What can Buddhist practice offer those of us living on the margins because of our impairments, or because we experience the world in neurodiverse ways, or we are marginalized because of our bodies, skin, sex, gender, or sexuality? In this weekend-long program we will seek to be at home in our variable, atypical bodies and our different ways of being in the world in a Buddhist context. Sometimes, Buddhist contexts, as part of the wider culture, keep us in the margins. In our time together, we will seek to create a liberating space through practice and understanding.

Drawing on buddhadharma, dis/ability studies, and queer theory we will seek to understand: 

• how our societies expect us to be, look, and function; 

• the lived experience of marginalized bodies;

• where there is discrimination and how liberatory inclusion is possible.

Through presentations, discussions, and guided meditations we will explore how to create (self-)acceptance and Buddhist spaces of belonging. And, we will explore how we can incorporate our physical and neurological diversity in our own practice of meditation, devotion, and social engagement.