“I’m living through a pandemic… now what?!”
This pandemic has had an impact on all of our lives.
We now have an opportunity to intentionally make meaning of our present circumstances by creating a new story.
In this way, we open to moving beyond survival to resilience, moving beyond acceptance to choosing…
Choosing the Given.
Throughout this online workshop, you are invited to cultivate a shift...
from vigilance to curiosity
from constricted to opening
from separation to engagement
from rigidity to creativity
from powerlessness to agency
You are writing your unique story, and you don’t have to do it alone. In the community of this online retreat, connect with others as you discover new sources of support. Together, we can experience the abundance and possibility as we integrate what is emerging.
The founding teachers of Monterey Bay Meditation Studio offer experiential practices and opportunities for meditation and reflection:
Mindfulness Teacher, Katie Dutcher, offers space to tune inward, settle body and mind, and reflect on what is being experienced now and what is wanting to emerge.
Nature & Forest Therapy Guide, Marianne Rowe, offers experiences of receiving support and guidance in resilience, connection and wisdom from the world outdoors.
Shamanic Healer, Jennifer Farley, offers an invitation to “find the medicine” in our current experience.
This retreat will take place from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm, PT. We hope you can attend the entire experience, and you are also welcome to take part in whatever you are able to attend.
(Registration is now closed for this event.)
Who Are We?
At Monterey Bay Meditation Studio, we offer opportunities to develop, sustain, and deepen your meditation practice while helping to create a diverse and supportive community of people interested in being, learning, and evolving. With an eye on providing a safe, comfortable environment, we are committed to making mindfulness and compassion both accessible and relevant. We offer a variety of classes, workshops, and mindfulness retreats based on secular teaching, ancient wisdom, and current application! Our overall intention is to cultivate capacity for being aware and being kind. Join our online community.
Katie Dutcher, MA is a founding teacher of Monterey Bay Meditation Studio. She has been an educator since 2004 and has studied and practiced meditation and mindfulness since 2009. She is a Qualified Teacher of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) through the Center for Mindfulness, and she has received training from Mindful Schools. She teaches mindfulness in area schools from elementary through graduate level, and she teaches MBSR at the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula. She has special interests in reflective writing, practicing mindfulness in daily life, and awareness of the natural environment. Katie writes about mindfulness and offers personal mindfulness coaching at katiedutcher.com
Marianne Rowe, MS, LMFT, is a founding teacher of Monterey Bay Meditation Studio. She has been studying and practicing meditation since 1996. Through the Institute of Noetic Sciences, she is a Certified Conscious Aging Facilitator. As a Certified Forest Therapy Guide through the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy, Marianne leads Forest Bathing sessions, a way of sensing deep connection with the natural world through a meditative walk in the forest. In private practice as a Marriage and Family Therapist since 1986, Marianne focuses on healing, transformation and evolution through awareness and connection. Her therapeutic work incorporates developing consciousness of and integrating the physiological, cognitive, emotional, relational and spiritual aspects of being.
Jennifer Farley, MA, LPCC, BC-DMT, is a dance/movement therapist, licensed professional clinical counselor, and shamanic healer currently in private practice. Jennifer believes the development of body awareness is essential to deepening personal insight and growth. Because of this, all of her offerings incorporate mindful body movement and/or body awareness practices. Jennifer has studied with renowned Shaman Jon Rasmussen, teacher and graduate of the Healing the Light Body School through The Four Winds. Currently, Jennifer offers individual and group services, as well as periodic workshops and retreats. Jennifer also lectures nationwide on incorporating movement and shamanic ritual into psychotherapy.