The Intersection of Buddhism and Shamanism Part 2 with Isa Gucciardi

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Isa continues the series, discussing the commonalities and differences between Buddhisms and Shamanism. Today's class focuses on what initiation means in each tradition.

Isa leads a meditation to connect us to our inner sangha, and describes a personal experience of her vision quest.

Join us next time on any of these Thursdays, 7 – 8:30 pm PT
May 1
September 11 / October 16 / November 20

In person at 2929 24th Street, San Francisco
OR online via Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/SFDharma (password: 108108)
or 301-715-8592 to join by phone. Meeting ID: 545 039 806

In this series of highly experiential talks we will explore the commonalities and differences between these two powerful ancient wisdom systems and learn how we can bring the insights each provides into our daily practice. We will look at how each system brings the student into deeper forms of awareness and mastery. Each of these systems can be considered to be a psychology of wholeness and we will explore how such processes as initiation, visionary experience, dreams and dream yoga, energy medicine, vision quest, methods of engaging with transpersonal experience, and developing awareness of forms of transcendent power provide stepping stones to that sense of wholeness for each individual.

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Isa Gucciardi, Ph.D. holds degrees in cultural and linguistic anthropology, comparative religion, and transpersonal psychology. She has worked with master teachers of Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, and Sufism, as well as expert indigenous and shamanic practitioners from around the world. Isa was an early pioneer in bringing shamanic and Buddhist perspectives into the clinical setting. Isa is the founding director of the Foundation of the Sacred Stream, a non-profit organization and school for consciousness studies in Berkeley, CA.