Lesson series
Earth's Healing: Sacred Space and the Wisdom of Embodiment
Tuesdays January 13 – March 3, 2026 (Skipping February 10th), from 18:00- 19:30 Pacific Time
Our classes are once every week
Mindfulness in Nature Online – Explore Sacred Space & Embodied Ecology
Who is this course for
This course has been developed for anyone interested in the natural world and our place in it. No scientific training is required, although the material presented meets high scientific standards, so people with scientific training will also benefit. This course is also for anyone interested in spiritual transformation through contemplative practice.
What you will gain
- Join a community of people deeply engaged with personal and environmental transformation.
- Find new ways to engage with the natural world
- Discover new meaning and a way to be a true steward for all living things
Our learning objective is to engage with the environmental crisis through Embodied Ecology, including meditative and contemplative practices and exercises from Tarthang Tulku. We will explore Anthropology, Evolution, Systems theory, the Wisdom of Plants, Buddhist Philosophy and Western Phenomenology.
Testimonials
“Thank you for such a wonderful class and I look forward to hearing how we go forward.”
Margaret M.
“I really appreciate that the concept of Embodied Cognition is helping me to bring together some different areas of interest/knowledge into a more coherent whole, transparentizing and dissolving the partitions between them, helping me to see connections.”
Simon C.
“I’m loving the way the course is provoking connections in me!”
Simon M.
Format
Weekly Topics
Week 1: Introduction to Embodied Ecology
Week 2: How Present are You to your own Experience?
Week 3: Embodied Knowing is Evolution
Week 4: Contemplative Ecology: Becoming Indigenous to a Place
Week 5: The Work that Reconnects
Week 6: The Council of All Beings
Week 7: Ecology, Mind and Artificial Intelligence
Readings From
- Caring (Tarthang Tulku)
- Gesture of Great Love (Tarthang Tulku)
- The Practice of the Wild (Gary Snyder)
- Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Collected Essays in Anthropology, Psychiatry, Evolution, and Epistemology (Gregory Bateson)
- World as Lover, World as Self: 30th Anniversary Edition: Courage for Global Justice and Planetary Renewal (Joanna Macy, Stephanie Kaza, et al.)
- Braiding Sweetgrass (Robin Wall Kimmerer)
- The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience (Francisco Varela, Evan Thompson and Eleanor Roche)
- Notes on Complexity: A Scientific Theory of Connection, Consciousness, and Being (Neil Theise)
- Lotus Mind (Tarthang Tulku)
- Keys of Knowledge (Tarthang Tulku)
- The Blind Spot (Adam Frank, Marcelo Gleiser, Evan Thompson)
- Turtle Island (Gary Snyder)
Handouts will be provided with extracts from the books during each class
Instructor
Dr. Bob Dozor
Bob Dozor is the Medical Director of the Integrative Medical Clinic of Santa Rosa and the Nyingma Senior Retreat Center at Ratna Ling. He holds a BA from the University of Chicago in the history and philosophy of science and an MD from the University of California, San Francisco. He has been a student of Buddhism since the 1960’s and a student of Venerable Tarthang Tulku since 1972.
Assistant Instructor
Dr. Carl Pilcher
Carl Pilcher is retired from a career in space science. He holds a B.S. and Ph.D. in Chemistry, the latter from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an M.P.A. in International Relations from Princeton University. He was on the astronomy faculty of the University of Hawaii for a dozen years before becoming a NASA administrator for almost 3 decades. His professional arc took him from planetary science to serving as Director of the NASA Astrobiology Institute. He began studying ancient teachings in 2015 with a Hindu teacher and joined the Dharma College community as a student in late 2021. Central to his interests are integrating ancient wisdom, particularly of non-dualism, with a modern scientific world view.
Rosalyn White
Rosalyn White has studied meditation and Tibetan art under the guidance of the Tibetan Buddhist teacher, Tarthang Tulku, since 1972. She holds a BFA in Fine Arts from the California College of Art and a teaching credential from UC Berkeley. She has been teaching classes in meditation and sacred art for over 40 years. She has worked in the Nyingma Community since 1975, illustrating Dharma Publishing and Yeshe De books and contributing designs for the Odiyan retreat center. She also managed Dharma Publishing for two years, the Tibetan Aid Project for ten years and Ratna Ling Retreat Center for seven years.
Level 100
Tuesdays January 13 – March 3, 2026 (Skipping February 10th), from 18:00- 19:30 Pacific Time