Miksang Introduction Retreat

Now that you have experienced the joy of seeing from the heart, after the first fun and profound photographic assignment, you are able to more consciously let go of what you (already) know about it is that you see, or what you want to photograph. You will land further into the not-knowing, your intuitive knowing; this is the real knowing from inner source, which you feel in your heart, and translates as a bodily sensation. In this spacious and sometimes uncomfortable space of not-knowing, free of reference, you relax. The emphasis is on letting in what you see directly and unexpectedly, noticing what resonates and recognizing 'fresh'.

On this 2nd day likely you will also encounter new obstacles; like seeing too much, or not enough, photographing too quick, too thoughtful or shying away. The exercises will help transmuting obstacles, and in a playful practical manner you further explore the visual world with a new Miksang photo assignment and the Miksang Method.

Now you have experienced uninhibited looking and seeing from the heart - shifting to Thatness & True Connection

Dissolving the naming and labeling further, opening up to the already always present presence, to the basic nature of all things as they are. With the new visual exercise 'what is a thing?' and new Miksang photo assignments you will explore 'thatness' and 'isness'; the unmoving permanent quality that pervades everything. This is a day of truly connecting with things as they are.

With further relaxing you become familiar with looking free of reference. You land in deeper stillness and calmness and develop equanimity in yourself and equality about what you see. After completing this program you can enrol in the 4-day deepening retreat Miksang Fundamentals >