{"id":8956,"date":"2025-03-24T13:59:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T17:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pathlessyoga.com\/?p=8956"},"modified":"2025-09-09T20:10:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T00:10:22","slug":"shared-yearnings-cross-fertilizing-non-dual-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pathlessyoga.com\/fr\/shared-yearnings-cross-fertilizing-non-dual-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"Shared Yearnings: Cross-fertilizing Non-Dual Practices"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8956\" class=\"elementor elementor-8956\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-10849791 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"10849791\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-63caac62\" data-id=\"63caac62\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d511d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d511d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In these short videos, Kathleen and Martin share what draws them to teach together and what makes this retreat unique. With warmth and humor, they reflect on the meeting points between Zen and Tantrism, the ways fresh perspectives can enliven practice, the place of pleasure on the spiritual path, and the playful, experimental spirit they hope to bring.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61751ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"61751ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/ponnuki.me\/zenSeptVideo.mp4\" controls=\"\" preload=\"metadata\" controlslist=\"nodownload\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.pathlessyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/posterZenSep.png\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52fc2b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"52fc2b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pathlessyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/zenShaivism_6.mp4\" controls=\"\" preload=\"metadata\" controlslist=\"nodownload\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.pathlessyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/zenshaiva.png.web_-1.jpg\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34afc9e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"34afc9e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>The retreat is appropriate for meditation practitioners with all levels of experience. In fact, even the\u00a0pros are welcome, as long as they arrive with beginner\u2019s mind.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mercy Retreat Center is nestled in a quiet neighborhood outside St. Louis with surrounding woods, a labyrinth, walking paths, a flowing creek, and much greenery. The grounds and buildings are welcoming, tranquil and warm, offering multiple places to get lost in solitude.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kathleen and Martin thank their friends and colleagues for their helpful suggestions.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Co-teachers:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized wp-duotone-unset-3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pathlessyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/kath2.png\" data-bcup-haslogintext=\"no\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"184\" height=\"219\" class=\"wp-image-8981\" style=\"width: 111px; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pathlessyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/kath2.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pathlessyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/kath2.png 184w, https:\/\/www.pathlessyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/kath2-10x12.png 10w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 184px) 100vw, 184px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For thirty years\u00a0<strong>Kathleen Knipp\u00a0<\/strong>has delighted in the play of consciousness. Profoundly influenced by the non-dual teachings of Jean Klein as offered through Joan Ruvinsky and \u00c9ric Baret, she shares her love of Pathless Yoga body and breath sensing and the texts of Kashmir Shaivism from her home on Vancouver Island and her mountain retreat in Arizona.\u00a0 Kathleen was formerly a resident at the Kripalu Yoga Center and she ran an international yoga travel company. These days, she enjoys roaming in forests, cold plunging in the Salish Sea, drawing, dancing, and exploring the practices from the <em>Vij\u00f1\u00e2na Bhairava Tantra<\/em>. Though she\u2019s not fond of formal practice, she\u2019s dabbled in Zen, due to Martin\u2019s incessant prodding, and reluctantly acknowledges that she rather likes it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized wp-duotone-unset-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pathlessyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/martin.jpg\" data-bcup-haslogintext=\"no\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"861\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-image-8960\" style=\"width: 111px; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pathlessyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/martin-861x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pathlessyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/martin-861x1024.jpg 861w, https:\/\/www.pathlessyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/martin-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/www.pathlessyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/martin-768x914.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pathlessyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/martin-1291x1536.jpg 1291w, https:\/\/www.pathlessyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/martin-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/www.pathlessyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/martin-1320x1571.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.pathlessyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/martin-500x595.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.pathlessyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/martin-700x833.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.pathlessyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/martin.jpg 1432w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 861px) 100vw, 861px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Martin St-Andr\u00e9<\/strong>\u00a0has studied Zen since 1999, first with Albert Low and then in the sangha founded by Marsha Linehan. He was stuck on his first Zen koan for 14 years, but he is now miraculously authorized to teach in the tradition. Martin has been a perinatal psychiatrist and psychotherapist at Sainte-Justine University Hospital Center in Montr\u00e9al for three decades. He also trained a little in yoga nidra, including with Kathleen, who was magnanimous in her encouragement. He studies jazz guitar and likes improvisational dancing. Martin has been married forever to H\u00e9l\u00e8ne, a violinist, and his favorite no-nonsense non-guru.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sample Schedule (subject to change)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6:45 Brisk morning walk (outdoors)<br \/>7:15 Sitting + Breath Sensing<br \/>8:00 Breakfast<br \/>9:30 Sitting + Walking<br \/>10:10 BodySensing<br \/>11:30 Guided walk (outdoors)<br \/>12:00 Lunch<br \/>2:30 Sitting + Walking<br \/>3:00 Teisho (talk)<br \/>3:35 Guided afternoon practice, debrief and dialogues<br \/>5:30 Sitting + Walking<br \/>6:00 Dinner<br \/>7:30 Sitting + Walking<br \/>8:00 Chant, Poetry or Movement<br \/>9:00 Bedtime<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Sitting periods will be no more than 25 minutes<br \/>* Private meetings will be available<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pathlessyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/StLouis_finalMay.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-bcup-haslogintext=\"no\">Retreat flyer pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cost: $1075 USD. Single room.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inquire about scholarships.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Questions may be directed to Terry (573) 230-2162\u202c<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:terrynobel@gmail.com\" data-bcup-haslogintext=\"no\">terrynobel@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cancellation policy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cancellations 60 days before the retreat will receive a refund less a $100 processing fee. Cancellations between 60 and 30 days will receive a refund less a $200 processing fee. No refund can be made within 30 days of the retreat unless your place can be filled from the waiting list.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pathlessyoga.com\/fr\/produit\/shared-yearnings-cross-fertilizing-non-dual-practices\/\" data-bcup-haslogintext=\"no\">enregistrement<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A silent non-dual meditation retreat offered by two old friends and long-time meditation practitioners. Both raised Catholic, they are now strongly influenced by Kashmir Shaivism, yoga, Zen, artistic pursuit, and natural sciences. 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