Online: Anatta and Identity BIPOC Daylong
with Nakawe Cuebas Berrios and Lissa Edmond
Saturday, February 26th 2022 | 10:00am – 4:00pm ET
In this online daylong retreat, we will explore the core Buddhist teachings of anatta, the impersonal nature of experience, and the liberatory potential that can be found in this practice. The cultivation of a healthy “self” identity is important to be able to navigate this “world” and at the same time liberating the attachment to self allows the innate true radiance of the heart to shine through bringing a sense of harmony, ease and joy in all our relations.
We will explore how identity fits in with the Buddha Dharma teachings of not self. How can we honor and embrace our identities as BIPOC, the sense of community and history of our identities, valuing the wisdom of our ancestors, and also bring awareness to when we are attached and cling to our identities and as a result suffer? How does strong attachment to the “I” and “you” prevent the “we” from manifesting?
This daylong is welcome to all who identify as Black Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) and will include periods of guided / silent meditation practice, guided and self-guided mindful movement practice, Dharma sharing and reflections, and time for small group interactions.
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Teacher(s)
Nakawe Cuebas Berrios
Nakawe Cuebas Berrios feels blessed to be able to study and journey through different healing and spiritual traditions in her life. The common thread between the many traditions that have touched her path has been the belief that health and wellness depend on a balance between the mind, body, and heart. The healing systems that she has studied are: Midwifery, Chinese acupuncture, Ayurvedic medicine and yoga. Spiritually the practices are Lucumi (Cuba), with roots from the African Yoruba culture and indigenous ceremonies. These practices helped to strengthen her connection to the Earth and Cosmos. Her ancestral home is Puerto Rico, blending the Spanish, African and Taino Indian roots that flow from her ancestors, and give her guidance and strength daily. Her Nuyorican roots are honored by her experiences growing up in New York City.
By profession she has been a Midwife for 40 years and has worked doing home, hospital, birth center births and now works in a community health center in the Bronx providing services of midwifery/well women health care.
For over 20 years she has immersed herself in the teachings of the early Buddhist schools, mainly Theravada and Thai Forest. She studied in the Dedicated Practitioners Program and Community Dharma Leaders Program affiliated with Spirit Rock. She teaches Meditation through the Buddha Dharma. Presently she is in the IMS Teacher Training program, where she shares the Dharma by assisting and teaching on retreats. For 10 years she has served as a mentor with the BAUS Prisoner Correspondence course.
Lissa Edmond
Lissa Edmond (they/she) is a certified meditation and mindful movement teacher, a community facilitator, and a somatic integrative mental health nurse practitioner. Lissa began a dedicated practice in yoga and the dharma in 2008 as well as in qigong in 2018. Lissa studies in the Insight and Zen Buddhist traditions.
Lissa identifies practice as a deep form of love and care and is particularly interested in the intersections of dharma, justice, and embodied radical care. Lissa shares practices that are compassionate, social and racial justice-oriented, and trauma-responsive for the wellness and liberation of all beings.
For additional information, please visit https://embodiedheartmind.com