Frank Jude Boccio   (Tucson)

All Beings, One Body: The Bodhisattva in the World

BODY OF PEACE: the Dharma Gate of Ease and Joy

 (Post-Conference Intensive)

Frank Jude Boccio is a certified Yoga Teacher, Interfaith Minister, member of Thich Nhat Hanh’s Order of Interbeing, and Dharma Teacher ordained by Korean Zen Master, Samu Sunim. His eclectic approach is influenced by his study of a variety of Yoga approaches and his many years of Dharma practice, evidenced by his emphasis on mindfulness and compassionate action. His critically acclaimed book, Mindfulness Yoga: The Awakened Union of Breath, Body, and Mind presents the only comprehensive application of the Buddha’s Mindfulness Meditation teachings to yogasana practice. Based in Tucson, he travels throughout the world, leading workshops, retreats and trainings. Please contact him through www.mindfulnessyoga.net

All Beings, One Body: The Bodhisattva In The World

Sunday, February 14th

9:45 - 11:15 am

Howell Avenue Annex

The Bodhisattva takes what s/he learns from practice and seeks to apply it to all our relations. The cultivation of Big Sky Mind, firmly rooted in the Earth itself, integrates form and emptiness, wisdom and compassion. The Zen traditions all tell us that enlightenment is not merely the state of reaching the top of the mountain; we must come down and live in the marketplace, renewed by what we see there. As the Korean Zen Master Chinul said, "It is not enough to be enlightened; we must live an enlightened life."
Join Poep Sa Frank Jude for a practice dedicated to the cultivation of Big Sky Mind, and the lived heart of compassion. Through asana, meditation, and dharma discussion, we can touch the luminous, boundless nature of the awakened heart for the sake of all beings.

BODY OF PEACE: The Dharma Gate of Ease and Joy
Monday, February 15th

9am - noon / 1:30 - 4:30 pm

Club Kilimanjahro Studio

Everyone who explores the stillness of meditation must deeply enter the experience of the body. Only by becoming intimate with the physical body can we free ourselves from identification with the body as "self" and access the profound peace that yogis like Patanjali and the Buddha assert is our true nature. Yet, how do we experience such a deep peace when our bodies are so often filled with tension, pain and even self-deprecation?

This Mindfulness Yoga workshop will provide the opportunity to explore the three principles of alignment, relaxation, and resiliency necessary for sitting meditation, hatha-yoga, and for living a life of freedom and authenticity. Applying the Buddha's teachings on mindfulness and conscious breathing to the movements and postures of hatha-yoga, these three principles that together support the seat of meditation, creating the ease and stability Patanjali defined as asana, allow for the deep and intimate integration of body, mind and spirit.

Practicing asanas designed to open stiff hips, strengthen sore backs, and relax tense shoulders and necks, we can develop insight into our conditioning and cultivate equanimity. In this way, we enter into the stillness at the heart of movement and experience the energy that moves in the stillness of meditation.

"Frank Jude inspires us to the integrated path of yoga and mindfulness with a true teacher's voice of clarity, compassion, and common sense."
-- Cindy Lee, author of OM Yoga and founder of OM Yoga Center

"An enlightened yoga practice."
-- Wendy Cook, Yeshe Yoga instructor and director of Kurukulla Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies


" Frank Jude is a real sweetheart and a gifted teacher. He was great. "

--Susan Zagorski, Bisbee yoga instructor   (2009)