Community Practice Day

It is Naropa's tradition in the middle of each semester to suspend classes and business for a day to engage as a community in individual and group contemplative practices and activities. Contemplative education becomes more than a noble idea when we gather in this way. Even if you do not have a contemplative discipline, when you stop your normal routine and create a gap in your schedule, space occurs that can allow you to be more present and to appreciate the subtleties of your life and your surroundings. In the morning, there is a group sitting meditation with a featured speaker.

Throughout the day, there are practices from different traditions, plus activities that embody the notion of service as practice. These could include loving kindness practice, listening circles, walking a labyrinth, Japanese Tea Ceremony, centering prayer, contemplative gardening, sacred chanting, aikido, Mudra Space Awareness and others. It is an opportunity for members of the Naropa community to share their particular practice or discipline with each other.