor and mentor for his graduate studies. atumokane.com
Asha Greer
Asha is often intoxicated with awe, fascination or bafflement about the nature of reality. Her “herstory” includes a lifelong interest in comparative religion and its influence on the brain, thought and behavior. She was a co-founder of the Lama Foundation, an ecumenical spiritual community which has been thriving more than forty years in the mountains of New Mexico. She raised four daughters, and has spent years as a school teacher, a school principal and a hospital nurse. She is a practicing artist and has created a deck of meditation cards from paintings she has done as well as a book illustrating each day of a forty day retreat. She is a practitioner of the Japanese Tea Ceremony and hosts solitary retreats in her tea house in Virginia. Her nature is optimistic and hopeful though she sees these as states rather than beliefs in a positive future. “I do not know” is her position about dogma, fairness, and reward and punishment during and after life, although she feels 99% sure that there is Consciousness everywhere out of which everything emanates. Tuning into it is among her favorite pastimes. Her teaching focuses on awakening to the awesome nature of Reality both inside and out and through the process integrating the inner and outer life. ashagreer.com